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Funding you earn now, next payment 05:00 UTC−0.0141%/8h= −15.4% APRpaid last 24h −0.047%

Price spread now: MEXC against Kraken Futures+0.091%51s7-day average +0.064% · you sell dearer than you buy

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$39as in the Funding arb table

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs—prices read too far apart to compare

costs, in and out, $10k−$210.210% of the position

Long on Kraken Futures Short on MEXC

What this pair did over the last

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Funding, last 7 days−0.176%−$18 on $10k

Price spread, last 4 days (all we have)−0.045%−$5 · spread now +0.091%, 7d avg +0.064%

Together, before fees−0.221%−$22 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

The price spread pays, funding is against you. MEXC is 0.028% dearer against Kraken Futures than usual: you sell high and buy low (spread +0.091% now, against its 7-day average of +0.064%): +$3 on $10k if it goes back. Holding the pair costs −$4 a day in funding at the current rate, which eats that in about 16 hours. The two prices were read 51 seconds apart, so part of this spread may be the market moving, not a spread.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSD	4,340.9	0.0259	pay 0.0032% / 1h	7m 26s	$592K	$133K	25x
Short	MEXC XAU_USDT	4,344.8	0.0118	get 0.0059% / 4h	3h 07m	$370.8M	$321.3M	1000x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

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

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee Kraken FuturesbpFee MEXCbpOrdersPrice spread, now +0.091%Rate

Funding earned: −$29.62
Price spread: +0.091% → +0.064%: $2.77
Slippage, 4 orders: −$6.96
Fee Kraken Futures: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Fee MEXC: 2 bp × 2 orders: −$4
Net: −$47.81
Costs to cover: 0.210%
Break-even: never at this rate

Slippage from Kraken Futures: live order book, 46 min ago; MEXC: live order book, 2 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 Kraken Futures live order book, 46 min ago	2.36 bp	8.4 bp −$8	12.2 bp −$122	doesn't fit	doesn't fit
Sell MEXC live order book, 2 min ago	0.04 bp	2.0 bp −$2	2.0 bp −$20	2.2 bp −$225	20.2 bp −$10.1K

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	−0.0002%	1h	4,337.5	−0.079%	$25K	$14K	20x	as long as short
SunX XAU-USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,348.3	+0.171%	$92K	$8.6M	20x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) XAU/USD	L +0.0002% / S −0.0003%	1h	4,340.9	+0.001%	$272K	—	250x	as long as short
RISEx XAU/USDC	+0.0005%	1h	4,345.1	+0.098%	$3.7M	$12.5M	25x	as long as short
Extended XAU-USD	+0.0032%	1h	4,340.9	+0.001%	$13.2M	$37.2M	25x	as long as short
Injective XAU/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	4,350.4	+0.220%	$619	$54	52x	as long as short
Hotstuff GOLD-PERP	+0.0040%	1h	4,341.5	+0.015%	$33K	—	25x	as long as short
StandX XAU-USD	+0.0040%	1h	4,345.3	+0.102%	$3.8M	$4.5M	40x	as long as short
QFEX GOLD-USD	+0.0042%	1h	4,344.1	+0.075%	$5.6M	$2.1M	20x	as long as short
Vest GC-PERP	+0.0046%	1h	4,377.4	+0.842%	—	$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
tradeXYZ xyz:GOLD	+0.0050%	1h	4,341.6	+0.017%	$293.7M	$49.1M	25x	as long as short
Bybit XAUUSDT	+0.0050%	4h	4,345.8	+0.114%	$80.0M	$152.0M	150x	as long as short
Ondo Perps XAU-USD.P	+0.0050%	1h	4,341.5	+0.015%	$15.0M	$56.8M	25x	as long as short
Kalshi KXGOLDPERP	+0.0051%	24h	4,341.7	+0.019%	$4.3M	$37.4M	15x	as long as short
Lighter XAU	+0.0056%	1h	4,344	+0.071%	$20.7M	$34.8M	25x	as long as short
Coinbase International GOLD-PERP-INTX	+0.0056%	1h	4,339.7	−0.027%	$2.1M	$4.7M	25x	as long as short
Gate XAU_USDT	+0.0062%	4h	4,346.2	+0.122%	$268.5M	$418.8M	100x	as long as short
Paradex XAU-USD-PERP	+0.0065%	8h	4,344.7	+0.089%	$19K	$5K	5x	as long as short
Lighter RH XAU	+0.0080%	1h	4,346.4	+0.128%	$20.2M	$40.1M	25x	as long as short
Aster XAUUSD1	+0.0096%	4h	4,346	+0.118%	$71.5M	$331.5M	20x	as long as short
Pacifica XAU	+0.0100%	1h	4,340.9	+0.001%	$1.4M	$1.1M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	4,340.4	−0.011%	$274K	$203K	50x	as long as short
Variational Omni XAU	+0.0105%	4h	4,342.7	+0.041%	$48.4M	$27.5M	—	as long as short
Aevo XAU-PERP	+0.0112%	1h	4,343.1	+0.052%	$161K	$87	10x	as long as short
MEXC XAU_USDTshort	+0.0118%	4h	4,344.8	+0.091%	$370.8M	$321.3M	1000x
Binance XAUUSDT	+0.0120%	4h	4,344.9	+0.092%	$418.7M	$2.09B	100x	as long as short
edgeX XAUUSDC	+0.0135%	4h	4,340	−0.019%	$30.2M	$57.9M	50x	as long as short
Phoenix GOLD	+0.0136%	1h	4,342	+0.026%	$47K	$77K	25x	as long as short
GRVT XAU_USDT_Perp	+0.0154%	4h	4,343.9	+0.070%	$1.4M	$2.9M	25x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps GOLD-USD	+0.0204%	1h	4,344.6	+0.086%	$4.2M	$2.0M	20x	as long as short
Bullet GOLD-USD	+0.0206%	1h	4,344.8	+0.090%	$59K	$82K	10x	as long as short
Phemex XAUUSDT	+0.0239%	4h	4,346.7	+0.134%	$2.2M	$967K	100x	as long as short
Deribit GOLD_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0257%	1h	4,342.4	+0.035%	$204K	$826K	25x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSDlong	+0.0259%	1h	4,340.9	long leg	$592K	$133K	25x
Bitget XAUUSDT	+0.0274%	4h	4,345.5	+0.107%	$71.1M	$108.8M	100x	as long as short
OKX XAU-USDT-SWAP	+0.0329%	8h	4,346	+0.118%	$167.2M	$282.9M	100x	as long as short
BloFin XAU-USDT	+0.0360%	4h	4,344.5	+0.083%	$15.7M	$4.4M	100x	as long as short
GMX GOLD/USD [ETH-USDC]	L +0.0428% / S −0.0252%	1h	4,344.8	+0.092%	$250K	—	111x	as long as short
HTX XAU-USDT	+0.0436%	4h	4,346.8	+0.137%	$2.8M	$4.6M	75x	as long as short