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Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 00:00 UTC+0.0114%/8h= +12.5% APRpaid last 24h +0.002%

Price spread now: Backpack against Aster+0.122%7-day average −0.001% · you sell dearer than you buy

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$31as in the Funding arb table

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$19as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$320.317% of the position

Long on Aster Short on Backpack

What this pair did over the last

the charts below follow

Funding, last 7 days+0.003%$0 on $10k

Price spread, last 4 days (all we have)−0.209%−$21 · spread now +0.122%, 7d avg −0.001%

Together, before fees−0.207%+ Points / potential airdropAster: Stage 5 · farm board−$21 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

Both sides work for this trade now. Funding pays +$3 a day on $10k at the current rate, and Backpack is 0.123% dearer against Aster than usual: you sell high and buy low: +$12 more if the spread goes back to its 7-day average of −0.001%.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	Aster LINKUSDT	13.111	0.0100	pay 0.0100% / 8h	7m 51s	$1.4M	$3.0M	50x
Short	Backpack LINK_USDC_PERP	13.127	0.0214	get 0.0027% / 1h	7m 51s	$362K	$376K	15x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

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

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee AsterbpFee BackpackbpOrdersPrice spread, now +0.122%Rate

Funding earned: $23.91
Price spread: +0.122% → −0.001%: $12.28
Slippage, 4 orders: −$13.67
Fee Aster: 4 bp × 2 orders: −$8
Fee Backpack: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Net: $4.52
Costs to cover: 0.317%
Break-even: 5.7 days

Slippage from Aster: live order book, 1 min ago; Backpack: live order book, 6 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 Aster live order book, 1 min ago	1.52 bp	7.4 bp −$7	15.6 bp −$156	doesn't fit	doesn't fit
Sell Backpack live order book, 6 min ago	0.38 bp	6.8 bp −$7	626.1 bp −$6,261	doesn't fit	doesn't fit

LINK on 40 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
GMX LINK/USD [LINK-USDC]	L −0.0091% / S +0.0167%	1h	13.118	+0.054%	$1.8M	—	200x	as long as short
Kalshi KXLINKPERP	0.0000%	8h	13.120	+0.066%	$472K	$2.4M	3.7x	as long as short
Deribit LINK_USDC-PERPETUAL	0.0000%	1h	13.123	+0.091%	$726K	$139K	50x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) LINK/USD	L +0.0004% / S −0.0007%	1h	13.119	+0.058%	$133K	—	150x	as long as short
Phoenix LINK	+0.0012%	1h	13.108	−0.019%	$4K	$84K	10x	as long as short
Injective LINK/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	12.400	−5.423%	$4K	$48K	12x	as long as short
Orderly PERP_LINK_USDC	+0.0044%	8h	13.115	+0.030%	$133K	$1.5M	20x	as long as short
Lighter LINK	+0.0096%	1h	13.101	−0.077%	$2.0M	$2.7M	10x	as long as short
Paradex LINK-USD-PERP	+0.0100%	8h	13.104	−0.050%	$32K	$3K	20x	as long as short
Nado LINK-PERP	+0.0100%	1h	13.106	−0.038%	$400K	$310K	10x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Aster LINKUSDTlong	+0.0100%	8h	13.111	long leg	$1.4M	$3.0M	50x
Pacifica LINK	+0.0100%	1h	13.108	−0.020%	$276K	$150K	10x	as long as short
Binance LINKUSDT	+0.0100%	8h	13.099	−0.092%	$121.7M	$304.9M	75x	as long as short
Bybit LINKUSDT	+0.0100%	8h	13.104	−0.054%	$84.4M	$71.2M	75x	as long as short
OKX LINK-USDT-SWAP	+0.0100%	8h	13.100	−0.084%	$27.6M	$85.4M	50x	as long as short
Arcus LINK-USD	+0.0100%	1h	13.120	+0.068%	$184K	$172K	10x	as long as short
Gate LINK_USDT	+0.0100%	8h	13.114	+0.023%	$130.1M	$12.9M	75x	as long as short
MEXC LINK_USDT	+0.0100%	8h	13.106	−0.038%	$36.3M	$58.4M	300x	as long as short
KuCoin LINKUSDTM	+0.0100%	8h	13.119	+0.061%	$22.7M	$15.2M	75x	as long as short
Bitget LINKUSDT	+0.0100%	8h	13.100	−0.084%	$54.5M	$30.6M	75x	as long as short
BingX LINK-USDT	+0.0100%	8h	13.109	−0.016%	—	$21.2M	—	as long as short
Variational Omni LINK	+0.0100%	8h	13.083	−0.217%	$3.3M	$1.6M	—	as long as short
edgeX LINKUSDC	+0.0100%	4h	13.101	−0.079%	$43K	$307K	20x	as long as short
GRVT LINK_USDT_Perp	+0.0100%	8h	13.087	−0.184%	$586K	$2.7M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni LINKUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	13.106	−0.038%	$152K	$668K	50x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps LINK-USD	+0.0100%	1h	13.118	+0.053%	$81K	$69K	10x	as long as short
Derive LINK-PERP	+0.0100%	1h	13.115	+0.031%	$16K	$22K	10x	as long as short
SunX LINK-USDT	+0.0100%	8h	13.119	+0.059%	$34K	$1.6M	30x	as long as short
SoDEX LINK-USD	+0.0100%	1h	13.117	+0.045%	$5K	$35K	10x	as long as short
HTX LINK-USDT	+0.0100%	8h	13.095	−0.123%	$644K	$880K	75x	as long as short
Extended LINK-USD	+0.0104%	1h	13.104	−0.050%	$667K	$1.9M	25x	as long as short
Aevo LINK-PERP	+0.0104%	1h	13.121	+0.076%	$550K	$2K	3x	as long as short
Coinbase International LINK-PERP-INTX	+0.0160%	1h	13.111	0.000%	$993K	$2.7M	50x	as long as short
Backpack LINK_USDC_PERPshort	+0.0214%	1h	13.127	+0.122%	$362K	$376K	15x
BloFin LINK-USDT	+0.0220%	8h	13.109	−0.016%	$5.2M	$16.8M	75x	as long as short
Hyperliquid LINK	+0.0293%	1h	13.115	+0.030%	$77.8M	$24.0M	10x	as long as short
Reya LINKRUSDPERP	+0.0379%	1h	13.113	+0.013%	$5K	—	20x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_LINKUSD	+0.0478%	1h	13.126	+0.116%	$6.9M	$8.2M	50x	as long as short
Phemex LINKUSDT	+0.0484%	8h	13.127	+0.122%	$20.3M	$11.6M	50x	as long as short
dYdX LINK-USD	+0.0529%	1h	13.112	+0.009%	$347K	$48K	10x	as long as short