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XAU

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Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 23:00 UTC−0.0174%/8h= −19.1% APRpaid last 24h +0.082%

Price spread now: Kraken Futures against Gate−0.081%7-day average −0.094% · you buy dearer than you sell

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$2as in the Funding arb table

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$28as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$290.293% of the position

Long on Gate Short on Kraken Futures

What this pair did over the last

the charts below follow

Funding, last 7 days+0.274%+$27 on $10k

Price spread, last 3 days (all we have)+0.011%+$1 · spread now −0.081%, 7d avg −0.094%

Together, before fees+0.285%+$29 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

The price spread sits at its 7-day average of −0.094%, so right now this pair is about funding alone: −$5 a day on $10k at the current rate. Mind the row above: over the last 7 days funding on this pair paid +0.274%, so the current rate has only just turned against you.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	Gate XAU_USDT	4,365.6	0	get 0.0000% / 4h	1h 08m	$269.5M	$411.5M	100x
Short	Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSD	4,362.1	−0.0174	pay 0.0022% / 1h	8m 19s	$602K	$139K	25x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

Kraken Futures against Gate. Falling: the short leg gains. Rising: it loses.

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee GatebpFee Kraken FuturesbpOrdersPrice spread, now −0.081%Rate

Funding earned: −$36.64
Price spread: −0.081% → −0.094%: $1.31
Slippage, 4 orders: −$4.33
Fee Gate: 7.5 bp × 2 orders: −$15
Fee Kraken Futures: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Net: −$64.66
Costs to cover: 0.293%
Break-even: never at this rate

Slippage from Gate: live order book, 6 min ago; Kraken Futures: 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 Gate live order book, 6 min ago	0.01 bp	7.5 bp −$8	8.0 bp −$80	12.8 bp −$1,280	14.4 bp −$7,188
Sell Kraken Futures live order book, 10 min ago	1.66 bp	6.8 bp −$7	14.7 bp −$147	doesn't fit	doesn't fit

XAU on 39 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
Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSDshort	−0.0174%	1h	4,362.1	−0.081%	$602K	$139K	25x
Aster XAUUSD1	0.0000%	4h	4,365	−0.014%	$71.5M	$233.8M	20x	as long as short
Binance XAUUSDT	0.0000%	4h	4,364.6	−0.024%	$410.5M	$2.09B	100x	as long as short
Bybit XAUUSDT	0.0000%	4h	4,365.8	+0.004%	$82.9M	$141.7M	150x	as long as short
RISEx XAU/USDC	0.0000%	1h	4,364	−0.038%	$3.4M	$12.4M	25x	as long as short
Gate XAU_USDTlong	0.0000%	4h	4,365.6	long leg	$269.5M	$411.5M	100x
MEXC XAU_USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,364.5	−0.025%	$376.8M	$354.1M	1000x	as long as short
Bitget XAUUSDT	0.0000%	4h	4,364.8	−0.020%	$67.4M	$110.0M	100x	as long as short
Variational Omni XAU	0.0000%	4h	4,360.3	−0.123%	$48.5M	$31.3M	—	as long as short
GRVT XAU_USDT_Perp	0.0000%	4h	4,357.5	−0.185%	$1.4M	$3.0M	25x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Kalshi KXGOLDPERP	0.0000%	24h	4,362.3	−0.076%	$4.0M	$34.6M	15x	as long as short
SunX XAU-USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,368.8	+0.072%	$93K	$10.7M	20x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) XAU/USD	L +0.0002% / S −0.0003%	1h	4,361.5	−0.094%	$268K	—	250x	as long as short
QFEX GOLD-USD	+0.0002%	1h	4,362	−0.083%	$5.6M	$1.7M	20x	as long as short
edgeX XAUUSDC	+0.0018%	4h	4,355.3	−0.238%	$30.3M	$57.9M	50x	as long as short
tradeXYZ xyz:GOLD	+0.0018%	1h	4,360.3	−0.122%	$293.4M	$52.7M	25x	as long as short
Lighter XAU	+0.0032%	1h	4,364.2	−0.032%	$21.0M	$44.6M	25x	as long as short
Lighter RH XAU	+0.0032%	1h	4,365	−0.015%	$20.3M	$42.1M	25x	as long as short
Extended XAU-USD	+0.0032%	1h	4,361.5	−0.094%	$13.1M	$46.3M	25x	as long as short
Injective XAU/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	4,350.4	−0.348%	$619	$54	52x	as long as short
StandX XAU-USD	+0.0040%	1h	4,362.7	−0.067%	$3.8M	$4.7M	40x	as long as short
Vest GC-PERP	+0.0046%	1h	4,398.6	+0.755%	—	$1.0M	25x	as long as short
Deribit GOLD_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0048%	1h	4,363.3	−0.053%	$235K	$734K	25x	as long as short
Paradex XAU-USD-PERP	+0.0050%	8h	4,364.1	−0.036%	$19K	$6K	5x	as long as short
Ondo Perps XAU-USD.P	+0.0050%	1h	4,360.5	−0.118%	$14.4M	$55.6M	25x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps GOLD-USD	+0.0053%	1h	4,362.4	−0.074%	$4.3M	$1.7M	20x	as long as short
Hotstuff GOLD-PERP	+0.0064%	1h	4,358.9	−0.154%	$33K	—	25x	as long as short
Aevo XAU-PERP	+0.0080%	1h	4,362.9	−0.064%	$162K	$87	10x	as long as short
Bullet GOLD-USD	+0.0099%	1h	4,364.5	−0.025%	$60K	$85K	10x	as long as short
Pacifica XAU	+0.0100%	1h	4,360.4	−0.120%	$1.4M	$1.2M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	4,355.1	−0.241%	$273K	$199K	50x	as long as short
Bluefin GOLD-PERP	+0.0100%	1h	4,357.4	−0.189%	$26K	$21K	20x	as long as short
Phoenix GOLD	+0.0109%	1h	4,357.5	−0.186%	$48K	$65K	25x	as long as short
HTX XAU-USDT	+0.0109%	4h	4,367.2	+0.036%	$2.8M	$3.8M	75x	as long as short
OKX XAU-USDT-SWAP	+0.0157%	8h	4,366	+0.008%	$158.5M	$269.3M	100x	as long as short
Coinbase International GOLD-PERP-INTX	+0.0208%	1h	4,360.9	−0.108%	$2.0M	$5.1M	25x	as long as short
BloFin XAU-USDT	+0.0240%	4h	4,362.7	−0.066%	$14.8M	$4.3M	100x	as long as short
Phemex XAUUSDT	+0.0272%	4h	4,364.6	−0.023%	$2.2M	$1.1M	100x	as long as short
GMX GOLD/USD [ETH-USDC]	L +0.0389% / S −0.0197%	1h	4,364.6	−0.024%	$252K	—	111x	as long as short