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XAU

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Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 02:00 UTC−0.0051%/8h= −5.6% APRpaid last 24h +0.005%

Price spread now: Gate against QFEX+0.049%7-day average +0.071% · you sell dearer than you buy

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

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$32as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$300.299% of the position

Long on QFEX Short on Gate

What this pair did over the last

the charts below follow

Funding, last 4 days (all we have)+0.007%+$1 on $10k

Price spread, last 7 days+0.020%+$2 · spread now +0.049%, 7d avg +0.071%

Together, before fees+0.026%+$3 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

Both sides work against this trade now: funding costs −$2 a day on $10k at the current rate, and Gate is 0.021% cheaper against QFEX than usual: you would sell low and buy high (−$2 if the spread goes back to its 7-day average of +0.071%). Swap the legs.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	QFEX GOLD-USD	4,352.3	0.0051	pay 0.0006% / 1h	59m 06s	$5.5M	$1.9M	20x
Short	Gate XAU_USDT	4,354.5	0	get 0.0000% / 4h	1h 59m	$263.6M	$403.5M	100x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

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

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee QFEXbpFee GatebpOrdersPrice spread, now +0.049%Rate

Funding earned: −$10.79
Price spread: +0.049% → +0.071%: −$2.15
Slippage, 4 orders: −$4.86
Fee QFEX: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Fee Gate: 7.5 bp × 2 orders: −$15
Net: −$42.79
Costs to cover: 0.299%
Break-even: never at this rate

Slippage from QFEX: live order book, 4 min ago; Gate: live order book, 5 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 QFEX live order book, 4 min ago	2.41 bp	7.4 bp −$7	7.4 bp −$74	10.3 bp −$1,026	doesn't fit
Sell Gate live order book, 5 min ago	0.01 bp	7.5 bp −$8	8.5 bp −$85	12.9 bp −$1,287	14.3 bp −$7,151

XAU on 38 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	−0.0322%	1h	4,345.9	−0.148%	$25K	$14K	20x	as long as short
Gate XAU_USDTshort	0.0000%	4h	4,354.5	+0.049%	$263.6M	$403.5M	100x
SunX XAU-USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,356.9	+0.106%	$93K	$9.4M	20x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) XAU/USD	L +0.0002% / S −0.0003%	1h	4,349.2	−0.071%	$269K	—	250x	as long as short
RISEx XAU/USDC	+0.0010%	1h	4,353	+0.016%	$3.4M	$12.4M	25x	as long as short
Extended XAU-USD	+0.0032%	1h	4,349.1	−0.073%	$13.5M	$41.4M	25x	as long as short
Injective XAU/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	4,350.4	−0.043%	$619	$54	52x	as long as short
Kalshi KXGOLDPERP	+0.0036%	24h	4,350.7	−0.037%	$4.1M	$36.1M	15x	as long as short
Lighter XAU	+0.0040%	1h	4,352.1	−0.005%	$20.6M	$41.7M	25x	as long as short
StandX XAU-USD	+0.0040%	1h	4,353.4	+0.025%	$3.8M	$4.6M	40x	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	4,386.2	+0.779%	—	$1.0M	25x	as long as short
Hotstuff GOLD-PERP	+0.0048%	1h	4,349.8	−0.057%	$33K	—	25x	as long as short
Coinbase International GOLD-PERP-INTX	+0.0048%	1h	4,349	−0.076%	$2.0M	$4.9M	25x	as long as short
tradeXYZ xyz:GOLD	+0.0050%	1h	4,350.1	−0.051%	$293.6M	$49.0M	25x	as long as short
Ondo Perps XAU-USD.P	+0.0050%	1h	4,349.6	−0.061%	$15.1M	$57.9M	25x	as long as short
QFEX GOLD-USDlong	+0.0051%	1h	4,352.3	long leg	$5.5M	$1.9M	20x
Lighter RH XAU	+0.0056%	1h	4,354.7	+0.055%	$20.1M	$39.3M	25x	as long as short
Aster XAUUSD1	+0.0056%	4h	4,354	+0.040%	$70.1M	$324.5M	20x	as long as short
Paradex XAU-USD-PERP	+0.0087%	8h	4,352.6	+0.007%	$19K	$5K	5x	as long as short
Pacifica XAU	+0.0100%	1h	4,349.1	−0.074%	$1.4M	$1.2M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	4,351.5	−0.018%	$275K	$204K	50x	as long as short
Variational Omni XAU	+0.0105%	4h	4,351.6	−0.015%	$48.2M	$28.0M	—	as long as short
Aevo XAU-PERP	+0.0112%	1h	4,351.3	−0.024%	$161K	$87	10x	as long as short
MEXC XAU_USDT	+0.0116%	4h	4,353.2	+0.021%	$372.8M	$315.1M	1000x	as long as short
edgeX XAUUSDC	+0.0118%	4h	4,346.1	−0.142%	$30.2M	$59.3M	50x	as long as short
Binance XAUUSDT	+0.0119%	4h	4,353.2	+0.020%	$410.9M	$2.09B	100x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps GOLD-USD	+0.0120%	1h	4,352.4	+0.002%	$4.3M	$1.9M	20x	as long as short
Phoenix GOLD	+0.0121%	1h	4,350.1	−0.051%	$47K	$60K	25x	as long as short
GRVT XAU_USDT_Perp	+0.0134%	4h	4,353.4	+0.025%	$1.4M	$3.0M	25x	as long as short
Deribit GOLD_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0187%	1h	4,351.5	−0.018%	$260K	$700K	25x	as long as short
Bullet GOLD-USD	+0.0202%	1h	4,353	+0.016%	$59K	$83K	10x	as long as short
Bybit XAUUSDT	+0.0202%	4h	4,354.2	+0.044%	$84.0M	$145.0M	150x	as long as short
Bitget XAUUSDT	+0.0206%	4h	4,353.4	+0.026%	$69.6M	$109.0M	100x	as long as short
OKX XAU-USDT-SWAP	+0.0247%	8h	4,354.2	+0.044%	$164.6M	$281.6M	100x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSD	+0.0269%	1h	4,350.2	−0.047%	$593K	$133K	25x	as long as short
Phemex XAUUSDT	+0.0333%	4h	4,355.7	+0.077%	$2.2M	$1.1M	100x	as long as short
GMX GOLD/USD [ETH-USDC]	L +0.0396% / S −0.0204%	1h	4,353.2	+0.021%	$251K	—	111x	as long as short
HTX XAU-USDT	+0.0611%	4h	4,357.2	+0.114%	$2.9M	$4.1M	75x	as long as short