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XAU

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Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 08:00 UTC−0.0205%/8h= −22.4% APRpaid last 24h −0.062%

Price spread now: Kalshi against OKX−0.076%7-day average −0.113% · you buy dearer than you sell

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

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$19as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$230.225% of the position

Long on OKX Short on Kalshi

What this pair did over the last

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Funding, last 7 days−0.175%−$18 on $10k

Price spread, last 7 days−0.026%−$3 · spread now −0.076%, 7d avg −0.113%

Together, before fees−0.201%−$20 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

The price spread pays, funding is against you. Kalshi is 0.037% dearer against OKX than usual: you sell high and buy low (spread −0.076% now, against its 7-day average of −0.113%): +$4 on $10k if it goes back. Holding the pair costs −$6 a day in funding at the current rate, which eats that in about 15 hours. At the pace of the last 7 days (−0.175% in total) that is about 36 hours.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	OKX XAU-USDT-SWAP	4,353.7	0.0239	pay 0.0239% / 8h	6h 12m	$164.8M	$281.6M	100x
Short	Kalshi KXGOLDPERP	4,350.4	0.0034	get 0.0102% / 24h	12h 12m	$4.1M	$36.1M	15x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

Kalshi against OKX. Falling: the short leg gains. Rising: it loses.

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee OKXbpFee KalshibpOrdersPrice spread, now −0.076%Rate

Funding earned: −$42.96
Price spread: −0.076% → −0.113%: $3.72
Slippage, 4 orders: −$2.51
Fee OKX: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Fee Kalshi: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Net: −$61.76
Costs to cover: 0.225%
Break-even: never at this rate

Slippage from OKX: live order book, 1 min ago; Kalshi: live order book, 1 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 OKX live order book, 1 min ago	0.12 bp	5.1 bp −$5	5.1 bp −$51	7.0 bp −$696	18.8 bp −$9,398
Sell Kalshi live order book, 1 min ago	0.12 bp	7.2 bp −$7	7.4 bp −$74	9.9 bp −$985	doesn't fit

XAU on 38 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
Gate XAU_USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,354	+0.007%	$263.4M	$414.4M	100x	as long as short
SunX XAU-USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,357.1	+0.079%	$93K	$9.5M	20x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) XAU/USD	L +0.0002% / S −0.0003%	1h	4,347.9	−0.133%	$269K	—	250x	as long as short
Hotstuff GOLD-PERP	+0.0016%	1h	4,351.2	−0.057%	$33K	—	25x	as long as short
Extended XAU-USD	+0.0032%	1h	4,348.7	−0.115%	$13.5M	$41.8M	25x	as long as short
Injective XAU/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	4,350.4	−0.075%	$619	$54	52x	as long as short
Kalshi KXGOLDPERPshort	+0.0034%	24h	4,350.4	−0.076%	$4.1M	$36.1M	15x
Aster XAUUSD1	+0.0035%	4h	4,353.1	−0.015%	$70.4M	$301.9M	20x	as long as short
StandX XAU-USD	+0.0040%	1h	4,358.7	+0.115%	$3.8M	$4.7M	40x	as long as short
Vest GC-PERP	+0.0046%	1h	4,386.7	+0.758%	—	$1.0M	25x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
tradeXYZ xyz:GOLD	+0.0050%	1h	4,349.3	−0.101%	$294.0M	$48.5M	25x	as long as short
Ondo Perps XAU-USD.P	+0.0050%	1h	4,349.7	−0.092%	$14.9M	$58.0M	25x	as long as short
QFEX GOLD-USD	+0.0051%	1h	4,353.6	−0.002%	$5.6M	$1.9M	20x	as long as short
Lighter XAU	+0.0056%	1h	4,351.4	−0.054%	$20.6M	$43.7M	25x	as long as short
Lighter RH XAU	+0.0064%	1h	4,353.7	−0.001%	$20.1M	$41.0M	25x	as long as short
Coinbase International GOLD-PERP-INTX	+0.0072%	1h	4,349.3	−0.101%	$2.0M	$5.0M	25x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps GOLD-USD	+0.0076%	1h	4,352.2	−0.034%	$4.3M	$1.9M	20x	as long as short
Paradex XAU-USD-PERP	+0.0083%	8h	4,353.8	+0.003%	$19K	$5K	5x	as long as short
Variational Omni XAU	+0.0086%	4h	4,356	+0.054%	$48.2M	$28.1M	—	as long as short
Pacifica XAU	+0.0100%	1h	4,351.4	−0.053%	$1.4M	$1.2M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	4,352.6	−0.025%	$275K	$204K	50x	as long as short
Bluefin GOLD-PERP	+0.0100%	1h	4,347	−0.153%	$25K	$14K	20x	as long as short
MEXC XAU_USDT	+0.0104%	4h	4,352.6	−0.025%	$375.3M	$324.1M	1000x	as long as short
Aevo XAU-PERP	+0.0104%	1h	4,351.8	−0.043%	$161K	$87	10x	as long as short
Binance XAUUSDT	+0.0105%	4h	4,352.4	−0.030%	$409.0M	$2.10B	100x	as long as short
edgeX XAUUSDC	+0.0112%	4h	4,351.9	−0.042%	$30.3M	$60.0M	50x	as long as short
GRVT XAU_USDT_Perp	+0.0120%	4h	4,355.1	+0.032%	$1.4M	$2.9M	25x	as long as short
Phoenix GOLD	+0.0121%	1h	4,356.9	+0.074%	$48K	$64K	25x	as long as short
RISEx XAU/USDC	+0.0135%	1h	4,352.9	−0.019%	$3.4M	$12.4M	25x	as long as short
Bullet GOLD-USD	+0.0168%	1h	4,352.7	−0.022%	$59K	$83K	10x	as long as short
Bybit XAUUSDT	+0.0180%	4h	4,353	−0.016%	$83.6M	$144.2M	150x	as long as short
Bitget XAUUSDT	+0.0186%	4h	4,352.5	−0.027%	$69.5M	$109.5M	100x	as long as short
Deribit GOLD_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0233%	1h	4,350.7	−0.069%	$249K	$679K	25x	as long as short
OKX XAU-USDT-SWAPlong	+0.0239%	8h	4,353.7	long leg	$164.8M	$281.6M	100x
Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSD	+0.0269%	1h	4,349.8	−0.089%	$593K	$139K	25x	as long as short
Phemex XAUUSDT	+0.0363%	4h	4,355.5	+0.042%	$2.2M	$1.1M	100x	as long as short
GMX GOLD/USD [ETH-USDC]	L +0.0391% / S −0.0197%	1h	4,352.4	−0.030%	$251K	—	111x	as long as short
HTX XAU-USDT	+0.0563%	4h	4,358.7	+0.116%	$2.9M	$3.9M	75x	as long as short