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Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 08:00 UTC+0.0172%/8h= +18.8% APRpaid last 24h +0.048%

Price spread now: Kraken Futures against Aster−0.096%7-day average −0.074% · you buy dearer than you sell

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$5as in the Funding arb table

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$28as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$250.254% of the position

Long on Aster Short on Kraken Futures

What this pair did over the last

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Funding, last 7 days+0.208%+$21 on $10k

Price spread, last 4 days (all we have)+0.031%+$3 · spread now −0.096%, 7d avg −0.074%

Together, before fees+0.238%+ Points / potential airdropAster: Stage 5 · farm board+$24 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

Funding pays, the price is against you. Kraken Futures is 0.022% cheaper against Aster than usual: you would sell low and buy high (spread −0.096% now, against its 7-day average of −0.074%). If the spread goes back, that is −$2 on $10k: about 10 hours of funding at the current rate (+$5 a day).

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	Aster XAUUSD1	4,309.2	0.0057	pay 0.0028% / 4h	6m 46s	$72.8M	$271.9M	20x
Short	Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSD	4,305	0.0229	get 0.0029% / 1h	6m 46s	$573K	$138K	25x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

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

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How often the price spread is this wide · share of time at each level, last 7D show

Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee AsterbpFee Kraken FuturesbpOrdersPrice spread, now −0.096%Rate

Funding earned: $36.1
Price spread: −0.096% → −0.074%: −$2.22
Slippage, 4 orders: −$7.41
Fee Aster: 4 bp × 2 orders: −$8
Fee Kraken Futures: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Net: $8.48
Costs to cover: 0.254%
Break-even: 5.4 days

Slippage from Aster: live order book, 2 min ago; Kraken Futures: live order book, 31 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, 2 min ago	0.01 bp	4.0 bp −$4	4.0 bp −$40	13.7 bp −$1,366	doesn't fit
Sell Kraken Futures live order book, 31 min ago	2.53 bp	8.3 bp −$8	17.4 bp −$174	doesn't fit	doesn't fit

XAU 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
SunX XAU-USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,312.3	+0.073%	$92K	$7.0M	20x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) XAU/USD	L +0.0002% / S −0.0003%	1h	4,304	−0.121%	$268K	—	250x	as long as short
Injective XAU/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	4,350.4	+0.957%	$619	$54	52x	as long as short
QFEX GOLD-USD	+0.0045%	1h	4,307.1	−0.048%	$5.7M	$2.7M	20x	as long as short
Vest GC-PERP	+0.0046%	1h	4,340.1	+0.718%	—	$1.0M	25x	as long as short
tradeXYZ xyz:GOLD	+0.0050%	1h	4,304.2	−0.115%	$290.0M	$52.5M	25x	as long as short
Ondo Perps XAU-USD.P	+0.0050%	1h	4,304.1	−0.118%	$15.0M	$55.3M	25x	as long as short
Aster XAUUSD1long	+0.0057%	4h	4,309.2	long leg	$72.8M	$271.9M	20x
Paradex XAU-USD-PERP	+0.0062%	8h	4,307.7	−0.035%	$2K	$14K	5x	as long as short
Bluefin GOLD-PERP	+0.0068%	1h	4,303.1	−0.140%	$25K	$1K	20x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Bybit XAUUSDT	+0.0071%	4h	4,308.6	−0.013%	$77.3M	$155.4M	150x	as long as short
Lighter XAU	+0.0072%	1h	4,306.9	−0.054%	$20.2M	$30.2M	25x	as long as short
Coinbase International GOLD-PERP-INTX	+0.0072%	1h	4,304.3	−0.113%	$2.0M	$5.1M	25x	as long as short
Phoenix GOLD	+0.0096%	1h	4,313.9	+0.110%	$42K	$79K	25x	as long as short
Kalshi KXGOLDPERP	+0.0099%	24h	4,309.5	+0.008%	$3.6M	$45.3M	15x	as long as short
Variational Omni XAU	+0.0100%	4h	4,316.5	+0.169%	$47.1M	$29.0M	—	as long as short
Pacifica XAU	+0.0100%	1h	4,304.3	−0.113%	$1.4M	$1.2M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	4,313.5	+0.101%	$272K	$209K	50x	as long as short
Lighter RH XAU	+0.0104%	1h	4,309.9	+0.017%	$19.9M	$40.2M	25x	as long as short
Extended XAU-USD	+0.0104%	1h	4,303.8	−0.124%	$13.2M	$36.6M	25x	as long as short
MEXC XAU_USDT	+0.0108%	4h	4,307.8	−0.031%	$366.8M	$340.5M	1000x	as long as short
Binance XAUUSDT	+0.0110%	4h	4,308.5	−0.016%	$429.1M	$2.16B	100x	as long as short
GRVT XAU_USDT_Perp	+0.0112%	4h	4,316.1	+0.160%	$1.4M	$3.0M	25x	as long as short
Aevo XAU-PERP	+0.0112%	1h	4,307.2	−0.046%	$160K	$87	10x	as long as short
Gate XAU_USDT	+0.0116%	4h	4,309.4	+0.005%	$284.7M	$430.2M	100x	as long as short
StandX XAU-USD	+0.0118%	1h	4,313.1	+0.091%	$3.8M	$4.5M	40x	as long as short
Hotstuff GOLD-PERP	+0.0120%	1h	4,303.9	−0.122%	$32K	—	25x	as long as short
edgeX XAUUSDC	+0.0127%	4h	4,313.1	+0.092%	$30.0M	$59.8M	50x	as long as short
Bitget XAUUSDT	+0.0190%	4h	4,307.9	−0.029%	$70.4M	$121.4M	100x	as long as short
Bullet GOLD-USD	+0.0199%	1h	4,307.5	−0.039%	$59K	$81K	10x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps GOLD-USD	+0.0221%	1h	4,307.4	−0.041%	$4.3M	$1.8M	20x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSDshort	+0.0229%	1h	4,305	−0.096%	$573K	$138K	25x
Deribit GOLD_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0238%	1h	4,307.3	−0.043%	$136K	$864K	25x	as long as short
OKX XAU-USDT-SWAP	+0.0264%	8h	4,308.1	−0.025%	$175.2M	$304.9M	100x	as long as short
BloFin XAU-USDT	+0.0371%	4h	4,308.4	−0.018%	$16.5M	$5.0M	100x	as long as short
Phemex XAUUSDT	+0.0455%	4h	4,312.2	+0.070%	$2.2M	$949K	100x	as long as short
GMX GOLD/USD [ETH-USDC]	L +0.0464% / S −0.0311%	1h	4,307.9	−0.031%	$253K	—	111x	as long as short
HTX XAU-USDT	+0.0540%	4h	4,314.3	+0.118%	$3.2M	$6.1M	75x	as long as short
RISEx XAU/USDC	+0.0643%	1h	4,307.4	−0.042%	$4.5M	$13.1M	25x	as long as short