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Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 23:00 UTC+0.0319%/8h= +35.0% APRpaid last 24h +0.121%

Price spread now: Phemex against QFEX+0.049%7-day average +0.044% · 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−$73as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$740.739% of the position

Long on QFEX Short on Phemex

What this pair did over the last

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Funding, last 3 days (all we have)+0.130%+$13 on $10k

Price spread, last 3 days (all we have)+0.045%+$4 · spread now +0.049%, 7d avg +0.044%

Together, before fees+0.175%+$17 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

The price spread sits at its 7-day average of +0.044%, so right now this pair is about funding alone: +$10 a day on $10k at the current rate.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	QFEX GOLD-USD	4,352	0.0002	pay 0.0000% / 1h	48m 13s	$5.5M	$1.9M	20x
Short	Phemex XAUUSDT	4,354.1	0.0322	get 0.0161% / 4h	1h 48m	$2.2M	$1.1M	100x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

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

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Profit calculator

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

Funding earned: $67.04
Price spread: +0.049% → +0.044%: $0.54
Slippage, 4 orders: −$51.94
Fee QFEX: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Fee Phemex: 6 bp × 2 orders: −$12
Net: −$6.36
Costs to cover: 0.739%
Break-even: 7.7 days

Slippage from QFEX: live order book, 6 min ago; Phemex: 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, 6 min ago	2.76 bp	7.8 bp −$8	7.8 bp −$78	9.8 bp −$984	doesn't fit
Sell Phemex live order book, 5 min ago	1.83 bp	34.5 bp −$35	doesn't fit	doesn't fit	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
Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSD	−0.0175%	1h	4,350.5	−0.034%	$600K	$160K	25x	as long as short
tradeXYZ xyz:GOLD	−0.0069%	1h	4,348.4	−0.083%	$292.8M	$53.5M	25x	as long as short
Hotstuff GOLD-PERP	−0.0008%	1h	4,347.8	−0.097%	$33K	—	25x	as long as short
Aster XAUUSD1	0.0000%	4h	4,353	+0.023%	$71.3M	$238.6M	20x	as long as short
Binance XAUUSDT	0.0000%	4h	4,352.8	+0.018%	$410.0M	$2.09B	100x	as long as short
Bybit XAUUSDT	0.0000%	4h	4,353.3	+0.029%	$82.5M	$141.8M	150x	as long as short
RISEx XAU/USDC	0.0000%	1h	4,353	+0.023%	$3.4M	$12.6M	25x	as long as short
Gate XAU_USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,353.7	+0.039%	$271.1M	$406.8M	100x	as long as short
MEXC XAU_USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,352.8	+0.018%	$375.6M	$349.0M	1000x	as long as short
Bitget XAUUSDT	0.0000%	4h	4,353.3	+0.029%	$67.3M	$110.8M	100x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Variational Omni XAU	0.0000%	4h	4,351.3	−0.016%	$47.9M	$32.5M	—	as long as short
GRVT XAU_USDT_Perp	0.0000%	4h	4,352.5	+0.011%	$1.4M	$3.2M	25x	as long as short
Kalshi KXGOLDPERP	0.0000%	24h	4,351.1	−0.021%	$3.9M	$34.0M	15x	as long as short
SunX XAU-USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,357	+0.114%	$93K	$10.7M	20x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) XAU/USD	L +0.0002% / S −0.0003%	1h	4,349.2	−0.063%	$267K	—	10x	as long as short
QFEX GOLD-USDlong	+0.0002%	1h	4,352	long leg	$5.5M	$1.9M	20x
edgeX XAUUSDC	+0.0014%	4h	4,346.6	−0.125%	$30.3M	$58.2M	50x	as long as short
Lighter XAU	+0.0032%	1h	4,351.2	−0.018%	$20.8M	$43.3M	25x	as long as short
Lighter RH XAU	+0.0032%	1h	4,353	+0.023%	$20.2M	$41.1M	25x	as long as short
Extended XAU-USD	+0.0032%	1h	4,349.4	−0.060%	$13.0M	$49.6M	25x	as long as short
Injective XAU/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	4,350.4	−0.036%	$619	$54	52x	as long as short
HTX XAU-USDT	+0.0033%	4h	4,356.9	+0.113%	$2.8M	$3.8M	75x	as long as short
StandX XAU-USD	+0.0040%	1h	4,350.4	−0.037%	$3.8M	$4.7M	40x	as long as short
Vest GC-PERP	+0.0046%	1h	4,386.9	+0.802%	—	$995K	25x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps GOLD-USD	+0.0050%	1h	4,351.6	−0.009%	$4.3M	$1.7M	20x	as long as short
Ondo Perps XAU-USD.P	+0.0050%	1h	4,349	−0.069%	$14.5M	$55.3M	25x	as long as short
Paradex XAU-USD-PERP	+0.0050%	8h	4,353.3	+0.030%	$19K	$6K	5x	as long as short
Aevo XAU-PERP	+0.0080%	1h	4,351.9	−0.002%	$161K	$87	10x	as long as short
Bullet GOLD-USD	+0.0086%	1h	4,352.8	+0.019%	$59K	$84K	10x	as long as short
Pacifica XAU	+0.0100%	1h	4,349.7	−0.053%	$1.4M	$1.3M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	4,347.4	−0.106%	$273K	$204K	50x	as long as short
Bluefin GOLD-PERP	+0.0100%	1h	4,392.7	+0.935%	$26K	$21K	20x	as long as short
Phoenix GOLD	+0.0109%	1h	4,348.1	−0.090%	$47K	$65K	25x	as long as short
Deribit GOLD_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0118%	1h	4,351.2	−0.018%	$221K	$853K	25x	as long as short
OKX XAU-USDT-SWAP	+0.0164%	8h	4,353.5	+0.034%	$158.5M	$268.4M	100x	as long as short
Coinbase International GOLD-PERP-INTX	+0.0208%	1h	4,350	−0.046%	$2.0M	$5.1M	25x	as long as short
BloFin XAU-USDT	+0.0240%	4h	4,352.7	+0.016%	$14.7M	$4.3M	100x	as long as short
Phemex XAUUSDTshort	+0.0322%	4h	4,354.1	+0.049%	$2.2M	$1.1M	100x
GMX GOLD/USD [ETH-USDC]	L +0.0450% / S −0.0246%	1h	4,352.8	+0.018%	$251K	—	29x	as long as short