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Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 03:00 UTC−0.0207%/8h= −22.6% APRpaid last 24h −0.049%

Price spread now: QFEX against OKX−0.096%7-day average −0.051% · you buy dearer than you sell

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs—under 7 days of funding history

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$30as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$250.253% of the position

Long on OKX Short on QFEX

What this pair did over the last

the charts below follow

Funding, last 4 days (all we have)−0.081%−$8 on $10k

Price spread, last 7 days+0.074%+$7 · spread now −0.096%, 7d avg −0.051%

Together, before fees−0.007%−$1 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

Both sides work against this trade now: funding costs −$6 a day on $10k at the current rate, and QFEX is 0.045% cheaper against OKX than usual: you would sell low and buy high (−$5 if the spread goes back to its 7-day average of −0.051%). Swap the legs.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	OKX XAU-USDT-SWAP	4,355.8	0.0253	pay 0.0253% / 8h	5h 30m	$165.0M	$281.9M	100x
Short	QFEX GOLD-USD	4,351.6	0.0046	get 0.0006% / 1h	30m 58s	$5.6M	$1.9M	20x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

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

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee OKXbpFee QFEXbpOrdersPrice spread, now −0.096%Rate

Funding earned: −$43.39
Price spread: −0.096% → −0.051%: −$4.53
Slippage, 4 orders: −$5.29
Fee OKX: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Fee QFEX: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Net: −$73.21
Costs to cover: 0.253%
Break-even: never at this rate

Slippage from OKX: live order book, 3 min ago; QFEX: live order book, 8 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, 3 min ago	0.12 bp	5.1 bp −$5	5.1 bp −$51	6.3 bp −$632	14.3 bp −$7,128
Sell QFEX live order book, 8 min ago	2.53 bp	7.5 bp −$8	7.5 bp −$75	9.2 bp −$915	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
SunX XAU-USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,358.3	+0.057%	$93K	$9.3M	20x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) XAU/USD	L +0.0002% / S −0.0003%	1h	4,349.7	−0.140%	$267K	—	250x	as long as short
Gate XAU_USDT	+0.0006%	4h	4,355.3	−0.012%	$266.1M	$411.0M	100x	as long as short
RISEx XAU/USDC	+0.0010%	1h	4,353.9	−0.045%	$3.4M	$12.4M	25x	as long as short
Extended XAU-USD	+0.0032%	1h	4,349.8	−0.137%	$13.6M	$39.2M	25x	as long as short
Injective XAU/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	4,350.4	−0.124%	$619	$54	52x	as long as short
Kalshi KXGOLDPERP	+0.0038%	24h	4,351.6	−0.096%	$4.1M	$36.9M	15x	as long as short
StandX XAU-USD	+0.0040%	1h	4,353.5	−0.053%	$3.8M	$4.6M	40x	as long as short
Aster XAUUSD1	+0.0041%	4h	4,354.1	−0.039%	$70.4M	$333.6M	20x	as long as short
Vest GC-PERP	+0.0046%	1h	4,386.9	+0.714%	—	$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
QFEX GOLD-USDshort	+0.0046%	1h	4,351.6	−0.096%	$5.6M	$1.9M	20x
Coinbase International GOLD-PERP-INTX	+0.0048%	1h	4,350.6	−0.119%	$2.0M	$4.9M	25x	as long as short
tradeXYZ xyz:GOLD	+0.0050%	1h	4,350.9	−0.112%	$293.9M	$48.7M	25x	as long as short
GRVT XAU_USDT_Perp	+0.0050%	4h	4,352.3	−0.081%	$1.4M	$3.0M	25x	as long as short
Ondo Perps XAU-USD.P	+0.0050%	1h	4,350.2	−0.128%	$15.1M	$57.5M	25x	as long as short
Lighter XAU	+0.0056%	1h	4,353.1	−0.061%	$20.6M	$42.2M	25x	as long as short
Variational Omni XAU	+0.0057%	4h	4,353	−0.065%	$48.3M	$27.8M	—	as long as short
Lighter RH XAU	+0.0072%	1h	4,355.1	−0.015%	$20.1M	$39.7M	25x	as long as short
MEXC XAU_USDT	+0.0072%	4h	4,354.1	−0.038%	$372.7M	$318.1M	1000x	as long as short
Binance XAUUSDT	+0.0074%	4h	4,354.4	−0.033%	$412.8M	$2.10B	100x	as long as short
Paradex XAU-USD-PERP	+0.0083%	8h	4,353.8	−0.046%	$19K	$5K	5x	as long as short
edgeX XAUUSDC	+0.0092%	4h	4,347.3	−0.195%	$30.3M	$58.9M	50x	as long as short
Aevo XAU-PERP	+0.0096%	1h	4,353	−0.065%	$161K	$87	10x	as long as short
Pacifica XAU	+0.0100%	1h	4,350.3	−0.126%	$1.4M	$1.1M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	4,348.5	−0.168%	$275K	$203K	50x	as long as short
Bluefin GOLD-PERP	+0.0100%	1h	4,346.2	−0.220%	$25K	$14K	20x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps GOLD-USD	+0.0131%	1h	4,353.1	−0.062%	$4.3M	$1.9M	20x	as long as short
Phoenix GOLD	+0.0136%	1h	4,350.1	−0.131%	$47K	$77K	25x	as long as short
Hotstuff GOLD-PERP	+0.0144%	1h	4,350.2	−0.129%	$33K	—	25x	as long as short
Phemex XAUUSDT	+0.0147%	4h	4,354.3	−0.035%	$2.2M	$1.1M	100x	as long as short
Bybit XAUUSDT	+0.0196%	4h	4,356	+0.005%	$84.5M	$145.1M	150x	as long as short
Bitget XAUUSDT	+0.0212%	4h	4,355.1	−0.017%	$70.3M	$109.5M	100x	as long as short
Bullet GOLD-USD	+0.0217%	1h	4,353.9	−0.044%	$59K	$83K	10x	as long as short
Deribit GOLD_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0233%	1h	4,352.9	−0.067%	$258K	$706K	25x	as long as short
OKX XAU-USDT-SWAPlong	+0.0253%	8h	4,355.8	long leg	$165.0M	$281.9M	100x
Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSD	+0.0269%	1h	4,351.3	−0.104%	$594K	$133K	25x	as long as short
BloFin XAU-USDT	+0.0295%	4h	4,354.1	−0.040%	$15.5M	$4.6M	100x	as long as short
GMX GOLD/USD [ETH-USDC]	L +0.0403% / S −0.0214%	1h	4,353.8	−0.045%	$251K	—	111x	as long as short
HTX XAU-USDT	+0.0562%	4h	4,359.2	+0.079%	$2.9M	$4.2M	75x	as long as short