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XAU

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Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 00:00 UTC+0.0057%/8h= +6.3% APRpaid last 24h +0.043%

Price spread now: Kraken Futures against OKX−0.091%7-day average −0.087% · you buy dearer than you sell

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$6as in the Funding arb table

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$25as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$250.245% of the position

Long on OKX Short on Kraken Futures

What this pair did over the last

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Funding, last 7 days+0.187%+$19 on $10k

Price spread, last 3 days (all we have)+0.038%+$4 · spread now −0.091%, 7d avg −0.087%

Together, before fees+0.225%+$23 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

The price spread sits at its 7-day average of −0.087%, so right now this pair is about funding alone: +$2 a day on $10k at the current rate.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	OKX XAU-USDT-SWAP	4,372.1	0.0162	pay 0.0162% / 8h	14m 53s	$158.6M	$274.5M	100x
Short	Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSD	4,368.1	0.0219	get 0.0027% / 1h	14m 53s	$603K	$137K	25x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

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

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee OKXbpFee Kraken FuturesbpOrdersPrice spread, now −0.091%Rate

Funding earned: $12.07
Price spread: −0.091% → −0.087%: −$0.48
Slippage, 4 orders: −$4.53
Fee OKX: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Fee Kraken Futures: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Net: −$12.94
Costs to cover: 0.245%
Break-even: 14.5 days

Slippage from OKX: live order book, 4 min ago; Kraken Futures: live order book, 63 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 OKX live order book, 4 min ago	0.11 bp	5.1 bp −$5	5.1 bp −$51	6.3 bp −$634	13.0 bp −$6,523
Sell Kraken Futures live order book, 63 min ago	1.66 bp	6.8 bp −$7	14.7 bp −$147	doesn't fit	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	−0.0230%	1h	4,363.3	−0.202%	$26K	$22K	20x	as long as short
Hotstuff GOLD-PERP	−0.0008%	1h	4,366.9	−0.119%	$33K	—	25x	as long as short
Phoenix GOLD	−0.0004%	1h	4,370.3	−0.041%	$48K	$65K	25x	as long as short
Aster XAUUSD1	0.0000%	4h	4,371.6	−0.011%	$71.9M	$224.8M	20x	as long as short
Binance XAUUSDT	0.0000%	4h	4,371.6	−0.011%	$410.9M	$2.14B	100x	as long as short
Bybit XAUUSDT	0.0000%	4h	4,372.3	+0.004%	$82.8M	$142.6M	150x	as long as short
RISEx XAU/USDC	0.0000%	1h	4,371	−0.025%	$3.4M	$12.3M	25x	as long as short
Gate XAU_USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,372.3	+0.005%	$267.5M	$417.7M	100x	as long as short
MEXC XAU_USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,371.5	−0.014%	$376.2M	$324.1M	1000x	as long as short
Bitget XAUUSDT	0.0000%	4h	4,372	−0.002%	$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	−0.037%	$48.5M	$29.3M	—	as long as short
GRVT XAU_USDT_Perp	0.0000%	4h	4,371	−0.024%	$1.4M	$3.1M	25x	as long as short
Kalshi KXGOLDPERP	0.0000%	24h	4,368.2	−0.089%	$4.0M	$36.2M	15x	as long as short
SunX XAU-USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,375	+0.065%	$93K	$10.5M	20x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) XAU/USD	L +0.0002% / S −0.0003%	1h	4,366.5	−0.128%	$268K	—	250x	as long as short
edgeX XAUUSDC	+0.0009%	4h	4,365.9	−0.143%	$30.4M	$59.4M	50x	as long as short
QFEX GOLD-USD	+0.0032%	1h	4,370	−0.048%	$5.4M	$1.9M	20x	as long as short
Injective XAU/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	4,350.4	−0.496%	$619	$54	52x	as long as short
Lighter XAU	+0.0040%	1h	4,370.3	−0.042%	$20.8M	$44.9M	25x	as long as short
StandX XAU-USD	+0.0040%	1h	4,371.8	−0.007%	$3.8M	$4.7M	40x	as long as short
Vest GC-PERP	+0.0046%	1h	4,404.8	+0.748%	—	$1.0M	25x	as long as short
tradeXYZ xyz:GOLD	+0.0050%	1h	4,367.6	−0.103%	$294.3M	$52.5M	25x	as long as short
Ondo Perps XAU-USD.P	+0.0050%	1h	4,367	−0.117%	$14.7M	$57.0M	25x	as long as short
Paradex XAU-USD-PERP	+0.0054%	8h	4,370.5	−0.036%	$19K	$5K	5x	as long as short
Lighter RH XAU	+0.0056%	1h	4,372.9	+0.018%	$20.2M	$42.3M	25x	as long as short
Extended XAU-USD	+0.0064%	1h	4,367.6	−0.102%	$13.1M	$45.5M	25x	as long as short
Aevo XAU-PERP	+0.0080%	1h	4,369.9	−0.050%	$162K	$87	10x	as long as short
Pacifica XAU	+0.0100%	1h	4,367.4	−0.107%	$1.4M	$1.2M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	4,368.6	−0.081%	$277K	$204K	50x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps GOLD-USD	+0.0104%	1h	4,370	−0.048%	$4.3M	$1.8M	20x	as long as short
Bullet GOLD-USD	+0.0111%	1h	4,370.7	−0.032%	$59K	$81K	10x	as long as short
Coinbase International GOLD-PERP-INTX	+0.0152%	1h	4,367.2	−0.112%	$2.0M	$5.1M	25x	as long as short
OKX XAU-USDT-SWAPlong	+0.0162%	8h	4,372.1	long leg	$158.6M	$274.5M	100x
HTX XAU-USDT	+0.0186%	4h	4,377	+0.112%	$2.8M	$3.8M	75x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSDshort	+0.0219%	1h	4,368.1	−0.091%	$603K	$137K	25x
BloFin XAU-USDT	+0.0240%	4h	4,370.9	−0.028%	$14.8M	$4.5M	100x	as long as short
Deribit GOLD_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0254%	1h	4,369.8	−0.053%	$235K	$736K	25x	as long as short
Phemex XAUUSDT	+0.0320%	4h	4,370.9	−0.028%	$2.2M	$1.1M	100x	as long as short
GMX GOLD/USD [ETH-USDC]	L +0.0389% / S −0.0197%	1h	4,370.7	−0.032%	$252K	—	111x	as long as short