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XAU

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Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 04:00 UTC−0.0150%/8h= −16.4% APRpaid last 24h −0.152%

Price spread now: Kalshi against Phemex−0.086%7-day average −0.128% · you buy dearer than you sell

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$120as in the Funding arb table

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$72as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$760.761% of the position

Long on Phemex Short on Kalshi

What this pair did over the last

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Funding, last 7 days−0.442%−$44 on $10k

Price spread, last 4 days (all we have)−0.169%−$17 · spread now −0.086%, 7d avg −0.128%

Together, before fees−0.611%−$61 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

The price spread pays, funding is against you. Kalshi is 0.042% dearer against Phemex than usual: you sell high and buy low (spread −0.086% now, against its 7-day average of −0.128%): +$4 on $10k if it goes back. Holding the pair costs −$4 a day in funding at the current rate, which eats that in about 22 hours.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	Phemex XAUUSDT	4,349.6	0.0191	pay 0.0095% / 4h	1h 01m	$2.2M	$1.0M	100x
Short	Kalshi KXGOLDPERP	4,345.9	0.0041	get 0.0124% / 24h	11h 01m	$4.1M	$37.1M	15x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

Kalshi against Phemex. Falling: the short leg gains. Rising: it loses.

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee PhemexbpFee KalshibpOrdersPrice spread, now −0.086%Rate

Funding earned: −$31.41
Price spread: −0.086% → −0.128%: $4.18
Slippage, 4 orders: −$54.08
Fee Phemex: 6 bp × 2 orders: −$12
Fee Kalshi: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Net: −$103.31
Costs to cover: 0.761%
Break-even: never at this rate

Slippage from Phemex: live order book, 2 min ago; Kalshi: 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 Phemex live order book, 2 min ago	2.61 bp	29.3 bp −$29	doesn't fit	doesn't fit	doesn't fit
Sell Kalshi live order book, 3 min ago	0.12 bp	5.9 bp −$6	6.6 bp −$66	7.8 bp −$782	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
Hotstuff GOLD-PERP	0.0000%	1h	4,344.9	−0.109%	$33K	—	25x	as long as short
SunX XAU-USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,352	+0.053%	$92K	$9.1M	20x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) XAU/USD	L +0.0002% / S −0.0003%	1h	4,344.2	−0.124%	$266K	—	250x	as long as short
Gate XAU_USDT	+0.0004%	4h	4,349.7	+0.002%	$264.5M	$418.5M	100x	as long as short
RISEx XAU/USDC	+0.0010%	1h	4,347.8	−0.042%	$3.4M	$12.3M	25x	as long as short
Extended XAU-USD	+0.0032%	1h	4,343.8	−0.135%	$13.4M	$38.7M	25x	as long as short
Injective XAU/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	4,350.4	+0.018%	$619	$54	52x	as long as short
StandX XAU-USD	+0.0040%	1h	4,348.3	−0.031%	$3.8M	$4.6M	40x	as long as short
Kalshi KXGOLDPERPshort	+0.0041%	24h	4,345.9	−0.086%	$4.1M	$37.1M	15x
Aster XAUUSD1	+0.0042%	4h	4,348.4	−0.029%	$70.9M	$334.1M	20x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Vest GC-PERP	+0.0046%	1h	4,380.5	+0.709%	—	$1.0M	25x	as long as short
QFEX GOLD-USD	+0.0046%	1h	4,347.2	−0.056%	$5.7M	$2.0M	20x	as long as short
Lighter XAU	+0.0048%	1h	4,346.7	−0.069%	$20.6M	$42.7M	25x	as long as short
Coinbase International GOLD-PERP-INTX	+0.0048%	1h	4,344.9	−0.109%	$2.0M	$4.9M	25x	as long as short
tradeXYZ xyz:GOLD	+0.0050%	1h	4,344.9	−0.109%	$293.8M	$48.9M	25x	as long as short
Ondo Perps XAU-USD.P	+0.0050%	1h	4,344.4	−0.120%	$15.1M	$56.7M	25x	as long as short
Lighter RH XAU	+0.0056%	1h	4,348.9	−0.018%	$20.1M	$39.9M	25x	as long as short
Variational Omni XAU	+0.0057%	4h	4,346	−0.083%	$48.5M	$27.7M	—	as long as short
GRVT XAU_USDT_Perp	+0.0062%	4h	4,348.6	−0.023%	$1.4M	$3.0M	25x	as long as short
edgeX XAUUSDC	+0.0075%	4h	4,342.6	−0.163%	$30.2M	$58.6M	50x	as long as short
MEXC XAU_USDT	+0.0076%	4h	4,347.6	−0.047%	$371.1M	$320.9M	1000x	as long as short
Binance XAUUSDT	+0.0077%	4h	4,348.1	−0.037%	$411.1M	$2.10B	100x	as long as short
Paradex XAU-USD-PERP	+0.0079%	8h	4,347.6	−0.046%	$19K	$5K	5x	as long as short
Aevo XAU-PERP	+0.0096%	1h	4,347	−0.061%	$161K	$87	10x	as long as short
Pacifica XAU	+0.0100%	1h	4,344.1	−0.127%	$1.4M	$1.1M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	4,344.7	−0.113%	$274K	$203K	50x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps GOLD-USD	+0.0118%	1h	4,347.2	−0.056%	$4.3M	$1.9M	20x	as long as short
Phoenix GOLD	+0.0136%	1h	4,345.3	−0.100%	$47K	$77K	25x	as long as short
Phemex XAUUSDTlong	+0.0191%	4h	4,349.6	long leg	$2.2M	$1.0M	100x
Bullet GOLD-USD	+0.0194%	1h	4,348.2	−0.034%	$59K	$83K	10x	as long as short
Bybit XAUUSDT	+0.0212%	4h	4,349.2	−0.011%	$84.4M	$145.4M	150x	as long as short
Bitget XAUUSDT	+0.0220%	4h	4,347.7	−0.045%	$70.2M	$109.4M	100x	as long as short
OKX XAU-USDT-SWAP	+0.0263%	8h	4,349.5	−0.003%	$165.4M	$283.3M	100x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSD	+0.0270%	1h	4,345.3	−0.100%	$593K	$133K	25x	as long as short
BloFin XAU-USDT	+0.0302%	4h	4,347.9	−0.041%	$15.7M	$4.6M	100x	as long as short
Bluefin GOLD-PERP	+0.0341%	1h	4,342.1	−0.172%	$25K	$14K	20x	as long as short
Deribit GOLD_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0349%	1h	4,346.4	−0.074%	$268K	$767K	25x	as long as short
GMX GOLD/USD [ETH-USDC]	L +0.0406% / S −0.0221%	1h	4,347.9	−0.039%	$248K	—	111x	as long as short
HTX XAU-USDT	+0.0595%	4h	4,353.5	+0.089%	$2.9M	$4.3M	75x	as long as short