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Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 08:00 UTC−0.0034%/8h= −3.7% APRpaid last 24h −0.014%

Price spread now: Bitget against Kraken Futures+0.037%7-day average +0.074% · you sell dearer than you buy

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$40as in the Funding arb table

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$32as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$290.288% of the position

Long on Kraken Futures Short on Bitget

What this pair did over the last

the charts below follow

Funding, last 7 days−0.115%−$11 on $10k

Price spread, last 4 days (all we have)+0.026%+$3 · spread now +0.037%, 7d avg +0.074%

Together, before fees−0.089%−$9 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

Both sides work against this trade now: funding costs −$1 a day on $10k at the current rate, and Bitget is 0.037% cheaper against Kraken Futures than usual: you would sell low and buy high (−$4 if the spread goes back to its 7-day average of +0.074%). Swap the legs.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSD	4,324.1	0.0228	pay 0.0028% / 1h	33m 46s	$578K	$135K	25x
Short	Bitget XAUUSDT	4,325.7	0.0194	get 0.0097% / 4h	33m 46s	$70.1M	$118.6M	100x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

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

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee Kraken FuturesbpFee BitgetbpOrdersPrice spread, now +0.037%Rate

Funding earned: −$7.05
Price spread: +0.037% → +0.074%: −$3.67
Slippage, 4 orders: −$6.76
Fee Kraken Futures: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Fee Bitget: 6 bp × 2 orders: −$12
Net: −$39.48
Costs to cover: 0.288%
Break-even: never at this rate

Slippage from Kraken Futures: live order book, 4 min ago; Bitget: 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 Kraken Futures live order book, 4 min ago	2.53 bp	8.4 bp −$8	12.4 bp −$124	doesn't fit	doesn't fit
Sell Bitget live order book, 5 min ago	0.01 bp	6.0 bp −$6	6.7 bp −$67	11.8 bp −$1,177	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	4,320.7	−0.079%	$25K	$1K	20x	as long as short
Hotstuff GOLD-PERP	−0.0096%	1h	4,322.4	−0.039%	$32K	—	25x	as long as short
SunX XAU-USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,330.5	+0.148%	$92K	$7.3M	20x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) XAU/USD	L +0.0002% / S −0.0003%	1h	4,322.7	−0.031%	$270K	—	250x	as long as short
Injective XAU/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	4,350.4	+0.609%	$619	$54	52x	as long as short
StandX XAU-USD	+0.0040%	1h	4,327.2	+0.072%	$3.8M	$4.5M	40x	as long as short
QFEX GOLD-USD	+0.0045%	1h	4,324.6	+0.012%	$5.4M	$2.0M	20x	as long as short
Vest GC-PERP	+0.0046%	1h	4,358.4	+0.793%	—	$1.0M	25x	as long as short
tradeXYZ xyz:GOLD	+0.0050%	1h	4,322.6	−0.034%	$291.8M	$51.5M	25x	as long as short
Bybit XAUUSDT	+0.0050%	4h	4,327.1	+0.068%	$77.6M	$153.0M	150x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Ondo Perps XAU-USD.P	+0.0050%	1h	4,321.7	−0.055%	$15.0M	$55.6M	25x	as long as short
Aster XAUUSD1	+0.0057%	4h	4,327.1	+0.069%	$72.9M	$272.0M	20x	as long as short
Lighter XAU	+0.0064%	1h	4,324.8	+0.017%	$20.5M	$29.2M	25x	as long as short
Paradex XAU-USD-PERP	+0.0066%	8h	4,324.8	+0.017%	$2K	$14K	5x	as long as short
Coinbase International GOLD-PERP-INTX	+0.0072%	1h	4,322	−0.048%	$2.1M	$4.8M	25x	as long as short
Variational Omni XAU	+0.0089%	4h	4,324.9	+0.019%	$47.2M	$29.3M	—	as long as short
Kalshi KXGOLDPERP	+0.0092%	24h	4,327.8	+0.086%	$3.8M	$44.6M	15x	as long as short
Phoenix GOLD	+0.0096%	1h	4,323.8	−0.007%	$47K	$79K	25x	as long as short
MEXC XAU_USDT	+0.0098%	4h	4,326	+0.045%	$363.4M	$327.4M	1000x	as long as short
GRVT XAU_USDT_Perp	+0.0098%	4h	4,326.6	+0.058%	$1.4M	$3.1M	25x	as long as short
Pacifica XAU	+0.0100%	1h	4,322.1	−0.046%	$1.4M	$1.2M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	4,324.5	+0.009%	$272K	$208K	50x	as long as short
Binance XAUUSDT	+0.0101%	4h	4,326	+0.044%	$425.2M	$2.13B	100x	as long as short
Aevo XAU-PERP	+0.0104%	1h	4,325.8	+0.039%	$160K	$87	10x	as long as short
Gate XAU_USDT	+0.0106%	4h	4,328.1	+0.092%	$285.2M	$416.0M	100x	as long as short
edgeX XAUUSDC	+0.0117%	4h	4,323.1	−0.023%	$30.1M	$59.6M	50x	as long as short
Lighter RH XAU	+0.0120%	1h	4,327.7	+0.083%	$20.0M	$39.1M	25x	as long as short
Extended XAU-USD	+0.0128%	1h	4,321.8	−0.052%	$13.2M	$36.8M	25x	as long as short
Bitget XAUUSDTshort	+0.0194%	4h	4,325.7	+0.037%	$70.1M	$118.6M	100x
Bullet GOLD-USD	+0.0205%	1h	4,326.5	+0.055%	$58K	$81K	10x	as long as short
Deribit GOLD_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0213%	1h	4,325.2	+0.026%	$163K	$871K	25x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps GOLD-USD	+0.0219%	1h	4,326.2	+0.049%	$4.3M	$1.9M	20x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSDlong	+0.0228%	1h	4,324.1	long leg	$578K	$135K	25x
OKX XAU-USDT-SWAP	+0.0276%	8h	4,326.7	+0.060%	$173.8M	$299.0M	100x	as long as short
BloFin XAU-USDT	+0.0339%	4h	4,325.8	+0.039%	$16.4M	$4.6M	100x	as long as short
Phemex XAUUSDT	+0.0361%	4h	4,328.9	+0.112%	$2.2M	$975K	100x	as long as short
HTX XAU-USDT	+0.0415%	4h	4,331.9	+0.180%	$3.2M	$5.9M	75x	as long as short
GMX GOLD/USD [ETH-USDC]	L +0.0462% / S −0.0307%	1h	4,326.1	+0.047%	$253K	—	111x	as long as short
RISEx XAU/USDC	+0.0643%	1h	4,326.1	+0.047%	$4.6M	$13.3M	25x	as long as short