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XAU

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Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 22:00 UTC−0.0032%/8h= −3.5% APRpaid last 24h +0.052%

Price spread now: Bitget against Lighter+0.040%7-day average +0.055% · you sell dearer than you buy

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$8as in the Funding arb table

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$17as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$150.155% of the position

Long on Lighter Short on Bitget

What this pair did over the last

the charts below follow

Funding, last 7 days+0.077%+$8 on $10k

Price spread, last 7 days−0.025%−$3 · spread now +0.040%, 7d avg +0.055%

Together, before fees+0.052%+ Points / potential airdropLighter: Season 3 · farm board+$5 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

The price spread sits at its 7-day average of +0.055%, so right now this pair is about funding alone: −$1 a day on $10k at the current rate. Mind the row above: over the last 7 days funding on this pair paid +0.077%, 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	Lighter XAU	4,340.9	0.0032	pay 0.0004% / 1h	10m 02s	$20.7M	$46.8M	25x
Short	Bitget XAUUSDT	4,342.7	0	get 0.0000% / 4h	2h 10m	$67.1M	$114.0M	100x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

Bitget against Lighter. Falling: the short leg gains. Rising: it loses.

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee LighterbpFee BitgetbpOrdersPrice spread, now +0.040%Rate

Funding earned: −$6.72
Price spread: +0.040% → +0.055%: −$1.57
Slippage, 4 orders: −$3.49
Fee Lighter: 0 bp × 2 orders: $0
Fee Bitget: 6 bp × 2 orders: −$12
Net: −$23.78
Costs to cover: 0.155%
Break-even: never at this rate

Slippage from Lighter: live order book, 9 min ago; Bitget: live order book, 9 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 Lighter live order book, 9 min ago	0.28 bp	1.2 bp −$1	4.5 bp −$45	14.1 bp −$1,414	32.5 bp −$16.2K
Sell Bitget live order book, 9 min ago	0.01 bp	6.7 bp −$7	8.6 bp −$86	12.6 bp −$1,260	doesn't fit

XAU on 38 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	−0.0421%	1h	4,334.7	−0.144%	$26K	$21K	20x	as long as short
Aster XAUUSD1	0.0000%	4h	4,344.9	+0.091%	$71.1M	$241.0M	20x	as long as short
Bybit XAUUSDT	0.0000%	4h	4,342.3	+0.031%	$82.6M	$144.9M	150x	as long as short
Gate XAU_USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,343.4	+0.058%	$273.2M	$413.5M	100x	as long as short
Bitget XAUUSDTshort	0.0000%	4h	4,342.7	+0.040%	$67.1M	$114.0M	100x
GRVT XAU_USDT_Perp	0.0000%	4h	4,342.1	+0.026%	$1.4M	$3.3M	25x	as long as short
Kalshi KXGOLDPERP	0.0000%	24h	4,341.4	+0.011%	$3.9M	$34.1M	15x	as long as short
Bullet GOLD-USD	0.0000%	1h	4,342.2	+0.030%	$58K	$84K	10x	as long as short
SunX XAU-USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,346.3	+0.123%	$92K	$10.9M	20x	as long as short
Binance XAUUSDT	+0.0010%	4h	4,342.2	+0.028%	$415.5M	$2.12B	100x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Variational Omni XAU	+0.0016%	4h	4,342	+0.025%	$47.8M	$34.0M	—	as long as short
MEXC XAU_USDT	+0.0020%	4h	4,342	+0.025%	$374.0M	$349.9M	1000x	as long as short
HTX XAU-USDT	+0.0027%	4h	4,346.2	+0.121%	$2.8M	$3.8M	75x	as long as short
Lighter XAUlong	+0.0032%	1h	4,340.9	long leg	$20.7M	$46.8M	25x
Lighter RH XAU	+0.0032%	1h	4,343.6	+0.062%	$20.2M	$45.0M	25x	as long as short
Extended XAU-USD	+0.0032%	1h	4,343.9	+0.068%	$13.2M	$50.9M	25x	as long as short
Injective XAU/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	4,350.4	+0.218%	$619	$54	52x	as long as short
StandX XAU-USD	+0.0040%	1h	4,343.4	+0.057%	$3.8M	$4.7M	40x	as long as short
Vest GC-PERP	+0.0046%	1h	4,382.2	+0.950%	—	$995K	25x	as long as short
tradeXYZ xyz:GOLD	+0.0050%	1h	4,339.5	−0.033%	$293.1M	$52.7M	25x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps GOLD-USD	+0.0050%	1h	4,341.8	+0.020%	$4.3M	$2.3M	20x	as long as short
Ondo Perps XAU-USD.P	+0.0050%	1h	4,341.1	+0.003%	$14.5M	$54.5M	25x	as long as short
Paradex XAU-USD-PERP	+0.0051%	8h	4,342.8	+0.044%	$19K	$6K	5x	as long as short
QFEX GOLD-USD	+0.0052%	1h	4,342.5	+0.036%	$5.5M	$1.9M	20x	as long as short
edgeX XAUUSDC	+0.0066%	4h	4,338.8	−0.050%	$30.2M	$57.7M	50x	as long as short
Coinbase International GOLD-PERP-INTX	+0.0072%	1h	4,338.1	−0.065%	$2.0M	$5.2M	25x	as long as short
BloFin XAU-USDT	+0.0086%	4h	4,342.2	+0.028%	$14.8M	$4.3M	100x	as long as short
Aevo XAU-PERP	+0.0088%	1h	4,341.8	+0.021%	$161K	$87	10x	as long as short
Pacifica XAU	+0.0100%	1h	4,341.7	+0.017%	$1.4M	$1.2M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	4,337.3	−0.083%	$272K	$204K	50x	as long as short
Phoenix GOLD	+0.0109%	1h	4,343.5	+0.059%	$47K	$69K	25x	as long as short
Hotstuff GOLD-PERP	+0.0176%	1h	4,339.7	−0.029%	$33K	—	25x	as long as short
RISEx XAU/USDC	+0.0190%	1h	4,342.1	+0.028%	$3.4M	$12.6M	25x	as long as short
OKX XAU-USDT-SWAP	+0.0202%	8h	4,343.2	+0.052%	$157.9M	$275.0M	100x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSD	+0.0333%	1h	4,338.9	−0.046%	$598K	$140K	25x	as long as short
Phemex XAUUSDT	+0.0417%	4h	4,345.8	+0.111%	$2.2M	$1.1M	100x	as long as short
GMX GOLD/USD [ETH-USDC]	L +0.0495% / S −0.0311%	1h	4,342.1	+0.028%	$251K	—	29x	as long as short
Deribit GOLD_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0903%	1h	4,340.9	−0.001%	$221K	$884K	25x	as long as short