STRC

Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 08:00 UTC+0.0250%/8h= +27.3% APRnext payment +$2.50 per $10,000 · paid last 24h +0.043%

Price spread now: KuCoin against Aster+0.031%7-day average −0.064% · you sell dearer than you buy

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$538as in the Funding arb table

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$532as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$5415.411% of the position

Long on Aster Short on KuCoin

What this pair did over the last

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Funding, last 7 days+0.033%+$3 on $10k

Price spread, last 4 days (all we have)−0.102%−$10 · spread now +0.031%, 7d avg −0.064%

Together, before fees−0.069%+ Points / potential airdropAster: Stage 5 · farm board−$7 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

Both sides work for this trade now. Funding pays +$7 a day on $10k at the current rate, and KuCoin is 0.095% dearer against Aster than usual: you sell high and buy low: +$9 more if the spread goes back to its 7-day average of −0.064%.

The current funding rate is far above what this pair has been paying: over the last 7 days it paid 0.033% in total (about 1.7% a year). A funding rate is set anew for every payment; at this rate the next one is about +$2.50 per $10,000. In the chart: green and red are payments made, yellow is the current rate, not paid yet.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	Aster STRCUSDT	98.860	−0.0204	get 0.0204% / 8h	5h 02m	$445K	$161K	20x
Short	KuCoin STRCUSDTM	98.890	0.0046	get 0.0046% / 8h	5h 02m	$317K	$1.0M	20x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

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

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee AsterbpFee KuCoinbpOrdersPrice spread, now +0.031%Rate

Funding earned: $52.42
Price spread: +0.031% → −0.064%: $9.48
Slippage, 4 orders: −$521.08
Fee Aster: 4 bp × 2 orders: −$8
Fee KuCoin: 6 bp × 2 orders: −$12
Net: −$479.18
Costs to cover: 5.411%
Break-even: 71.0 days

Slippage from Aster: live order book, 60 min ago; KuCoin: live order book, 2 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, 60 min ago	0.51 bp	8.0 bp −$8	15.8 bp −$158	doesn't fit	doesn't fit
Sell KuCoin live order book, 2 min ago	1.52 bp	207.5 bp −$207	doesn't fit	doesn't fit	doesn't fit

STRC on 14 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
Aster STRCUSDTlong	−0.0204%	8h	98.860	long leg	$445K	$161K	20x
Lighter STRC	0.0000%	1h	98.991	+0.133%	$840K	$160K	10x	as long as short
Binance STRCUSDT	0.0000%	8h	99.011	+0.152%	$6.0M	$3.3M	25x	as long as short
OKX STRC-USDT-SWAP	0.0000%	8h	98.890	+0.031%	$742K	$73K	25x	as long as short
Gate STRC_USDT	0.0000%	8h	98.990	+0.132%	$974K	$77K	20x	as long as short
Bitget STRCUSDT	0.0000%	8h	98.890	+0.031%	$4.4M	$72K	20x	as long as short
Variational Omni STRC	0.0000%	8h	98.996	+0.137%	$1.5M	$264K	—	as long as short
GRVT STRC_USDT_Perp	0.0000%	8h	98.961	+0.103%	$70K	$100K	10x	as long as short
QFEX STRC-USD	+0.0003%	1h	98.980	+0.122%	$1.3M	$1.7M	10x	as long as short
Injective STRC/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	98.950	+0.091%	$3K	$34K	12x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
KuCoin STRCUSDTMshort	+0.0046%	8h	98.890	+0.031%	$317K	$1.0M	20x
tradeXYZ xyz:STRC	+0.0050%	1h	98.909	+0.050%	$10.7M	$2.1M	10x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps STRC-USD	+0.0050%	1h	98.896	+0.037%	$70K	$159K	10x	as long as short
HTX STRC-USDT	+0.0100%	8h	98.780	−0.081%	$52K	$357K	10x	as long as short