Funding arb · Price arb / RWA
| Leg | Exchange | Price | Fund. /8h | Each payment | Next in | OI | Vol 24h | Lev | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONG | 49.595 | +0.1072 | pay 0.0134% / 1h | 44m 45s | $76K | $1K | 10x | Long Lighter7d free | |
| SHORT | 49.460 | +0.0738 | get 0.0369% / 4h | 44m 45s | $206K | $101K | 20x | Short MEXC |
Price gap−0.272%
Funding gap−0.0334% /8h
Both sides work against this direction now: funding costs $10 a day on $10k and the gap is 0.272% under zero (no 7-day history yet). Swap the legs.
If you open now and hold
on $10k a leg · figures of the last 7D, not a forecastFunding+$7−0.0334% /8h now · paid +0.066% over the last 7D
Price—spread −0.272% now · no price history on both exchanges yet
Costsno datano order book for Lighter
Result, before costs—+ Points / potential airdropLighter: Season 3 · farm boardneeds both price histories
The current funding rate is far below what this pair has been paying: over the last 7 days it paid +0.066% in total, about +0.0032%/8h on average.
Price and funding
1h · historyEntry / Exit
Price spread
Prices
Fundingper 8h
ENTRY / EXIT · 7D
Entry now—
Entry average—
Best entry—
Exit now—
Exit average—
Best exit—
Exit free—
PRICE SPREAD · 7D
Now−0.272%
Average—
Range—
Wider than now—
FUNDING SPREAD · 7D
Average /8h—
Highest—
Lowest—
Paid you—
Where the spread has been, last 7D▾
share of time at each level
Funding on every exchange
/8hTENCENT on 12 exchanges
lowest funding firstBefore you open
1 ok · 3 to watch- Note: Order book unknown—No order-book sample for Lighter: its slippage is not counted.
- Note: Margin at max leverage$1,000 + $500Lighter 10x, MEXC 20x. Keep about 2× this so a sharp move doesn’t liquidate one leg.
- Watch: Payment intervals differ1h / 4hPayments land at different times. Close right after the slower leg pays.Next 24h at the current rates, on $10k a leg: −$10.02Long Lighter: 24 payments, −$32.16; short MEXC: 6 payments, +$22.14.
- Note: No 7-day spread history−0.272%The gap cannot be compared with its average yet.
- Watch: Long leg is thinner$76K vs $206K OILighter sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
- OK: Points on a legLighter Season 3Volume here counts toward the points program.
- Watch: KYCLighter 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+0.0032%/8h × 21 periods+$6.62
Price spread−0.272% → 0−$27.22
Slippage, 4 ordersno data for Lighter—
Fee Lighter bp × 2 orders$0.00
Fee MEXC bp × 2 orders−$4.00
Net, fees only · 7 days · $10k−$24.60
Costs to cover0.040%Break-even33.0 days
Slippage: Lighter: no order-book sample; MEXC: live order book, 65 min agoCost to enter
taker + slippage from mid, one sideBUY · LONGLighter—————
SELL · SHORTMEXC7.0924.4 bp−$2473.0 bp−$730206.0 bp−$20.6Kdoesn’t fit
Closing costs about the same again.
Lighter: no data.


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