XAU

Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 07:00 UTC+0.0078%/8h= +8.5% APRnext payment +$0.10 per $10,000 · paid last 24h +0.018%

Price spread now: Lighter RH against QFEX+0.065%7-day average +0.027% · 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−$14as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$180.177% of the position

Long on QFEX Short on Lighter RH

What this pair did over the last

the charts below follow

Funding, last 4 days (all we have)+0.050%+$5 on $10k

Price spread, last 7 days−0.067%−$7 · spread now +0.065%, 7d avg +0.027%

Together, before fees−0.017%+ Points / potential airdropLighter RH: Points live · farm board−$2 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

Both sides work for this trade now. Funding pays +$2 a day on $10k at the current rate, and Lighter RH is 0.038% dearer against QFEX than usual: you sell high and buy low: +$4 more if the spread goes back to its 7-day average of +0.027%.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	QFEX GOLD-USD	4,322	0.0042	pay 0.0005% / 1h	18m 33s	$5.4M	$2.0M	20x
Short	Lighter RH XAU	4,324.8	0.0120	get 0.0015% / 1h	18m 33s	$19.9M	$39.1M	25x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

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

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Funding on every exchange

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How often the price spread is this wide · share of time at each level, last 7D show

Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee QFEXbpFee Lighter RHbpOrdersPrice spread, now +0.065%Rate

Funding earned: $16.31
Price spread: +0.065% → +0.027%: $3.76
Slippage, 4 orders: −$7.7
Fee QFEX: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Fee Lighter RH: 0 bp × 2 orders: $0
Net: $2.37
Costs to cover: 0.177%
Break-even: 6.0 days

Slippage from QFEX: live order book, 5 min ago; Lighter RH: 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, 5 min ago	2.89 bp	7.9 bp −$8	7.9 bp −$79	10.7 bp −$1,074	doesn't fit
Sell Lighter RH live order book, 5 min ago	0.81 bp	1.0 bp −$1	1.0 bp −$10	4.3 bp −$432	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
Bluefin GOLD-PERP	−0.0059%	1h	4,315.2	−0.157%	$25K	$1K	20x	as long as short
SunX XAU-USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,326.8	+0.111%	$92K	$7.6M	20x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) XAU/USD	L +0.0002% / S −0.0003%	1h	4,319.3	−0.062%	$270K	—	250x	as long as short
Hotstuff GOLD-PERP	+0.0016%	1h	4,319.3	−0.062%	$32K	—	25x	as long as short
Bybit XAUUSDT	+0.0020%	4h	4,323.9	+0.043%	$77.3M	$154.5M	150x	as long as short
Injective XAU/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	4,350.4	+0.658%	$619	$54	52x	as long as short
StandX XAU-USD	+0.0040%	1h	4,323.4	+0.032%	$3.8M	$4.5M	40x	as long as short
QFEX GOLD-USDlong	+0.0042%	1h	4,322	long leg	$5.4M	$2.0M	20x
Vest GC-PERP	+0.0046%	1h	4,354.7	+0.757%	—	$1.0M	25x	as long as short
tradeXYZ xyz:GOLD	+0.0050%	1h	4,319.6	−0.056%	$291.5M	$51.3M	25x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Ondo Perps XAU-USD.P	+0.0050%	1h	4,318.6	−0.078%	$15.0M	$55.5M	25x	as long as short
Aster XAUUSD1	+0.0066%	4h	4,325	+0.069%	$72.5M	$274.5M	20x	as long as short
Lighter XAU	+0.0072%	1h	4,322.4	+0.009%	$20.3M	$30.7M	25x	as long as short
Coinbase International GOLD-PERP-INTX	+0.0072%	1h	4,320.6	−0.032%	$2.1M	$4.9M	25x	as long as short
Paradex XAU-USD-PERP	+0.0078%	8h	4,322	+0.001%	$2K	$14K	5x	as long as short
Kalshi KXGOLDPERP	+0.0079%	24h	4,321.8	−0.005%	$3.8M	$43.9M	15x	as long as short
GRVT XAU_USDT_Perp	+0.0086%	4h	4,323.2	+0.028%	$1.4M	$3.0M	25x	as long as short
Variational Omni XAU	+0.0093%	4h	4,322.6	+0.014%	$47.3M	$28.8M	—	as long as short
MEXC XAU_USDT	+0.0098%	4h	4,322.9	+0.022%	$367.8M	$332.0M	1000x	as long as short
Phoenix GOLD	+0.0100%	1h	4,319.2	−0.065%	$47K	$79K	25x	as long as short
Pacifica XAU	+0.0100%	1h	4,319.4	−0.060%	$1.4M	$1.2M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	4,319.8	−0.052%	$272K	$208K	50x	as long as short
Binance XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	4h	4,323.2	+0.028%	$423.2M	$2.13B	100x	as long as short
Aevo XAU-PERP	+0.0104%	1h	4,321.7	−0.007%	$160K	$87	10x	as long as short
Extended XAU-USD	+0.0112%	1h	4,319	−0.070%	$12.9M	$37.0M	25x	as long as short
edgeX XAUUSDC	+0.0116%	4h	4,318.4	−0.084%	$30.0M	$59.7M	50x	as long as short
Gate XAU_USDT	+0.0118%	4h	4,324.8	+0.065%	$282.3M	$421.3M	100x	as long as short
Lighter RH XAUshort	+0.0120%	1h	4,324.8	+0.065%	$19.9M	$39.1M	25x
Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSD	+0.0153%	1h	4,319.7	−0.053%	$577K	$146K	25x	as long as short
Bullet GOLD-USD	+0.0184%	1h	4,322.9	+0.020%	$59K	$82K	10x	as long as short
RISEx XAU/USDC	+0.0184%	1h	4,325.2	+0.073%	$4.1M	$12.8M	25x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps GOLD-USD	+0.0213%	1h	4,322.8	+0.019%	$4.3M	$1.9M	20x	as long as short
Bitget XAUUSDT	+0.0222%	4h	4,322.5	+0.012%	$67.5M	$118.3M	100x	as long as short
HTX XAU-USDT	+0.0266%	4h	4,324.9	+0.067%	$2.8M	$4.9M	75x	as long as short
OKX XAU-USDT-SWAP	+0.0302%	8h	4,323.8	+0.042%	$172.6M	$299.4M	100x	as long as short
Phemex XAUUSDT	+0.0330%	4h	4,325.6	+0.083%	$2.2M	$967K	100x	as long as short
BloFin XAU-USDT	+0.0339%	4h	4,322.9	+0.021%	$16.2M	$4.6M	100x	as long as short
Deribit GOLD_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0352%	1h	4,321.6	−0.009%	$191K	$837K	25x	as long as short
GMX GOLD/USD [ETH-USDC]	L +0.0461% / S −0.0307%	1h	4,322.9	+0.020%	$252K	—	111x	as long as short