ASTER

Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 04:00 UTC−0.0100%/8h= −10.9% APRnext payment −$0.50 per $10,000 · paid last 24h −0.025%

Price spread now: Aster against KuCoin+0.012%7-day average +0.057% · you sell dearer than you buy

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$52as in the Funding arb table

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$61as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$560.563% of the position

Long on KuCoin Short on Aster

What this pair did over the last

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Funding, last 7 days+0.044%+$4 on $10k

Price spread, last 7 days+0.135%+$14 · spread now +0.012%, 7d avg +0.057%

Together, before fees+0.179%+ Points / potential airdropAster: Stage 5 · farm board+$18 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

Both sides work against this trade now: funding costs −$3 a day on $10k at the current rate, and Aster is 0.045% cheaper against KuCoin than usual: you would sell low and buy high (−$5 if the spread goes back to its 7-day average of +0.057%). Swap the legs.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	KuCoin ASTERUSDTM	0.7377	0.0100	pay 0.0050% / 4h	2h 00m	$10.9M	$3.2M	75x
Short	Aster ASTERUSDT	0.7378	0	get 0.0000% / 4h	2h 00m	$55.2M	$101.2M	200x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

Aster against KuCoin. Falling: the short leg gains. Rising: it loses.

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee KuCoinbpFee AsterbpOrdersPrice spread, now +0.012%Rate

Funding earned: −$21
Price spread: +0.012% → +0.057%: −$4.51
Slippage, 4 orders: −$36.34
Fee KuCoin: 6 bp × 2 orders: −$12
Fee Aster: 4 bp × 2 orders: −$8
Net: −$81.85
Costs to cover: 0.563%
Break-even: never at this rate

Slippage from KuCoin: live order book, 3 min ago; Aster: live order book, 4 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 KuCoin live order book, 3 min ago	3.80 bp	22.2 bp −$22	doesn't fit	doesn't fit	doesn't fit
Sell Aster live order book, 4 min ago	0.68 bp	5.2 bp −$5	9.4 bp −$94	112.6 bp −$11.3K	doesn't fit

ASTER on 31 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
Coinbase International ASTER-PERP-INTX	−0.0080%	1h	0.7342	−0.474%	$266K	$849K	50x	as long as short
Aster ASTERUSDTshort	0.0000%	4h	0.7378	+0.012%	$55.2M	$101.2M	200x
Deribit ASTER_USDC-PERPETUAL	0.0000%	1h	0.7374	−0.047%	$11K	$86K	25x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) ASTER/USD	L +0.0006% / S −0.0010%	1h	0.7377	−0.008%	$34K	—	150x	as long as short
Injective ASTER/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	0.7390	+0.174%	$9	$133K	5.5x	as long as short
01 Exchange ASTERUSD	+0.0072%	1h	0.7377	−0.003%	$8K	$4K	10x	as long as short
dYdX ASTER-USD	+0.0079%	1h	0.7378	+0.004%	$15K	$1K	5x	as long as short
Orderly PERP_ASTER_USDC	+0.0095%	4h	0.7377	−0.003%	$14K	$845	10x	as long as short
Lighter ASTER	+0.0096%	1h	0.7381	+0.047%	$896K	$898K	5x	as long as short
Nado ASTER-PERP	+0.0100%	1h	0.7377	−0.003%	$368K	$254K	5x	as long as short

Show all 31 venues

Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Hyperliquid ASTER	+0.0100%	1h	0.7386	+0.114%	$25.6M	$6.5M	5x	as long as short
Pacifica ASTER	+0.0100%	1h	0.7380	+0.042%	$257K	$74K	10x	as long as short
Binance ASTERUSDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7375	−0.034%	$90.5M	$109.8M	75x	as long as short
Bybit ASTERUSDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7375	−0.030%	$49.3M	$22.5M	75x	as long as short
OKX ASTER-USDT-SWAP	+0.0100%	4h	0.7378	+0.011%	$12.1M	$18.5M	50x	as long as short
Gate ASTER_USDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7377	−0.003%	$6.4M	$5.3M	75x	as long as short
MEXC ASTER_USDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7376	−0.016%	$33.6M	$18.0M	100x	as long as short
KuCoin ASTERUSDTMlong	+0.0100%	4h	0.7377	long leg	$10.9M	$3.2M	75x
Bitget ASTERUSDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7372	−0.070%	$17.9M	$6.7M	50x	as long as short
BingX ASTER-USDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7376	−0.016%	—	$9.6M	—	as long as short
Backpack ASTER_USDC_PERP	+0.0100%	1h	0.7376	−0.014%	$219K	$479K	10x	as long as short
Variational Omni ASTER	+0.0100%	4h	0.7374	−0.047%	$2.1M	$372K	—	as long as short
GRVT ASTER_USDT_Perp	+0.0100%	4h	0.7380	+0.037%	$459K	$3.9M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni ASTERUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	0.7381	+0.052%	$66K	$713K	50x	as long as short
SunX ASTER-USDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7381	+0.052%	$2K	$1.7M	20x	as long as short
SoDEX ASTER-USD	+0.0100%	1h	0.7375	−0.030%	$13K	$8K	5x	as long as short
HTX ASTER-USDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7380	+0.038%	$244K	$117K	20x	as long as short
Extended ASTER-USD	+0.0104%	1h	0.7375	−0.030%	$367K	$639K	25x	as long as short
edgeX ASTERUSDC	+0.0119%	4h	0.7378	+0.016%	$213K	$2.0M	10x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_ASTERUSD	+0.0227%	1h	0.7379	+0.025%	$340K	$490K	20x	as long as short
GMX ASTER/USD [WBTC.b-USDC]	L +0.0305% / S −0.0215%	1h	0.7375	−0.034%	$28K	—	100x	as long as short