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Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 09:00 UTC+0.0130%/8h= +14.2% APRpaid last 24h +0.023%

Price spread now: Lighter against Gate+0.048%7-day average +0.042% · you sell dearer than you buy

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$51as in the Funding arb table

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$54as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$550.545% of the position

Long on Gate Short on Lighter

What this pair did over the last

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Funding, last 7 days+0.036%+$4 on $10k

Price spread, last 4 days (all we have)+0.063%+$6 · spread now +0.048%, 7d avg +0.042%

Together, before fees+0.099%+ Points / potential airdropLighter: Season 3 · farm board+$10 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

The price spread sits at its 7-day average of +0.042%, so right now this pair is about funding alone: +$4 a day on $10k at the current rate.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	Gate ASTER_USDT	0.7332	−0.0034	get 0.0017% / 4h	3h 58m	$6.3M	$5.7M	75x
Short	Lighter ASTER	0.7336	0.0096	get 0.0012% / 1h	58m 20s	$887K	$913K	5x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

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

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Funding on every exchange

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee GatebpFee LighterbpOrdersPrice spread, now +0.048%Rate

Funding earned: $27.3
Price spread: +0.048% → +0.042%: $0.62
Slippage, 4 orders: −$39.51
Fee Gate: 7.5 bp × 2 orders: −$15
Fee Lighter: 0 bp × 2 orders: $0
Net: −$26.59
Costs to cover: 0.545%
Break-even: 13.8 days

Slippage from Gate: live order book, 5 min ago; Lighter: live order book, 37 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	2.04 bp	18.1 bp −$18	37.1 bp −$371	doesn't fit	doesn't fit
Sell Lighter live order book, 37 min ago	5.60 bp	7.8 bp −$8	30.7 bp −$307	412.6 bp −$41.3K	doesn't fit

ASTER on 32 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
Deribit ASTER_USDC-PERPETUAL	−1.3266%	1h	0.7236	−1.308%	$11K	$56K	25x	as long as short
Bybit ASTERUSDT	−0.0591%	4h	0.7325	−0.095%	$49.5M	$26.2M	75x	as long as short
SoDEX ASTER-USD	−0.0221%	1h	0.7325	−0.095%	$13K	$8K	5x	as long as short
01 Exchange ASTERUSD	−0.0080%	1h	0.7334	+0.027%	$6K	$7K	10x	as long as short
Gate ASTER_USDTlong	−0.0034%	4h	0.7332	long leg	$6.3M	$5.7M	75x
Aster ASTERUSDT	0.0000%	4h	0.7324	−0.105%	$51.6M	$112.6M	200x	as long as short
dYdX ASTER-USD	0.0000%	1h	0.7334	+0.026%	$14K	$1K	5x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) ASTER/USD	L +0.0006% / S −0.0005%	1h	0.7328	−0.058%	$24K	—	150x	as long as short
Coinbase International ASTER-PERP-INTX	+0.0016%	1h	0.7334	+0.023%	$255K	$1.3M	50x	as long as short
Extended ASTER-USD	+0.0024%	1h	0.7334	+0.030%	$367K	$654K	25x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Injective ASTER/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	0.7390	+0.791%	$9	$133K	5.5x	as long as short
Orderly PERP_ASTER_USDC	+0.0080%	4h	0.7327	−0.068%	$13K	$1K	10x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_ASTERUSD	+0.0095%	1h	0.7327	−0.068%	$336K	$641K	20x	as long as short
Lighter ASTERshort	+0.0096%	1h	0.7336	+0.048%	$887K	$913K	5x
Nado ASTER-PERP	+0.0100%	1h	0.7336	+0.056%	$346K	$293K	5x	as long as short
Hyperliquid ASTER	+0.0100%	1h	0.7338	+0.079%	$25.2M	$8.1M	5x	as long as short
Pacifica ASTER	+0.0100%	1h	0.7333	+0.018%	$258K	$113K	10x	as long as short
Binance ASTERUSDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7326	−0.082%	$92.5M	$130.9M	75x	as long as short
OKX ASTER-USDT-SWAP	+0.0100%	4h	0.7326	−0.082%	$12.4M	$22.4M	50x	as long as short
MEXC ASTER_USDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7325	−0.095%	$34.9M	$20.6M	100x	as long as short
KuCoin ASTERUSDTM	+0.0100%	4h	0.7326	−0.086%	$11.1M	$3.4M	75x	as long as short
Bitget ASTERUSDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7324	−0.109%	$17.9M	$8.7M	50x	as long as short
BingX ASTER-USDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7326	−0.082%	—	$10.2M	—	as long as short
Backpack ASTER_USDC_PERP	+0.0100%	1h	0.7331	−0.008%	$210K	$475K	10x	as long as short
Variational Omni ASTER	+0.0100%	4h	0.7335	+0.041%	$2.1M	$398K	—	as long as short
GRVT ASTER_USDT_Perp	+0.0100%	4h	0.7334	+0.032%	$450K	$4.1M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni ASTERUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	0.7337	+0.068%	$112K	$748K	50x	as long as short
SunX ASTER-USDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7337	+0.068%	$2K	$1.7M	20x	as long as short
HTX ASTER-USDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7340	+0.109%	$245K	$203K	20x	as long as short
edgeX ASTERUSDC	+0.0110%	4h	0.7333	+0.020%	$213K	$2.2M	10x	as long as short
GMX ASTER/USD [WBTC.b-USDC]	L +0.0305% / S −0.0215%	1h	0.7324	−0.107%	$28K	—	100x	as long as short
BloFin ASTER-USDT	+0.0340%	4h	0.7327	−0.068%	$3.6M	$2.1M	75x	as long as short