XAU

Leg	Exchange	Price	Fund. /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Lev
LONG	PopdexXAUUSDT	4,183.3	+0.0048	pay 0.0006% / 1h	1m 44s	$806K	$1.1M	20x	Long Popdex
SHORT	edgeXXAUUSDC	4,174.8	+0.0011	get 0.0006% / 4h	3h 01m	$29.1M	$54.1M	50x	Short edgeX

Price gap−0.204%

Funding gap−0.0037% /8h

Both sides work against this direction now: funding costs $1 a day on $10k and the gap is 0.056% under its 7d average. Swap the legs.

If you open now and hold

on $10k a leg · figures of the last 7D, not a forecast

Funding+$2−0.0037% /8h now · paid +0.016% over the last 7D

Price−$6spread −0.204% now, avg −0.149% → −0.056% if it goes back

Costs−$170.173% of $10k · taker + slippage, in and out

Result−$21−0.21%+ Points / potential airdropedgeX: points · farm boardWhat the last 7D really paid, hour by hour → backtest

Price and funding

1h · history

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PRICE SPREAD · 7D

Now−0.204%

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Where the spread has been, last 7D

share of time at each level

Funding on every exchange

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XAU on 41 exchanges

lowest funding first

Before you open

3 ok · 3 to watch

OK: Fits both order books3.8 / 4.9 bp
Entry at $10k a leg, taker fee + slippage. Closing costs about the same.
Note: Margin at max leverage$500 + $200
Popdex 20x, edgeX 50x. Keep about 2× this so a sharp move doesn’t liquidate one leg.
Watch: Payment intervals differ1h / 4h
Payments land at different times. Close right after the slower leg pays.
Next 24h at the current rates, on $10k a leg: −$1.10Long Popdex: 24 payments, −$1.44; short edgeX: 6 payments, +$0.34.
Watch: Gap narrower than usual−0.204% vs −0.149%
Less room for the price leg to pay you. If it goes back to average, the short loses.
Watch: Long leg is thinner$806K vs $29.1M OI
Popdex sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
OK: Points on a legedgeX points
Volume here counts toward the points program.
OK: No KYC on either legPopdex No · edgeX No
Both exchanges let you trade without ID.

Profit calculator

both legs, in and out

Position, each leg

Hold for

Orders

Price spread

Funding rate

Funding earned+0.0008%/8h × 21 periods+$1.62

Price spread−0.204% → −0.149% (7d avg)−$5.57

Slippage, 4 orderslive order books−$1.91

Fee Popdex bp × 2 orders−$6.40

Fee edgeX bp × 2 orders−$9.00

Net · 7 days · $10k−$21.26

Costs to cover0.173%Break-even98.8 days

Slippage: Popdex: live order book, 4 min ago; edgeX: live order book, 4 min ago

Cost to enter

taker + slippage from mid, one side

BUY · LONGPopdex0.603.8 bp−$44.2 bp−$4216.7 bp−$1,669doesn’t fit

SELL · SHORTedgeX0.364.9 bp−$54.9 bp−$497.9 bp−$79436.3 bp−$18.1K

Closing costs about the same again.

XAU news

posts that mention XAU or Gold, from every exchangeSearch all news →

10-01 04:01	HTX	Other	10 Trades, 3 Highlights:👀 $BTC → 9 straight days of inflows $XAU → Safe-haven bid getting stronger $SOL → $188M in ETF inflows this week What's the ticker? Trade it 24/7 on @HTXFutures. @HTX_Global on X ↗
10-01 02:30	Kalshi	Other	JUST IN: McDonald's Canada giving away 10-karat gold Quarter Pounder worth almost $15,000 in Monopoly game @Kalshi on X ↗
09-30 18:40	Hotstuff	Listing	GOLD-PERP no longer reported ($XAU) seen by our collector
09-30 15:36	BingX	Other	here’s what could move markets before your next trade 👀 which are you watching: gold, the dollar or AI stocks? 👇 @BingXOfficial on X ↗
09-30 02:07	Avantis	Other	The macro backdrop hasn’t changed much, but the reactions across markets have. Yields are pushing back toward multi-decade highs and equities are struggling to get much traction. $XAU is bouncing after getting hit hard, while $BTC has managed to recover toward $84K. That divergence is where this week gets interesting, and the crew is diving in tomorrow at 12:30pm ET 📺 @verantaxyz on X ↗
09-29 13:32	GRVT	Other	UPDATE: 74 of 109 RWA markets traded in week one. Gold led, Korean semis second, US brokerage third. Makers paid on all of them. @grvt_io on X ↗

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