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XAU

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Alert: funding

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Funding you earn now, next payment 00:00 UTC+0.0192%/8h= +21.0% APRpaid last 24h +0.084%

Price spread now: BloFin against Lighter RH−0.026%91s7-day average −0.007% · you buy dearer than you sell

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs+$28as 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−$130.134% of the position

Long on Lighter RH Short on BloFin

What this pair did over the last

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Funding, last 7 days+0.417%+$42 on $10k

Price spread, last 3 days (all we have)+0.039%+$4 · spread now −0.026%, 7d avg −0.007%

Together, before fees+0.456%+ Points / potential airdropLighter RH: Points live · farm board+$46 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

The price spread sits at its 7-day average of −0.007%, so right now this pair is about funding alone: +$6 a day on $10k at the current rate. The two prices were read 91 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	Lighter RH XAU	4,372.2	0.0048	pay 0.0006% / 1h	15m 31s	$20.2M	$42.3M	25x
Short	BloFin XAU-USDT	4,371	0.0240	get 0.0120% / 4h	15m 31s	$14.8M	$4.5M	100x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

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

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee Lighter RHbpFee BloFinbpOrdersPrice spread, now −0.026%Rate

Funding earned: $40.32
Price spread: −0.026% → −0.007%: −$1.96
Slippage, 4 orders: −$1.37
Fee Lighter RH: 0 bp × 2 orders: $0
Fee BloFin: 6 bp × 2 orders: −$12
Net: $24.99
Costs to cover: 0.134%
Break-even: 2.7 days

Slippage from Lighter RH: live order book, 3 min ago; BloFin: 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 Lighter RH live order book, 3 min ago	0.64 bp	0.7 bp −$1	2.1 bp −$21	18.2 bp −$1,824	doesn't fit
Sell BloFin live order book, 3 min ago	0.02 bp	6.0 bp −$6	6.2 bp −$62	7.4 bp −$737	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	−0.0227%	1h	4,363	−0.211%	$26K	$22K	20x	as long as short
Hotstuff GOLD-PERP	−0.0008%	1h	4,366.9	−0.121%	$33K	—	25x	as long as short
Phoenix GOLD	−0.0004%	1h	4,370.3	−0.043%	$48K	$65K	25x	as long as short
Aster XAUUSD1	0.0000%	4h	4,371.1	−0.025%	$71.9M	$224.9M	20x	as long as short
Binance XAUUSDT	0.0000%	4h	4,370.4	−0.042%	$410.8M	$2.14B	100x	as long as short
Bybit XAUUSDT	0.0000%	4h	4,370.9	−0.030%	$82.7M	$142.6M	150x	as long as short
RISEx XAU/USDC	0.0000%	1h	4,371	−0.027%	$3.4M	$12.3M	25x	as long as short
Gate XAU_USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,371.4	−0.019%	$267.4M	$417.6M	100x	as long as short
MEXC XAU_USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,370.3	−0.043%	$375.4M	$324.1M	1000x	as long as short
Bitget XAUUSDT	0.0000%	4h	4,370.5	−0.039%	$69.6M	$113.4M	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	0.0000%	4h	4,370.5	−0.039%	$48.5M	$29.3M	—	as long as short
GRVT XAU_USDT_Perp	0.0000%	4h	4,371	−0.026%	$1.4M	$3.1M	25x	as long as short
Kalshi KXGOLDPERP	0.0000%	24h	4,368	−0.096%	$4.0M	$36.2M	15x	as long as short
SunX XAU-USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,375.3	+0.072%	$93K	$10.6M	20x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) XAU/USD	L +0.0002% / S −0.0003%	1h	4,366.6	−0.128%	$268K	—	250x	as long as short
edgeX XAUUSDC	+0.0009%	4h	4,365.9	−0.145%	$30.4M	$59.4M	50x	as long as short
QFEX GOLD-USD	+0.0032%	1h	4,370	−0.050%	$5.4M	$1.9M	20x	as long as short
Injective XAU/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	4,350.4	−0.498%	$619	$54	52x	as long as short
Lighter XAU	+0.0040%	1h	4,369.7	−0.057%	$20.7M	$44.9M	25x	as long as short
StandX XAU-USD	+0.0040%	1h	4,371.5	−0.016%	$3.8M	$4.7M	40x	as long as short
Vest GC-PERP	+0.0046%	1h	4,405.1	+0.753%	—	$1.0M	25x	as long as short
Lighter RH XAUlong	+0.0048%	1h	4,372.2	long leg	$20.2M	$42.3M	25x
tradeXYZ xyz:GOLD	+0.0050%	1h	4,367	−0.119%	$294.2M	$52.5M	25x	as long as short
Ondo Perps XAU-USD.P	+0.0050%	1h	4,367	−0.119%	$14.7M	$57.0M	25x	as long as short
Paradex XAU-USD-PERP	+0.0054%	8h	4,370.5	−0.038%	$19K	$5K	5x	as long as short
Extended XAU-USD	+0.0056%	1h	4,366.8	−0.124%	$13.1M	$45.5M	25x	as long as short
Aevo XAU-PERP	+0.0080%	1h	4,370.1	−0.047%	$162K	$87	10x	as long as short
Pacifica XAU	+0.0100%	1h	4,367.4	−0.110%	$1.4M	$1.2M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	4,368.6	−0.083%	$277K	$204K	50x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps GOLD-USD	+0.0104%	1h	4,370	−0.050%	$4.3M	$1.8M	20x	as long as short
Bullet GOLD-USD	+0.0109%	1h	4,370.7	−0.034%	$59K	$81K	10x	as long as short
Coinbase International GOLD-PERP-INTX	+0.0152%	1h	4,370.1	−0.048%	$2.0M	$5.1M	25x	as long as short
OKX XAU-USDT-SWAP	+0.0162%	8h	4,371.4	−0.018%	$158.6M	$274.4M	100x	as long as short
HTX XAU-USDT	+0.0181%	4h	4,377	+0.110%	$2.8M	$3.8M	75x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSD	+0.0219%	1h	4,367.7	−0.102%	$602K	$137K	25x	as long as short
BloFin XAU-USDTshort	+0.0240%	4h	4,371	−0.026%	$14.8M	$4.5M	100x
Deribit GOLD_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0254%	1h	4,369.1	−0.071%	$235K	$736K	25x	as long as short
Phemex XAUUSDT	+0.0317%	4h	4,370.3	−0.044%	$2.2M	$1.1M	100x	as long as short
GMX GOLD/USD [ETH-USDC]	L +0.0389% / S −0.0197%	1h	4,370.5	−0.038%	$252K	—	111x	as long as short