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XAU

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Funding you earn now, next payment 20:00 UTC−0.0020%/8hpaid last 24h −0.003%

Price spread now: QFEX against Gate−0.073%7-day average −0.071% · you buy dearer than you sell

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs—under 7 days of funding history

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$27as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$270.272% of the position

Long on Gate Short on QFEX

What this pair did over the last

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Funding, last 3 days (all we have)−0.006%−$1 on $10k

Price spread, last 7 days+0.014%+$1 · spread now −0.073%, 7d avg −0.071%

Together, before fees+0.009%+$1 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

The price spread sits at its 7-day average of −0.071%, so right now this pair is about funding alone: −$1 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	4,358	0.0070	pay 0.0035% / 4h	22m 25s	$273.7M	$406.5M	100x
Short	QFEX GOLD-USD	4,354.8	0.0050	get 0.0006% / 1h	22m 25s	$5.5M	$1.8M	20x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

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

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee GatebpFee QFEXbpOrdersPrice spread, now −0.073%Rate

Funding earned: −$4.15
Price spread: −0.073% → −0.071%: −$0.19
Slippage, 4 orders: −$2.25
Fee Gate: 7.5 bp × 2 orders: −$15
Fee QFEX: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Net: −$31.59
Costs to cover: 0.272%
Break-even: never at this rate

Slippage from Gate: live order book, 1 min ago; QFEX: live order book, 10 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, 1 min ago	0.01 bp	7.7 bp −$8	9.5 bp −$95	13.0 bp −$1,300	14.4 bp −$7,182
Sell QFEX live order book, 10 min ago	1.03 bp	6.0 bp −$6	6.0 bp −$60	9.4 bp −$940	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	4,360.2	+0.051%	$93K	$11.0M	20x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) XAU/USD	L +0.0002% / S −0.0003%	1h	4,352.8	−0.120%	$267K	—	250x	as long as short
Injective XAU/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	4,350.4	−0.174%	$619	$54	52x	as long as short
Kalshi KXGOLDPERP	+0.0034%	24h	4,354.9	−0.071%	$4.0M	$32.3M	15x	as long as short
StandX XAU-USD	+0.0040%	1h	4,356.2	−0.041%	$3.8M	$4.4M	40x	as long as short
Vest GC-PERP	+0.0046%	1h	4,390.7	+0.751%	—	$995K	25x	as long as short
tradeXYZ xyz:GOLD	+0.0050%	1h	4,353.3	−0.108%	$294.1M	$51.5M	25x	as long as short
QFEX GOLD-USDshort	+0.0050%	1h	4,354.8	−0.073%	$5.5M	$1.8M	20x
Ondo Perps XAU-USD.P	+0.0050%	1h	4,351.8	−0.142%	$14.9M	$51.2M	25x	as long as short
Paradex XAU-USD-PERP	+0.0069%	8h	4,356.6	−0.032%	$19K	$6K	5x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Gate XAU_USDTlong	+0.0070%	4h	4,358	long leg	$273.7M	$406.5M	100x
Lighter XAU	+0.0072%	1h	4,356.3	−0.039%	$20.8M	$46.2M	25x	as long as short
Coinbase International GOLD-PERP-INTX	+0.0072%	1h	4,353.9	−0.094%	$2.0M	$5.2M	25x	as long as short
RISEx XAU/USDC	+0.0100%	1h	4,356.4	−0.037%	$3.6M	$12.3M	25x	as long as short
Pacifica XAU	+0.0100%	1h	4,353.5	−0.103%	$1.4M	$1.3M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	4,352	−0.139%	$273K	$203K	50x	as long as short
Bluefin GOLD-PERP	+0.0100%	1h	4,350.2	−0.180%	$26K	$21K	20x	as long as short
Hotstuff GOLD-PERP	+0.0104%	1h	4,353.4	−0.105%	$33K	—	25x	as long as short
Extended XAU-USD	+0.0112%	1h	4,352.6	−0.123%	$13.2M	$51.2M	25x	as long as short
Aevo XAU-PERP	+0.0112%	1h	4,356	−0.046%	$161K	$87	10x	as long as short
Bullet GOLD-USD	+0.0113%	1h	4,356	−0.046%	$59K	$77K	10x	as long as short
Variational Omni XAU	+0.0134%	4h	4,355.3	−0.061%	$47.7M	$34.5M	—	as long as short
MEXC XAU_USDT	+0.0138%	4h	4,356	−0.045%	$379.2M	$334.4M	1000x	as long as short
Binance XAUUSDT	+0.0140%	4h	4,355.9	−0.049%	$415.3M	$2.07B	100x	as long as short
Aster XAUUSD1	+0.0147%	4h	4,356.6	−0.033%	$70.3M	$240.4M	20x	as long as short
Phoenix GOLD	+0.0151%	1h	4,353.7	−0.098%	$43K	$64K	25x	as long as short
GRVT XAU_USDT_Perp	+0.0156%	4h	4,356	−0.045%	$1.4M	$3.4M	25x	as long as short
edgeX XAUUSDC	+0.0156%	4h	4,352	−0.138%	$30.3M	$56.7M	50x	as long as short
Lighter RH XAU	+0.0160%	1h	4,358.9	+0.021%	$20.4M	$44.8M	25x	as long as short
Bybit XAUUSDT	+0.0172%	4h	4,356.8	−0.027%	$84.1M	$140.1M	150x	as long as short
Deribit GOLD_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0186%	1h	4,354.8	−0.073%	$222K	$959K	25x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps GOLD-USD	+0.0198%	1h	4,356.7	−0.030%	$4.4M	$2.3M	20x	as long as short
Bitget XAUUSDT	+0.0268%	4h	4,355.8	−0.050%	$69.0M	$109.3M	100x	as long as short
HTX XAU-USDT	+0.0284%	4h	4,358.3	+0.008%	$2.8M	$3.6M	75x	as long as short
OKX XAU-USDT-SWAP	+0.0313%	8h	4,357.5	−0.011%	$158.1M	$269.0M	100x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSD	+0.0328%	1h	4,354.3	−0.085%	$588K	$108K	25x	as long as short
Phemex XAUUSDT	+0.0338%	4h	4,358.8	+0.018%	$2.2M	$1.1M	100x	as long as short
BloFin XAU-USDT	+0.0380%	4h	4,356	−0.046%	$14.9M	$4.2M	100x	as long as short
GMX GOLD/USD [ETH-USDC]	L +0.0457% / S −0.0291%	1h	4,356	−0.045%	$251K	—	111x	as long as short