Funding arb · Price arb / RWA
| Leg | Exchange | Price | Fund. /8h | Each payment | Next in | OI | Vol 24h | Lev | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONG | 4.7813 | +0.0032 | pay 0.0004% / 1h | 48m 06s | $18K | $281K | 5x | Long Lighter RH+10% pts | |
| SHORT | 4.7830 | 0 | 0.0000% / 8h | 5h 48m | $430K | $109K | 25x | Short MEXC |
Price gap+0.036%
Funding gap−0.0032% /8h
Both sides work against this direction now: funding costs $1 a day on $10k and the gap is 0.499% under its 7d average. Swap the legs.
If you open now and hold
on $10k a leg · figures of the last 7D, not a forecastFunding−$7−0.0032% /8h now · paid −0.071% over the last 7D
Price−$50spread +0.036% now, avg +0.535% → −0.499% if it goes back
Costs−$4474.465% of $10k · taker + slippage, in and out
Result−$504−5.04%+ Points / potential airdropLighter RH: Points live · farm boardWhat the last 7D really paid, hour by hour → backtest
Price and funding
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PRICE SPREAD · 7D
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Where the spread has been, last 7D▾
share of time at each level
Funding on every exchange
/8hSHEIN on 10 exchanges
lowest funding firstBefore you open
1 ok · 5 to watch- Watch: Thin at this size171.6 / 98.5 bpAt $10k entering Lighter RH costs 171.6 bp, fee and slippage, 1.7× MEXC’s.
- Note: Margin at max leverage$2,000 + $400Lighter RH 5x, MEXC 25x. Keep about 2× this so a sharp move doesn’t liquidate one leg.
- Watch: Payment intervals differ1h / 8hPayments land at different times. Close right after the slower leg pays.Next 24h at the current rates, on $10k a leg: −$0.96Long Lighter RH: 24 payments, −$0.96; short MEXC: 3 payments, $0.00.
- Watch: Gap narrower than usual+0.036% vs +0.535%Less room for the price leg to pay you. If it goes back to average, the short loses.
- Watch: Long leg is thinner$18K vs $430K OILighter RH sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
- OK: Points on a legLighter RH Points liveVolume here counts toward the points program.
- Watch: KYCLighter RH No · MEXC YesKYC before trading since Feb 2026; unverified accounts see market data only.
Profit calculator
both legs, in and outPosition, each legHold forOrdersPrice spreadFunding rate
Funding earned−0.0034%/8h × 21 periods−$7.12
Price spread+0.036% → +0.535% (7d avg)−$49.91
Slippage, 4 orderslive order books−$442.53
Fee Lighter RH bp × 2 orders$0.00
Fee MEXC bp × 2 orders−$4.00
Net · 7 days · $10k−$503.56
Costs to cover4.465%Break-evennever at this rate
Slippage: Lighter RH: live order book, 39 min ago; MEXC: live order book, 21 min agoCost to enter
taker + slippage from mid, one sideBUY · LONGLighter RH15.67171.6 bp−$172doesn’t fitdoesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
SELL · SHORTMEXC41.6598.5 bp−$99124.1 bp−$1,241242.0 bp−$24.2Kdoesn’t fit
Closing costs about the same again.