XAU

Leg	Exchange	Price	Fund. /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Lev
LONG	PopdexXAUUSDT	4,159.5	+0.0136	pay 0.0017% / 1h	26m 22s	$821K	$975K	20x	Long Popdex
SHORT	HTXXAU-USDT	4,163.1	+0.0521	get 0.0261% / 4h	2h 26m	$5.3M	$5.1M	75x	Short HTX

Price gap+0.086%

Funding gap+0.0385% /8h

Funding pays +$12 a day on $10k, but the gap is 0.026% under its 7d average: −$3 if it goes back, about 5 hours of funding.

If you open now and hold

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

Funding+$92+0.0385% /8h now · paid +0.922% over the last 7D

Price−$3spread +0.086% now, avg +0.112% → −0.026% if it goes back

Costs−$250.247% of $10k · taker + slippage, in and out

Result+$65+0.65%no pointsWhat the last 7D really paid, hour by hour → backtest

Price and funding

1h · loading 5m…

Entry / ExitPopdex: thin, under $1M open interest

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PRICE SPREAD · 7D

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XAU on 41 exchanges

lowest funding first

Before you open

1 ok · 4 to watch

OK: Fits both order books4.2 / 9.0 bp
Entry at $10k a leg, taker fee + slippage. Closing costs about the same.
Note: Margin at max leverage$500 + $133
Popdex 20x, HTX 75x. 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: +$11.56Long Popdex: 24 payments, −$4.08; short HTX: 6 payments, +$15.64.
Watch: Gap narrower than usual+0.086% vs +0.112%
Less room for the price leg to pay you. If it goes back to average, the short loses.
Watch: Long leg is thinner$821K vs $5.3M OI
Popdex sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
Note: No points program—
Neither exchange runs points right now.
Watch: KYCPopdex No · HTX Limited
No ID for accounts opened since 2026-03-30: futures up to 5x and no API trading; more leverage and the API need level-2 KYC.

Profit calculator

both legs, in and out

Position, each leg

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Orders

Price spread

Funding rate

Funding earned+0.0484%/8h × 21 periods+$101.54

Price spread+0.086% → +0.112% (7d avg)−$2.63

Slippage, 4 orderslive order books−$6.34

Fee Popdex bp × 2 orders−$6.40

Fee HTX bp × 2 orders−$12.00

Net · 7 days · $10k+$74.17

Costs to cover0.247%Break-even1.9 days

Slippage: Popdex: live order book, 7 min ago; HTX: live order book, 2 min ago

Cost to enter

taker + slippage from mid, one side

BUY · LONGPopdex0.964.2 bp−$45.0 bp−$5033.5 bp−$3,348doesn’t fit

SELL · SHORTHTX0.019.0 bp−$910.3 bp−$10314.4 bp−$1,43824.3 bp−$12.1K

Closing costs about the same again.

XAU news

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

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 ↗
09-29 08:55	ApeX Omni	Other	Quiet tape. S&P -0.8%, NASDAQ -0.9%, gold and oil barely moved. The 10y keeps grinding: 5.240%, another 13bp since Thursday. bitcoin:native $83,983 +1.3%, $ETH $2,712 +2.6%. $31M into spot ETFs, an eighth straight day. Fear and greed 73. @OfficialApeXdex on X ↗
09-28 20:36	BingX	Other	Core PCE takes center stage Wednesday 👀 A cooler print could lift gold, while a hotter one may boost USD and pressure stocks. Trade $XAU on BingX TradFi 👇 @BingXOfficial on X ↗
09-28 15:58	BingX	Other	Gold fell over $115 today to its lowest level since August. Higher bond yields, a stronger dollar, and high oil prices are pushing the market down 👀 @BingXOfficial on X ↗

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