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Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 01:00 UTC+0.0225%/8h= +24.6% APRpaid last 24h +0.073%

Price spread now: Kraken Futures against Gate−0.077%7-day average −0.094% · you buy dearer than you sell

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$4as in the Funding arb table

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$31as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$330.330% of the position

Long on Gate Short on Kraken Futures

What this pair did over the last

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Funding, last 7 days+0.286%+$29 on $10k

Price spread, last 3 days (all we have)−0.007%−$1 · spread now −0.077%, 7d avg −0.094%

Together, before fees+0.279%+$28 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

The price spread sits at its 7-day average of −0.094%, so right now this pair is about funding alone: +$7 a day on $10k at the current rate.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	Gate XAU_USDT	4,376.6	0	get 0.0000% / 4h	3h 45m	$266.2M	$410.3M	100x
Short	Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSD	4,373.2	0.0225	get 0.0028% / 1h	45m 55s	$596K	$146K	25x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

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

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee GatebpFee Kraken FuturesbpOrdersPrice spread, now −0.077%Rate

Funding earned: $47.15
Price spread: −0.077% → −0.094%: $1.62
Slippage, 4 orders: −$7.99
Fee Gate: 7.5 bp × 2 orders: −$15
Fee Kraken Futures: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Net: $15.78
Costs to cover: 0.330%
Break-even: 4.7 days

Slippage from Gate: live order book, 3 min ago; Kraken Futures: live order book, 27 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 Gate live order book, 3 min ago	0.01 bp	9.3 bp −$9	10.6 bp −$106	13.4 bp −$1,337	14.4 bp −$7,182
Sell Kraken Futures live order book, 27 min ago	1.42 bp	6.9 bp −$7	13.7 bp −$137	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
Bluefin GOLD-PERP	−0.0105%	1h	4,369.4	−0.166%	$26K	$21K	20x	as long as short
Aster XAUUSD1	0.0000%	4h	4,375.7	−0.022%	$71.2M	$207.5M	20x	as long as short
Binance XAUUSDT	0.0000%	4h	4,375.9	−0.016%	$410.2M	$2.15B	100x	as long as short
Gate XAU_USDTlong	0.0000%	4h	4,376.6	long leg	$266.2M	$410.3M	100x
MEXC XAU_USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,375.5	−0.027%	$374.2M	$321.4M	1000x	as long as short
Variational Omni XAU	0.0000%	4h	4,375.1	−0.035%	$48.7M	$27.7M	—	as long as short
Kalshi KXGOLDPERP	0.0000%	24h	4,372.2	−0.101%	$4.0M	$36.6M	15x	as long as short
SunX XAU-USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,380.2	+0.081%	$93K	$10.4M	20x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) XAU/USD	L +0.0002% / S −0.0003%	1h	4,371.6	−0.116%	$268K	—	250x	as long as short
Bitget XAUUSDT	+0.0006%	4h	4,376.2	−0.010%	$69.7M	$114.0M	100x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
edgeX XAUUSDC	+0.0018%	4h	4,371.2	−0.124%	$30.4M	$60.2M	50x	as long as short
Hotstuff GOLD-PERP	+0.0024%	1h	4,372.6	−0.092%	$33K	—	25x	as long as short
Injective XAU/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	4,350.4	−0.599%	$619	$54	52x	as long as short
StandX XAU-USD	+0.0040%	1h	4,376.4	−0.005%	$3.8M	$4.7M	40x	as long as short
QFEX GOLD-USD	+0.0045%	1h	4,375.1	−0.035%	$5.6M	$1.9M	20x	as long as short
Vest GC-PERP	+0.0046%	1h	4,409.6	+0.753%	—	$1.0M	25x	as long as short
RISEx XAU/USDC	+0.0048%	1h	4,375.8	−0.018%	$3.4M	$12.3M	25x	as long as short
tradeXYZ xyz:GOLD	+0.0050%	1h	4,371.9	−0.108%	$294.7M	$52.5M	25x	as long as short
Ondo Perps XAU-USD.P	+0.0050%	1h	4,371.1	−0.127%	$14.7M	$57.4M	25x	as long as short
Phoenix GOLD	+0.0055%	1h	4,375.3	−0.030%	$48K	$64K	25x	as long as short
Paradex XAU-USD-PERP	+0.0070%	8h	4,375.2	−0.033%	$19K	$5K	5x	as long as short
Lighter XAU	+0.0072%	1h	4,374.9	−0.039%	$20.8M	$43.4M	25x	as long as short
Lighter RH XAU	+0.0080%	1h	4,376.5	−0.002%	$20.3M	$40.9M	25x	as long as short
Aevo XAU-PERP	+0.0080%	1h	4,375	−0.038%	$162K	$87	10x	as long as short
Coinbase International GOLD-PERP-INTX	+0.0096%	1h	4,372.2	−0.101%	$2.0M	$5.1M	25x	as long as short
Pacifica XAU	+0.0100%	1h	4,372.5	−0.094%	$1.4M	$1.2M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	4,373.2	−0.078%	$277K	$204K	50x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps GOLD-USD	+0.0108%	1h	4,374.6	−0.046%	$4.3M	$1.8M	20x	as long as short
Extended XAU-USD	+0.0120%	1h	4,371.4	−0.119%	$13.3M	$44.1M	25x	as long as short
GRVT XAU_USDT_Perp	+0.0138%	4h	4,376.4	−0.004%	$1.4M	$3.1M	25x	as long as short
Deribit GOLD_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0162%	1h	4,374	−0.060%	$236K	$655K	25x	as long as short
Bybit XAUUSDT	+0.0168%	4h	4,376.7	0.000%	$83.4M	$144.5M	150x	as long as short
OKX XAU-USDT-SWAP	+0.0174%	8h	4,377.8	+0.027%	$166.3M	$287.4M	100x	as long as short
Bullet GOLD-USD	+0.0192%	1h	4,375.6	−0.024%	$59K	$82K	10x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSDshort	+0.0225%	1h	4,373.2	−0.077%	$596K	$146K	25x
BloFin XAU-USDT	+0.0240%	4h	4,374.8	−0.042%	$15.0M	$4.6M	100x	as long as short
GMX GOLD/USD [ETH-USDC]	L +0.0390% / S −0.0197%	1h	4,376	−0.015%	$252K	—	111x	as long as short
Phemex XAUUSDT	+0.0474%	4h	4,378.2	+0.037%	$2.2M	$1.1M	100x	as long as short
HTX XAU-USDT	+0.0582%	4h	4,380.4	+0.085%	$2.9M	$3.8M	75x	as long as short