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Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 05:00 UTC+0.0218%/8h= +23.9% APRpaid last 24h +0.030%

Price spread now: Polymarket Perps against Gate−0.020%7-day average −0.107% · you buy dearer than you sell

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$16as in the Funding arb table

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$15as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$240.239% of the position

Long on Gate Short on Polymarket Perps

What this pair did over the last

the charts below follow

Funding, last 7 days+0.081%+$8 on $10k

Price spread, last 7 days−0.094%−$9 · spread now −0.020%, 7d avg −0.107%

Together, before fees−0.012%−$1 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 Polymarket Perps is 0.086% dearer against Gate than usual: you sell high and buy low: +$9 more if the spread goes back to its 7-day average of −0.107%.

The current funding rate is far above what this pair has been paying: over the last 7 days it paid 0.081% in total (about 4.2% 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.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	Gate XAU_USDT	4,343.7	0	get 0.0000% / 4h	3h 44m	$267.8M	$412.7M	100x
Short	Polymarket Perps GOLD-USD	4,342.8	0.0218	get 0.0027% / 1h	44m 09s	$4.3M	$2.0M	20x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

Polymarket Perps against Gate. Falling: the short leg gains. Rising: it loses.

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee GatebpFee Polymarket PerpsbpOrdersPrice spread, now −0.020%Rate

Funding earned: $45.83
Price spread: −0.020% → −0.107%: $8.64
Slippage, 4 orders: −$0.89
Fee Gate: 7.5 bp × 2 orders: −$15
Fee Polymarket Perps: 4 bp × 2 orders: −$8
Net: $30.58
Costs to cover: 0.239%
Break-even: 2.3 days

Slippage from Gate: live order book, 5 min ago; Polymarket Perps: live order book, 5 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, 5 min ago	0.01 bp	7.5 bp −$8	8.9 bp −$89	12.8 bp −$1,278	14.2 bp −$7,123
Sell Polymarket Perps live order book, 5 min ago	0.12 bp	4.6 bp −$5	5.6 bp −$56	6.4 bp −$643	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	−0.0031%	1h	4,335.8	−0.181%	$25K	$14K	20x	as long as short
Gate XAU_USDTlong	0.0000%	4h	4,343.7	long leg	$267.8M	$412.7M	100x
SunX XAU-USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,346.6	+0.067%	$92K	$8.7M	20x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) XAU/USD	L +0.0002% / S −0.0003%	1h	4,338.4	−0.122%	$271K	—	250x	as long as short
RISEx XAU/USDC	+0.0005%	1h	4,342.1	−0.036%	$3.5M	$12.1M	25x	as long as short
Lighter RH XAU	+0.0032%	1h	4,343.3	−0.008%	$20.0M	$39.2M	25x	as long as short
Extended XAU-USD	+0.0032%	1h	4,338.3	−0.123%	$13.3M	$37.9M	25x	as long as short
Hotstuff GOLD-PERP	+0.0032%	1h	4,340.3	−0.078%	$33K	—	25x	as long as short
Injective XAU/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	4,350.4	+0.155%	$619	$54	52x	as long as short
StandX XAU-USD	+0.0040%	1h	4,344.3	+0.014%	$3.8M	$4.5M	40x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
QFEX GOLD-USD	+0.0042%	1h	4,341.9	−0.041%	$5.7M	$2.0M	20x	as long as short
Vest GC-PERP	+0.0046%	1h	4,375.2	+0.726%	—	$1.0M	25x	as long as short
Lighter XAU	+0.0048%	1h	4,341.3	−0.055%	$20.8M	$34.5M	25x	as long as short
tradeXYZ xyz:GOLD	+0.0050%	1h	4,338.8	−0.112%	$293.5M	$49.3M	25x	as long as short
Ondo Perps XAU-USD.P	+0.0050%	1h	4,339.2	−0.102%	$15.1M	$56.9M	25x	as long as short
Kalshi KXGOLDPERP	+0.0051%	24h	4,340.4	−0.076%	$4.3M	$37.5M	15x	as long as short
Coinbase International GOLD-PERP-INTX	+0.0056%	1h	4,340.3	−0.078%	$2.1M	$4.8M	25x	as long as short
Aster XAUUSD1	+0.0075%	4h	4,343.7	0.000%	$71.5M	$332.4M	20x	as long as short
Paradex XAU-USD-PERP	+0.0082%	8h	4,342.5	−0.028%	$19K	$5K	5x	as long as short
Bybit XAUUSDT	+0.0083%	4h	4,343	−0.016%	$80.3M	$151.0M	150x	as long as short
Variational Omni XAU	+0.0087%	4h	4,342.7	−0.022%	$48.3M	$27.7M	—	as long as short
Pacifica XAU	+0.0100%	1h	4,338.9	−0.111%	$1.4M	$1.1M	10x	as long as short
MEXC XAU_USDT	+0.0100%	4h	4,342.6	−0.025%	$369.3M	$318.7M	1000x	as long as short
ApeX Omni XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	4,340.7	−0.068%	$274K	$203K	50x	as long as short
Binance XAUUSDT	+0.0101%	4h	4,342.3	−0.033%	$414.9M	$2.09B	100x	as long as short
Aevo XAU-PERP	+0.0104%	1h	4,341.6	−0.049%	$161K	$87	10x	as long as short
edgeX XAUUSDC	+0.0113%	4h	4,338.3	−0.123%	$30.2M	$58.3M	50x	as long as short
Phoenix GOLD	+0.0136%	1h	4,338.8	−0.112%	$47K	$77K	25x	as long as short
GRVT XAU_USDT_Perp	+0.0166%	4h	4,341.6	−0.047%	$1.4M	$2.9M	25x	as long as short
Bullet GOLD-USD	+0.0212%	1h	4,342.7	−0.022%	$59K	$82K	10x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps GOLD-USDshort	+0.0218%	1h	4,342.8	−0.020%	$4.3M	$2.0M	20x
Deribit GOLD_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0234%	1h	4,340.7	−0.069%	$205K	$827K	25x	as long as short
Bitget XAUUSDT	+0.0244%	4h	4,342.6	−0.026%	$71.1M	$109.4M	100x	as long as short
Phemex XAUUSDT	+0.0244%	4h	4,343.9	+0.006%	$2.2M	$967K	100x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSD	+0.0259%	1h	4,339.5	−0.096%	$592K	$132K	25x	as long as short
OKX XAU-USDT-SWAP	+0.0318%	8h	4,343.5	−0.004%	$166.3M	$281.6M	100x	as long as short
BloFin XAU-USDT	+0.0359%	4h	4,341.7	−0.045%	$15.6M	$4.4M	100x	as long as short
GMX GOLD/USD [ETH-USDC]	L +0.0427% / S −0.0252%	1h	4,342.7	−0.022%	$250K	—	111x	as long as short
HTX XAU-USDT	+0.0540%	4h	4,347	+0.076%	$2.8M	$4.6M	75x	as long as short