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XAU

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Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 22:00 UTC+0.0032%/8h= +3.5% APRpaid last 24h −0.052%

Price spread now: Lighter against Bitget−0.034%7-day average −0.055% · you buy dearer than you sell

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$23as in the Funding arb table

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$13as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$150.155% of the position

Long on Bitget Short on Lighter

What this pair did over the last

the charts below follow

Funding, last 7 days−0.077%−$8 on $10k

Price spread, last 7 days+0.019%+$2 · spread now −0.034%, 7d avg −0.055%

Together, before fees−0.058%+ Points / potential airdropLighter: Season 3 · farm board−$6 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

Both sides work for this trade now. Funding pays +$1 a day on $10k at the current rate, and Lighter is 0.021% dearer against Bitget than usual: you sell high and buy low: +$2 more if the spread goes back to its 7-day average of −0.055%. Mind the row above: over the last 7 days funding on this pair cost −0.077%, so the current rate has only just turned in your favour.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	Bitget XAUUSDT	4,342.4	0	get 0.0000% / 4h	2h 09m	$67.1M	$114.1M	100x
Short	Lighter XAU	4,340.9	0.0032	get 0.0004% / 1h	9m 00s	$20.7M	$46.8M	25x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

Lighter against Bitget. Falling: the short leg gains. Rising: it loses.

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee BitgetbpFee LighterbpOrdersPrice spread, now −0.034%Rate

Funding earned: $6.72
Price spread: −0.034% → −0.055%: $2.15
Slippage, 4 orders: −$3.49
Fee Bitget: 6 bp × 2 orders: −$12
Fee Lighter: 0 bp × 2 orders: $0
Net: −$6.62
Costs to cover: 0.155%
Break-even: 13.9 days

Slippage from Bitget: live order book, 10 min ago; Lighter: live order book, 10 min ago.

Cost to enter

taker fee + slippage from the mid, one side; closing costs about the same again

Leg	Half-spread	$10k	$100k	$1M	$5M
Buy Bitget live order book, 10 min ago	0.01 bp	6.2 bp −$6	8.2 bp −$82	12.6 bp −$1,260	doesn't fit
Sell Lighter live order book, 10 min ago	0.28 bp	1.4 bp −$1	5.1 bp −$51	11.6 bp −$1,164	31.0 bp −$15.5K

XAU on 38 venues

lowest funding first. Swap a leg: a good short leg pays more funding and is priced higher.

Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Bluefin GOLD-PERP	−0.0441%	1h	4,334.7	−0.175%	$26K	$21K	20x	as long as short
Aster XAUUSD1	0.0000%	4h	4,344.7	+0.054%	$71.1M	$241.0M	20x	as long as short
Bybit XAUUSDT	0.0000%	4h	4,342.2	−0.003%	$82.6M	$144.9M	150x	as long as short
Gate XAU_USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,343.4	+0.024%	$273.2M	$413.5M	100x	as long as short
Bitget XAUUSDTlong	0.0000%	4h	4,342.4	long leg	$67.1M	$114.1M	100x
GRVT XAU_USDT_Perp	0.0000%	4h	4,342.3	−0.002%	$1.4M	$3.3M	25x	as long as short
Kalshi KXGOLDPERP	0.0000%	24h	4,341.5	−0.020%	$3.9M	$34.1M	15x	as long as short
Bullet GOLD-USD	0.0000%	1h	4,342.2	−0.004%	$58K	$84K	10x	as long as short
SunX XAU-USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,346.3	+0.091%	$92K	$10.9M	20x	as long as short
Binance XAUUSDT	+0.0006%	4h	4,342.1	−0.006%	$411.2M	$2.12B	100x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
MEXC XAU_USDT	+0.0010%	4h	4,341.4	−0.022%	$373.0M	$350.3M	1000x	as long as short
Variational Omni XAU	+0.0016%	4h	4,342	−0.007%	$47.8M	$34.0M	—	as long as short
HTX XAU-USDT	+0.0017%	4h	4,346.2	+0.088%	$2.8M	$3.8M	75x	as long as short
BloFin XAU-USDT	+0.0025%	4h	4,342.1	−0.006%	$14.8M	$4.3M	100x	as long as short
Lighter XAUshort	+0.0032%	1h	4,340.9	−0.034%	$20.7M	$46.8M	25x
Lighter RH XAU	+0.0032%	1h	4,343.6	+0.028%	$20.2M	$45.1M	25x	as long as short
Extended XAU-USD	+0.0032%	1h	4,343.8	+0.033%	$13.2M	$50.9M	25x	as long as short
Injective XAU/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	4,350.4	+0.186%	$619	$54	52x	as long as short
StandX XAU-USD	+0.0040%	1h	4,343.6	+0.029%	$3.8M	$4.7M	40x	as long as short
edgeX XAUUSDC	+0.0045%	4h	4,338.3	−0.093%	$30.2M	$58.0M	50x	as long as short
Vest GC-PERP	+0.0046%	1h	4,382.1	+0.915%	—	$995K	25x	as long as short
tradeXYZ xyz:GOLD	+0.0050%	1h	4,339.5	−0.066%	$293.0M	$52.6M	25x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps GOLD-USD	+0.0050%	1h	4,341.6	−0.017%	$4.3M	$2.3M	20x	as long as short
Ondo Perps XAU-USD.P	+0.0050%	1h	4,341.1	−0.029%	$14.5M	$54.5M	25x	as long as short
Paradex XAU-USD-PERP	+0.0051%	8h	4,342.5	+0.004%	$19K	$6K	5x	as long as short
QFEX GOLD-USD	+0.0052%	1h	4,342.5	+0.003%	$5.5M	$1.9M	20x	as long as short
Coinbase International GOLD-PERP-INTX	+0.0072%	1h	4,338.1	−0.098%	$2.0M	$5.2M	25x	as long as short
Aevo XAU-PERP	+0.0080%	1h	4,342.3	−0.001%	$161K	$87	10x	as long as short
Pacifica XAU	+0.0100%	1h	4,341.5	−0.020%	$1.4M	$1.3M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	4,340.4	−0.046%	$272K	$204K	50x	as long as short
Phoenix GOLD	+0.0109%	1h	4,343.5	+0.026%	$47K	$69K	25x	as long as short
Hotstuff GOLD-PERP	+0.0168%	1h	4,339.5	−0.066%	$33K	—	25x	as long as short
RISEx XAU/USDC	+0.0190%	1h	4,342.1	−0.006%	$3.4M	$12.6M	25x	as long as short
OKX XAU-USDT-SWAP	+0.0198%	8h	4,342.6	+0.006%	$157.9M	$275.0M	100x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSD	+0.0333%	1h	4,339.1	−0.075%	$599K	$140K	25x	as long as short
Phemex XAUUSDT	+0.0414%	4h	4,345.6	+0.075%	$2.2M	$1.1M	100x	as long as short
GMX GOLD/USD [ETH-USDC]	L +0.0495% / S −0.0311%	1h	4,342.1	−0.006%	$251K	—	29x	as long as short
Deribit GOLD_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0673%	1h	4,339.6	−0.063%	$221K	$884K	25x	as long as short