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Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 08:00 UTC−0.0042%/8h= −4.6% APRpaid last 24h +0.013%

Price spread now: QFEX against Kalshi−0.030%7-day average +0.060% · you buy dearer than you sell

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs—under 7 days of funding history

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$38as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$290.287% of the position

Long on Kalshi Short on QFEX

What this pair did over the last

the charts below follow

Funding, last 4 days (all we have)+0.038%+$4 on $10k

Price spread, last 7 days+0.092%+$9 · spread now −0.030%, 7d avg +0.060%

Together, before fees+0.129%+$13 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

Both sides work against this trade now: funding costs −$1 a day on $10k at the current rate, and QFEX is 0.090% cheaper against Kalshi than usual: you would sell low and buy high (−$9 if the spread goes back to its 7-day average of +0.060%). Swap the legs.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	Kalshi KXGOLDPERP	4,323.3	0.0087	pay 0.0261% / 24h	6h 50m	$3.8M	$44.4M	15x
Short	QFEX GOLD-USD	4,322	0.0045	get 0.0006% / 1h	50m 25s	$5.4M	$2.0M	20x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

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

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee KalshibpFee QFEXbpOrdersPrice spread, now −0.030%Rate

Funding earned: −$8.91
Price spread: −0.030% → +0.060%: −$8.98
Slippage, 4 orders: −$8.69
Fee Kalshi: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Fee QFEX: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Net: −$46.57
Costs to cover: 0.287%
Break-even: never at this rate

Slippage from Kalshi: live order book, 4 min ago; QFEX: live order book, 3 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, 4 min ago	0.12 bp	6.1 bp −$6	6.3 bp −$63	8.4 bp −$842	doesn't fit
Sell QFEX live order book, 3 min ago	2.89 bp	7.9 bp −$8	7.9 bp −$79	9.9 bp −$989	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
Bluefin GOLD-PERP	−0.0026%	1h	4,315	−0.192%	$25K	$1K	20x	as long as short
SunX XAU-USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,326.4	+0.071%	$92K	$7.4M	20x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) XAU/USD	L +0.0002% / S −0.0003%	1h	4,317.8	−0.128%	$270K	—	250x	as long as short
Hotstuff GOLD-PERP	+0.0024%	1h	4,318	−0.123%	$32K	—	25x	as long as short
Bybit XAUUSDT	+0.0027%	4h	4,323	−0.007%	$76.9M	$153.2M	150x	as long as short
Injective XAU/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	4,350.4	+0.627%	$619	$54	52x	as long as short
StandX XAU-USD	+0.0040%	1h	4,323.2	−0.002%	$3.8M	$4.5M	40x	as long as short
QFEX GOLD-USDshort	+0.0045%	1h	4,322	−0.030%	$5.4M	$2.0M	20x
Vest GC-PERP	+0.0046%	1h	4,354.5	+0.722%	—	$1.0M	25x	as long as short
tradeXYZ xyz:GOLD	+0.0050%	1h	4,318.8	−0.104%	$291.6M	$51.6M	25x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Ondo Perps XAU-USD.P	+0.0050%	1h	4,318.4	−0.113%	$15.0M	$55.7M	25x	as long as short
Aster XAUUSD1	+0.0060%	4h	4,324	+0.017%	$72.7M	$272.8M	20x	as long as short
Paradex XAU-USD-PERP	+0.0071%	8h	4,321.8	−0.035%	$2K	$14K	5x	as long as short
Lighter XAU	+0.0072%	1h	4,321.4	−0.044%	$20.3M	$28.9M	25x	as long as short
Coinbase International GOLD-PERP-INTX	+0.0072%	1h	4,317.8	−0.127%	$2.1M	$4.8M	25x	as long as short
Kalshi KXGOLDPERPlong	+0.0087%	24h	4,323.3	long leg	$3.8M	$44.4M	15x
Variational Omni XAU	+0.0092%	4h	4,321	−0.053%	$47.3M	$29.0M	—	as long as short
Phoenix GOLD	+0.0096%	1h	4,320.8	−0.058%	$47K	$79K	25x	as long as short
MEXC XAU_USDT	+0.0098%	4h	4,322.4	−0.020%	$364.1M	$325.0M	1000x	as long as short
Binance XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	4h	4,322.4	−0.021%	$425.3M	$2.14B	100x	as long as short
Pacifica XAU	+0.0100%	1h	4,318.7	−0.105%	$1.4M	$1.2M	10x	as long as short
Gate XAU_USDT	+0.0100%	4h	4,323.9	+0.015%	$279.4M	$410.3M	100x	as long as short
GRVT XAU_USDT_Perp	+0.0100%	4h	4,323.9	+0.014%	$1.4M	$3.0M	25x	as long as short
ApeX Omni XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	4,316.9	−0.148%	$272K	$208K	50x	as long as short
edgeX XAUUSDC	+0.0102%	4h	4,317.9	−0.126%	$30.0M	$59.5M	50x	as long as short
Aevo XAU-PERP	+0.0104%	1h	4,321	−0.052%	$160K	$87	10x	as long as short
Lighter RH XAU	+0.0136%	1h	4,324.1	+0.019%	$20.0M	$38.7M	25x	as long as short
Extended XAU-USD	+0.0160%	1h	4,318.5	−0.112%	$13.1M	$36.8M	25x	as long as short
Deribit GOLD_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0167%	1h	4,320.5	−0.065%	$163K	$864K	25x	as long as short
Bitget XAUUSDT	+0.0202%	4h	4,322.4	−0.022%	$70.1M	$118.8M	100x	as long as short
Bullet GOLD-USD	+0.0207%	1h	4,322.8	−0.012%	$59K	$81K	10x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps GOLD-USD	+0.0221%	1h	4,322.6	−0.016%	$4.3M	$2.0M	20x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSD	+0.0228%	1h	4,319.4	−0.090%	$577K	$136K	25x	as long as short
OKX XAU-USDT-SWAP	+0.0289%	8h	4,322.8	−0.012%	$173.4M	$300.5M	100x	as long as short
BloFin XAU-USDT	+0.0339%	4h	4,322.3	−0.023%	$16.4M	$4.6M	100x	as long as short
HTX XAU-USDT	+0.0364%	4h	4,327.2	+0.091%	$3.2M	$5.8M	75x	as long as short
Phemex XAUUSDT	+0.0384%	4h	4,325.8	+0.058%	$2.2M	$975K	100x	as long as short
GMX GOLD/USD [ETH-USDC]	L +0.0462% / S −0.0307%	1h	4,321.5	−0.041%	$252K	—	111x	as long as short
RISEx XAU/USDC	+0.0643%	1h	4,323.2	−0.002%	$4.5M	$13.2M	25x	as long as short