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XAU

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Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 04:00 UTC+0.0261%/8h= +28.6% APRpaid last 24h +0.115%

Price spread now: BloFin against Kalshi+0.075%7-day average +0.105% · you sell dearer than you buy

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs+$29as in the Funding arb table

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

costs, in and out, $10k−$250.250% of the position

Long on Kalshi Short on BloFin

What this pair did over the last

the charts below follow

Funding, last 7 days+0.544%+$54 on $10k

Price spread, last 4 days (all we have)+0.165%+$17 · spread now +0.075%, 7d avg +0.105%

Together, before fees+0.709%+$71 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

Funding pays, the price is against you. BloFin is 0.030% cheaper against Kalshi than usual: you would sell low and buy high (spread +0.075% now, against its 7-day average of +0.105%). If the spread goes back, that is −$3 on $10k: about 9 hours of funding at the current rate (+$8 a day).

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	Kalshi KXGOLDPERP	4,344.6	0.0041	pay 0.0123% / 24h	11h 03m	$4.1M	$37.1M	15x
Short	BloFin XAU-USDT	4,347.9	0.0302	get 0.0151% / 4h	1h 03m	$15.7M	$4.6M	100x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

BloFin against Kalshi. Falling: the short leg gains. Rising: it loses.

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee KalshibpFee BloFinbpOrdersPrice spread, now +0.075%Rate

Funding earned: $54.83
Price spread: +0.075% → +0.105%: −$2.96
Slippage, 4 orders: −$3.05
Fee Kalshi: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Fee BloFin: 6 bp × 2 orders: −$12
Net: $26.83
Costs to cover: 0.250%
Break-even: 3.6 days

Slippage from Kalshi: live order book, 6 min ago; BloFin: live order book, 6 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 Kalshi live order book, 6 min ago	0.12 bp	6.8 bp −$7	7.0 bp −$70	9.9 bp −$986	doesn't fit
Sell BloFin live order book, 6 min ago	0.26 bp	6.3 bp −$6	6.3 bp −$63	7.7 bp −$773	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
SunX XAU-USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,352.3	+0.177%	$92K	$9.1M	20x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) XAU/USD	L +0.0002% / S −0.0003%	1h	4,344.4	−0.006%	$266K	—	250x	as long as short
Gate XAU_USDT	+0.0004%	4h	4,349.9	+0.123%	$264.4M	$418.1M	100x	as long as short
RISEx XAU/USDC	+0.0010%	1h	4,347.1	+0.058%	$3.4M	$12.3M	25x	as long as short
Extended XAU-USD	+0.0032%	1h	4,344.2	−0.008%	$13.4M	$38.7M	25x	as long as short
Injective XAU/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	4,350.4	+0.134%	$619	$54	52x	as long as short
StandX XAU-USD	+0.0040%	1h	4,345.7	+0.025%	$3.8M	$4.6M	40x	as long as short
Aster XAUUSD1	+0.0041%	4h	4,348.7	+0.094%	$70.9M	$334.1M	20x	as long as short
Kalshi KXGOLDPERPlong	+0.0041%	24h	4,344.6	long leg	$4.1M	$37.1M	15x
Vest GC-PERP	+0.0046%	1h	4,380.5	+0.826%	—	$1.0M	25x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
QFEX GOLD-USD	+0.0046%	1h	4,346.8	+0.051%	$5.7M	$2.0M	20x	as long as short
Lighter XAU	+0.0048%	1h	4,347.2	+0.060%	$20.6M	$42.7M	25x	as long as short
Coinbase International GOLD-PERP-INTX	+0.0048%	1h	4,342.1	−0.058%	$2.0M	$4.9M	25x	as long as short
tradeXYZ xyz:GOLD	+0.0050%	1h	4,345.1	+0.012%	$293.9M	$48.9M	25x	as long as short
Ondo Perps XAU-USD.P	+0.0050%	1h	4,344	−0.014%	$15.1M	$56.8M	25x	as long as short
Lighter RH XAU	+0.0056%	1h	4,349.3	+0.107%	$20.1M	$39.9M	25x	as long as short
Hotstuff GOLD-PERP	+0.0056%	1h	4,344.2	−0.009%	$33K	—	25x	as long as short
Variational Omni XAU	+0.0057%	4h	4,346	+0.033%	$48.5M	$27.7M	—	as long as short
GRVT XAU_USDT_Perp	+0.0058%	4h	4,346.5	+0.044%	$1.4M	$3.0M	25x	as long as short
MEXC XAU_USDT	+0.0074%	4h	4,348.1	+0.081%	$370.9M	$320.7M	1000x	as long as short
edgeX XAUUSDC	+0.0075%	4h	4,342.6	−0.047%	$30.2M	$58.6M	50x	as long as short
Binance XAUUSDT	+0.0076%	4h	4,348.4	+0.088%	$410.6M	$2.10B	100x	as long as short
Paradex XAU-USD-PERP	+0.0079%	8h	4,346.8	+0.050%	$19K	$5K	5x	as long as short
Aevo XAU-PERP	+0.0096%	1h	4,346.5	+0.045%	$161K	$87	10x	as long as short
Pacifica XAU	+0.0100%	1h	4,343.2	−0.032%	$1.4M	$1.1M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	4,344.1	−0.012%	$274K	$203K	50x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps GOLD-USD	+0.0118%	1h	4,347.5	+0.067%	$4.3M	$1.9M	20x	as long as short
Phoenix GOLD	+0.0136%	1h	4,346	+0.032%	$47K	$77K	25x	as long as short
Bullet GOLD-USD	+0.0193%	1h	4,348.3	+0.084%	$60K	$83K	10x	as long as short
Phemex XAUUSDT	+0.0202%	4h	4,349.6	+0.116%	$2.2M	$1.1M	100x	as long as short
Bybit XAUUSDT	+0.0212%	4h	4,349.8	+0.119%	$84.4M	$145.4M	150x	as long as short
Bitget XAUUSDT	+0.0218%	4h	4,348.8	+0.096%	$70.2M	$109.4M	100x	as long as short
Deribit GOLD_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0256%	1h	4,347	+0.055%	$268K	$767K	25x	as long as short
OKX XAU-USDT-SWAP	+0.0262%	8h	4,349.4	+0.110%	$165.4M	$283.3M	100x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSD	+0.0270%	1h	4,345.2	+0.014%	$593K	$133K	25x	as long as short
BloFin XAU-USDTshort	+0.0302%	4h	4,347.9	+0.075%	$15.7M	$4.6M	100x
Bluefin GOLD-PERP	+0.0365%	1h	4,342	−0.060%	$25K	$14K	20x	as long as short
GMX GOLD/USD [ETH-USDC]	L +0.0406% / S −0.0221%	1h	4,348.3	+0.084%	$248K	—	111x	as long as short
HTX XAU-USDT	+0.0594%	4h	4,352.4	+0.180%	$2.9M	$4.2M	75x	as long as short