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Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 07:00 UTC+0.0096%/8h= +10.5% APRpaid last 24h +0.027%

Price spread now: Lighter against Kalshi−0.127%7-day average −0.012% · you buy dearer than you sell

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$27as in the Funding arb table

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$45as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$340.338% of the position

Long on Kalshi Short on Lighter

What this pair did over the last

the charts below follow

Funding, last 7 days+0.070%+$7 on $10k

Price spread, last 7 days−0.026%−$3 · spread now −0.127%, 7d avg −0.012%

Together, before fees+0.044%+ Points / potential airdropLighter: Season 3 · farm board+$4 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

Funding pays, the price is against you. Lighter is 0.115% cheaper against Kalshi than usual: you would sell low and buy high (spread −0.127% now, against its 7-day average of −0.012%). If the spread goes back, that is −$12 on $10k: about 4.0 days of funding at the current rate (+$3 a day). At the pace of the last 7 days (+0.070% in total) that is about 12 days.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	Kalshi KXLINKPERP	12.966	0	get 0.0000% / 8h	5h 14m	$513K	$2.3M	3.7x
Short	Lighter LINK	12.949	0.0096	get 0.0012% / 1h	14m 29s	$1.9M	$2.8M	10x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

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

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee KalshibpFee LighterbpOrdersPrice spread, now −0.127%Rate

Funding earned: $20.16
Price spread: −0.127% → −0.012%: −$11.55
Slippage, 4 orders: −$23.82
Fee Kalshi: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Fee Lighter: 0 bp × 2 orders: $0
Net: −$25.21
Costs to cover: 0.338%
Break-even: 15.8 days

Slippage from Kalshi: live order book, 4 min ago; Lighter: live order book, 3 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 Kalshi live order book, 4 min ago	9.19 bp	14.5 bp −$14	18.0 bp −$180	doesn't fit	doesn't fit
Sell Lighter live order book, 3 min ago	0.31 bp	1.0 bp −$1	11.5 bp −$115	72.3 bp −$7,229	doesn't fit

LINK 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
GMX LINK/USD [LINK-USDC]	L −0.0087% / S +0.0165%	1h	12.949	−0.130%	$1.8M	—	200x	as long as short
Orderly PERP_LINK_USDC	−0.0025%	8h	12.943	−0.177%	$94K	$1.1M	20x	as long as short
Kalshi KXLINKPERPlong	0.0000%	8h	12.966	long leg	$513K	$2.3M	3.7x
gTrade (Gains Network) LINK/USD	L +0.0004% / S −0.0005%	1h	12.950	−0.126%	$155K	—	150x	as long as short
Injective LINK/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	12.400	−4.365%	$4K	$48K	12x	as long as short
Phoenix LINK	+0.0093%	1h	12.966	−0.003%	$3K	$85K	10x	as long as short
Lighter LINKshort	+0.0096%	1h	12.949	−0.127%	$1.9M	$2.8M	10x
Paradex LINK-USD-PERP	+0.0100%	8h	12.946	−0.156%	$31K	$2K	20x	as long as short
Nado LINK-PERP	+0.0100%	1h	12.950	−0.120%	$355K	$340K	10x	as long as short
Aster LINKUSDT	+0.0100%	8h	12.955	−0.087%	$1.3M	$2.4M	50x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Pacifica LINK	+0.0100%	1h	12.949	−0.131%	$275K	$184K	10x	as long as short
Binance LINKUSDT	+0.0100%	8h	12.952	−0.108%	$119.6M	$300.3M	75x	as long as short
Bybit LINKUSDT	+0.0100%	8h	12.946	−0.154%	$83.7M	$73.8M	75x	as long as short
OKX LINK-USDT-SWAP	+0.0100%	8h	12.951	−0.116%	$27.0M	$80.6M	50x	as long as short
Arcus LINK-USD	+0.0100%	1h	12.967	+0.008%	$181K	$94K	10x	as long as short
Gate LINK_USDT	+0.0100%	8h	12.947	−0.147%	$127.9M	$16.0M	75x	as long as short
MEXC LINK_USDT	+0.0100%	8h	12.951	−0.116%	$34.6M	$58.9M	300x	as long as short
KuCoin LINKUSDTM	+0.0100%	8h	12.954	−0.093%	$22.9M	$12.7M	75x	as long as short
Bitget LINKUSDT	+0.0100%	8h	12.950	−0.123%	$54.1M	$30.4M	75x	as long as short
BingX LINK-USDC	+0.0100%	8h	12.949	−0.131%	—	$6.6M	—	as long as short
Variational Omni LINK	+0.0100%	8h	12.954	−0.091%	$3.3M	$1.9M	—	as long as short
edgeX LINKUSDC	+0.0100%	4h	12.953	−0.103%	$43K	$308K	20x	as long as short
GRVT LINK_USDT_Perp	+0.0100%	8h	12.943	−0.178%	$586K	$3.0M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni LINKUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	12.958	−0.062%	$133K	$672K	50x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps LINK-USD	+0.0100%	1h	12.954	−0.093%	$81K	$70K	10x	as long as short
SunX LINK-USDT	+0.0100%	8h	12.968	+0.017%	$33K	$1.4M	30x	as long as short
SoDEX LINK-USD	+0.0100%	1h	12.951	−0.116%	$10K	$61K	10x	as long as short
HTX LINK-USDT	+0.0100%	8h	12.916	−0.387%	$631K	$790K	75x	as long as short
Extended LINK-USD	+0.0104%	1h	12.945	−0.160%	$629K	$2.0M	25x	as long as short
Aevo LINK-PERP	+0.0104%	1h	12.953	−0.103%	$543K	$2K	3x	as long as short
Coinbase International LINK-PERP-INTX	+0.0120%	1h	12.948	−0.139%	$935K	$2.8M	50x	as long as short
Backpack LINK_USDC_PERP	+0.0130%	1h	12.959	−0.054%	$337K	$388K	15x	as long as short
Deribit LINK_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0167%	1h	12.956	−0.076%	$810K	$266K	50x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_LINKUSD	+0.0192%	1h	12.952	−0.104%	$6.7M	$8.3M	50x	as long as short
BloFin LINK-USDT	+0.0220%	8h	12.952	−0.108%	$5.2M	$15.9M	75x	as long as short
Hyperliquid LINK	+0.0239%	1h	12.958	−0.062%	$81.0M	$27.9M	10x	as long as short
Reya LINKRUSDPERP	+0.0398%	1h	12.944	−0.166%	$4K	—	20x	as long as short
Phemex LINKUSDT	+0.0548%	8h	12.966	0.000%	$20.0M	$11.3M	50x	as long as short
dYdX LINK-USD	+0.0618%	1h	12.950	−0.122%	$345K	$45K	10x	as long as short