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XAU

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Funding you earn now, next payment 05:00 UTC+0.0034%/8h= +3.7% APRpaid last 24h +0.016%

Price spread now: Aster against QFEX+0.064%7-day average +0.045% · you sell dearer than you buy

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

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$20as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$220.219% of the position

Long on QFEX Short on Aster

What this pair did over the last

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Funding, last 4 days (all we have)+0.053%+$5 on $10k

Price spread, last 7 days−0.033%−$3 · spread now +0.064%, 7d avg +0.045%

Together, before fees+0.020%+ Points / potential airdropAster: Stage 5 · farm board+$2 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

The price spread sits at its 7-day average of +0.045%, 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	QFEX GOLD-USD	4,340.5	0.0042	pay 0.0005% / 1h	43m 38s	$5.7M	$2.0M	20x
Short	Aster XAUUSD1	4,343.3	0.0076	get 0.0038% / 4h	3h 43m	$71.4M	$332.4M	20x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

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

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee QFEXbpFee AsterbpOrdersPrice spread, now +0.064%Rate

Funding earned: $7.13
Price spread: +0.064% → +0.045%: $1.86
Slippage, 4 orders: −$3.94
Fee QFEX: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Fee Aster: 4 bp × 2 orders: −$8
Net: −$12.95
Costs to cover: 0.219%
Break-even: 19.7 days

Slippage from QFEX: live order book, 10 min ago; Aster: live order book, 6 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 QFEX live order book, 10 min ago	1.96 bp	7.0 bp −$7	7.0 bp −$70	9.0 bp −$898	doesn't fit
Sell Aster live order book, 6 min ago	0.01 bp	4.0 bp −$4	4.4 bp −$44	27.3 bp −$2,732	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	−0.108%	$25K	$14K	20x	as long as short
SunX XAU-USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,346.6	+0.141%	$92K	$8.7M	20x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) XAU/USD	L +0.0002% / S −0.0003%	1h	4,338.4	−0.048%	$271K	—	250x	as long as short
RISEx XAU/USDC	+0.0005%	1h	4,341.4	+0.021%	$3.5M	$12.1M	25x	as long as short
Gate XAU_USDT	+0.0006%	4h	4,343.9	+0.078%	$267.7M	$412.9M	100x	as long as short
Lighter RH XAU	+0.0032%	1h	4,343.2	+0.062%	$20.0M	$39.2M	25x	as long as short
Extended XAU-USD	+0.0032%	1h	4,338.2	−0.054%	$13.3M	$37.9M	25x	as long as short
Hotstuff GOLD-PERP	+0.0032%	1h	4,340.3	−0.005%	$33K	—	25x	as long as short
Injective XAU/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	4,350.4	+0.229%	$619	$54	52x	as long as short
StandX XAU-USD	+0.0040%	1h	4,343.7	+0.074%	$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-USDlong	+0.0042%	1h	4,340.5	long leg	$5.7M	$2.0M	20x
Vest GC-PERP	+0.0046%	1h	4,375.2	+0.799%	—	$1.0M	25x	as long as short
Lighter XAU	+0.0048%	1h	4,340.6	+0.003%	$20.8M	$34.5M	25x	as long as short
tradeXYZ xyz:GOLD	+0.0050%	1h	4,339.2	−0.030%	$293.6M	$49.3M	25x	as long as short
Ondo Perps XAU-USD.P	+0.0050%	1h	4,338.7	−0.042%	$15.1M	$56.9M	25x	as long as short
Kalshi KXGOLDPERP	+0.0051%	24h	4,340.4	−0.002%	$4.3M	$37.5M	15x	as long as short
Coinbase International GOLD-PERP-INTX	+0.0056%	1h	4,340.3	−0.005%	$2.1M	$4.8M	25x	as long as short
Bybit XAUUSDT	+0.0064%	4h	4,343.5	+0.070%	$80.2M	$151.0M	150x	as long as short
Aster XAUUSD1short	+0.0076%	4h	4,343.3	+0.064%	$71.4M	$332.4M	20x
Paradex XAU-USD-PERP	+0.0082%	8h	4,342.1	+0.037%	$19K	$5K	5x	as long as short
Variational Omni XAU	+0.0087%	4h	4,342.7	+0.051%	$48.3M	$27.7M	—	as long as short
Pacifica XAU	+0.0100%	1h	4,338.5	−0.046%	$1.4M	$1.1M	10x	as long as short
MEXC XAU_USDT	+0.0100%	4h	4,342.6	+0.047%	$369.4M	$318.7M	1000x	as long as short
ApeX Omni XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	4,339.5	−0.023%	$274K	$203K	50x	as long as short
Binance XAUUSDT	+0.0102%	4h	4,342.6	+0.049%	$415.0M	$2.09B	100x	as long as short
Aevo XAU-PERP	+0.0104%	1h	4,341.6	+0.024%	$161K	$87	10x	as long as short
edgeX XAUUSDC	+0.0113%	4h	4,338.3	−0.050%	$30.2M	$58.3M	50x	as long as short
Phoenix GOLD	+0.0136%	1h	4,338.8	−0.039%	$47K	$77K	25x	as long as short
GRVT XAU_USDT_Perp	+0.0174%	4h	4,343.4	+0.067%	$1.4M	$2.9M	25x	as long as short
Bullet GOLD-USD	+0.0212%	1h	4,342.7	+0.051%	$59K	$82K	10x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps GOLD-USD	+0.0217%	1h	4,342.6	+0.048%	$4.3M	$2.0M	20x	as long as short
Deribit GOLD_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0234%	1h	4,340.7	+0.005%	$205K	$827K	25x	as long as short
Bitget XAUUSDT	+0.0244%	4h	4,342.5	+0.045%	$71.1M	$109.4M	100x	as long as short
Phemex XAUUSDT	+0.0244%	4h	4,343.9	+0.079%	$2.2M	$967K	100x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSD	+0.0259%	1h	4,339.5	−0.023%	$592K	$132K	25x	as long as short
OKX XAU-USDT-SWAP	+0.0318%	8h	4,343.7	+0.074%	$166.3M	$281.6M	100x	as long as short
BloFin XAU-USDT	+0.0359%	4h	4,341.7	+0.028%	$15.6M	$4.4M	100x	as long as short
GMX GOLD/USD [ETH-USDC]	L +0.0427% / S −0.0252%	1h	4,342.7	+0.051%	$250K	—	111x	as long as short
HTX XAU-USDT	+0.0540%	4h	4,347	+0.149%	$2.8M	$4.6M	75x	as long as short