XAU

Leg	Exchange	Price	Fund. /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Lev
LONG	Kraken FuturesPF_XAUUSD	4,155.5	+0.0450	pay 0.0056% / 1h	26m 58s	$686K	$562K	25x	Long Kraken Futures
SHORT	PopdexXAUUSDT	4,158.5	+0.0288	get 0.0036% / 1h	26m 58s	$804K	$976K	20x	Short Popdex

Price gap+0.071%

Funding gap−0.0162% /8h

Funding costs $5 a day on $10k at the current rate. Swap the legs.

If you open now and hold

on $10k a leg · figures of the last 7D, not a forecast

Funding−$27−0.0162% /8h now · paid −0.266% over the last 7D

Price+$1spread +0.071% now, avg +0.064% → +0.007% if it goes back

Costs−$220.217% of $10k · taker + slippage, in and out

Result−$48−0.48%no pointsWhat the last 7D really paid, hour by hour → backtest

Price and funding

1h · history

Entry / ExitKraken Futures: thin, under $1M open interest · Popdex: thin, under $1M open interest

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PRICE SPREAD · 7D

Now+0.071%

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Funding on every exchange

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XAU on 41 exchanges

lowest funding first

Before you open

2 ok · 2 to watch

OK: Fits both order books6.2 / 4.2 bp
Entry at $10k a leg, taker fee + slippage. Closing costs about the same.
Note: Margin at max leverage$400 + $500
Kraken Futures 25x, Popdex 20x. Keep about 2× this so a sharp move doesn’t liquidate one leg.
OK: Same payment interval1h / 1h
Both legs pay at the same time.
Next 24h at the current rates, on $10k a leg: −$4.86Long Kraken Futures: 24 payments, −$13.50; short Popdex: 24 payments, +$8.64.
Note: Gap at its usual level+0.071% vs +0.064%
The price leg adds little either way.
Watch: Long leg is thinner$686K vs $804K OI
Kraken Futures sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
Note: No points program—
Neither exchange runs points right now.
Watch: KYCKraken Futures Yes · Popdex No
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Profit calculator

both legs, in and out

Position, each leg

Hold for

Orders

Price spread

Funding rate

Funding earned−0.0138%/8h × 21 periods−$29.07

Price spread+0.071% → +0.064% (7d avg)+$0.72

Slippage, 4 orderslive order books−$5.32

Fee Kraken Futures bp × 2 orders−$10.00

Fee Popdex bp × 2 orders−$6.40

Net · 7 days · $10k−$50.07

Costs to cover0.217%Break-evennever at this rate

Slippage: Kraken Futures: live order book, 1 min ago; Popdex: live order book, 67 min ago

Cost to enter

taker + slippage from mid, one side

BUY · LONGKraken Futures1.236.2 bp−$610.8 bp−$10835.3 bp−$3,530doesn’t fit

SELL · SHORTPopdex0.964.2 bp−$45.7 bp−$5716.6 bp−$1,663doesn’t fit

Closing costs about the same again.

XAU news

posts that mention XAU or Gold, from every exchangeSearch all news →

09-30 15:36	BingX	Other	here’s what could move markets before your next trade 👀 which are you watching: gold, the dollar or AI stocks? 👇 @BingXOfficial on X ↗
09-30 02:07	Avantis	Other	The macro backdrop hasn’t changed much, but the reactions across markets have. Yields are pushing back toward multi-decade highs and equities are struggling to get much traction. $XAU is bouncing after getting hit hard, while $BTC has managed to recover toward $84K. That divergence is where this week gets interesting, and the crew is diving in tomorrow at 12:30pm ET 📺 @verantaxyz on X ↗
09-29 13:32	GRVT	Other	UPDATE: 74 of 109 RWA markets traded in week one. Gold led, Korean semis second, US brokerage third. Makers paid on all of them. @grvt_io on X ↗
09-29 08:55	ApeX Omni	Other	Quiet tape. S&P -0.8%, NASDAQ -0.9%, gold and oil barely moved. The 10y keeps grinding: 5.240%, another 13bp since Thursday. bitcoin:native $83,983 +1.3%, $ETH $2,712 +2.6%. $31M into spot ETFs, an eighth straight day. Fear and greed 73. @OfficialApeXdex on X ↗
09-28 20:36	BingX	Other	Core PCE takes center stage Wednesday 👀 A cooler print could lift gold, while a hotter one may boost USD and pressure stocks. Trade $XAU on BingX TradFi 👇 @BingXOfficial on X ↗
09-28 15:58	BingX	Other	Gold fell over $115 today to its lowest level since August. Higher bond yields, a stronger dollar, and high oil prices are pushing the market down 👀 @BingXOfficial on X ↗

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