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Alert: spread
Funding you earn now, next payment 01:00 UTC+0.0741%/8h= +81.1% APRpaid last 24h +0.214%
Price spread now: KuCoin against Kraken Futures+0.103%7-day average +0.071% · you sell dearer than you buy
Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$1,678as in the Funding arb table
Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$1,639as in the Price arb table
costs, in and out, $10k−$1,64216.419% of the position
What this pair did over the last
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Funding, last 7 days−0.356%−$36 on $10k
Price spread, last 3 days (all we have)+0.122%+$12 · spread now +0.103%, 7d avg +0.071%
Together, before fees−0.234%−$23 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour
Both sides work for this trade now. Funding pays +$22 a day on $10k at the current rate, and KuCoin is 0.031% dearer against Kraken Futures than usual: you sell high and buy low: +$3 more if the spread goes back to its 7-day average of +0.071%. Mind the row above: over the last 7 days funding on this pair cost −0.356%, so the current rate has only just turned in your favour.
The current funding rate is far above what this pair has been paying: over the last 7 days it paid -0.356% in total (about -18.6% a year). A funding rate is set anew for every payment. In the chart: green and red are payments made, yellow is the current rate, not paid yet.
LegExchangePriceFunding /8hEach paymentNext inOIVol 24hMax lev
LongKraken Futures PF_USUALUSD0.01377−0.0641get 0.0080% / 1h22m 43s$112K$18K10x
ShortKuCoin USUALUSDTM0.013780.0100get 0.0050% / 4h3h 22m$271K$62K20x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

KuCoin against Kraken Futures. Falling: the short leg gains. Rising: it loses.
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Profit calculator

Funding earned
$155.52
Price spread: +0.103% → +0.071%
$3.14
Slippage, 4 orders
−$1,619.93
Fee Kraken Futures: 5 bp × 2 orders
−$10
Fee KuCoin: 6 bp × 2 orders
−$12
Net
−$1,483.27
Costs to cover
16.419%
Break-even
73.8 days
Slippage from Kraken Futures: live order book, 49 min ago; KuCoin: live order book, 28 min ago.

Cost to enter

taker fee + slippage from the mid, one side; closing costs about the same again
LegHalf-spread$10k$100k$1M$5M
Buy Kraken Futures live order book, 49 min ago31.67 bp42.5 bp −$42doesn't fitdoesn't fitdoesn't fit
Sell KuCoin live order book, 28 min ago21.71 bp596.9 bp −$597doesn't fitdoesn't fitdoesn't fit

USUAL on 11 venues

lowest funding first. Swap a leg: a good short leg pays more funding and is priced higher.
ExchangeFunding /8hEveryPricePrice vs long legOIVol 24hMax lev
Injective USUAL/USDC PERP−0.4996%1h0.01358−1.350%$6K$2K5.5xas long as short
Kraken Futures PF_USUALUSDlong−0.0641%1h0.01377long leg$112K$18K10x
Hyperliquid USUAL+0.0100%1h0.01378+0.103%$396K$185K3xas long as short
Binance USUALUSDT+0.0100%4h0.01377+0.052%$2.2M$3.4M50xas long as short
Bybit USUALUSDT+0.0100%4h0.01379+0.139%$1.0M$800K25xas long as short
Gate USUAL_USDT+0.0100%8h0.01380+0.248%$933K$212K50xas long as short
MEXC USUAL_USDT+0.0100%4h0.01377+0.044%$6.0M$245K100xas long as short
KuCoin USUALUSDTMshort+0.0100%4h0.01378+0.103%$271K$62K20x
Bitget USUALUSDT+0.0100%4h0.01379+0.175%$827K$421K50xas long as short
BingX USUAL-USDT+0.0100%4h0.01377+0.044%$1.2Mas long as short
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ExchangeFunding /8hEveryPricePrice vs long legOIVol 24hMax lev
Variational Omni USUAL+0.0100%4h0.01378+0.111%$9K$208as long as short