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Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 23:00 UTC+0.0004%/8h= +0.4% APRpaid last 24h −0.003%

Price spread now: MEXC against Lighter+0.032%7-day average −0.048% · you sell dearer than you buy

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$17as in the Funding arb table

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

costs, in and out, $10k−$150.152% of the position

Long on Lighter Short on MEXC

What this pair did over the last

the charts below follow

Funding, last 7 days−0.017%−$2 on $10k

Price spread, last 4 days (all we have)−0.206%−$21 · spread now +0.032%, 7d avg −0.048%

Together, before fees−0.222%+ Points / potential airdropLighter: Season 3 · farm board−$22 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

Funding between these two exchanges is close to zero, so right now this pair is about the price spread alone: MEXC is 0.080% dearer against Lighter than usual: you sell high and buy low, +$8 on $10k if it goes back to its 7-day average of −0.048%.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	Lighter ASTER	0.7416	0.0096	pay 0.0012% / 1h	16m 27s	$917K	$878K	5x
Short	MEXC ASTER_USDT	0.7418	0.0100	get 0.0050% / 4h	1h 16m	$34.7M	$16.4M	100x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

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

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee LighterbpFee MEXCbpOrdersPrice spread, now +0.032%Rate

Funding earned: $0.84
Price spread: +0.032% → −0.048%: $8.01
Slippage, 4 orders: −$15.15
Fee Lighter: 0 bp × 2 orders: $0
Fee MEXC: 0 bp × 2 orders: $0
Net: −$6.31
Costs to cover: 0.152%
Break-even: 59.6 days

Slippage from Lighter: live order book, 64 min ago; MEXC: live order book, 2 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 Lighter live order book, 64 min ago	4.10 bp	7.4 bp −$7	28.4 bp −$284	391.9 bp −$39.2K	doesn't fit
Sell MEXC live order book, 2 min ago	0.67 bp	1.4 bp −$1	5.4 bp −$54	22.7 bp −$2,266	112.0 bp −$56.0K

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
Coinbase International ASTER-PERP-INTX	−0.0136%	1h	0.7393	−0.302%	$260K	$840K	50x	as long as short
Deribit ASTER_USDC-PERPETUAL	−0.0020%	1h	0.7410	−0.081%	$11K	$87K	25x	as long as short
Aster ASTERUSDT	0.0000%	4h	0.7415	−0.008%	$56.7M	$99.8M	200x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) ASTER/USD	L +0.0006% / S −0.0007%	1h	0.7411	−0.067%	$30K	—	150x	as long as short
Injective ASTER/USDC PERP	+0.0023%	1h	0.7390	−0.345%	$9	$133K	5.5x	as long as short
dYdX ASTER-USD	+0.0065%	1h	0.7413	−0.036%	$13K	$61	5x	as long as short
Lighter ASTERlong	+0.0096%	1h	0.7416	long leg	$917K	$878K	5x
Nado ASTER-PERP	+0.0100%	1h	0.7415	−0.008%	$372K	$273K	5x	as long as short
Pacifica ASTER	+0.0100%	1h	0.7413	−0.035%	$254K	$107K	10x	as long as short
Binance ASTERUSDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7417	+0.016%	$90.8M	$106.9M	75x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Bybit ASTERUSDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7416	+0.005%	$49.6M	$21.8M	75x	as long as short
OKX ASTER-USDT-SWAP	+0.0100%	4h	0.7417	+0.019%	$12.0M	$18.6M	50x	as long as short
Gate ASTER_USDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7413	−0.035%	$6.3M	$5.0M	75x	as long as short
MEXC ASTER_USDTshort	+0.0100%	4h	0.7418	+0.032%	$34.7M	$16.4M	100x
KuCoin ASTERUSDTM	+0.0100%	4h	0.7411	−0.063%	$11.0M	$3.1M	75x	as long as short
Bitget ASTERUSDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7418	+0.032%	$18.2M	$6.4M	50x	as long as short
BingX ASTER-USDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7417	+0.019%	—	$9.6M	—	as long as short
Backpack ASTER_USDC_PERP	+0.0100%	1h	0.7411	−0.055%	$264K	$326K	10x	as long as short
Variational Omni ASTER	+0.0100%	4h	0.7419	+0.040%	$2.1M	$366K	—	as long as short
GRVT ASTER_USDT_Perp	+0.0100%	4h	0.7421	+0.073%	$463K	$3.8M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni ASTERUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	0.7424	+0.113%	$66K	$716K	50x	as long as short
Orderly PERP_ASTER_USDC	+0.0100%	4h	0.7417	+0.019%	$14K	$845	10x	as long as short
SunX ASTER-USDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7418	+0.032%	$2K	$1.7M	20x	as long as short
SoDEX ASTER-USD	+0.0100%	1h	0.7409	−0.089%	$13K	$8K	5x	as long as short
HTX ASTER-USDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7414	−0.022%	$242K	$119K	20x	as long as short
Extended ASTER-USD	+0.0104%	1h	0.7419	+0.053%	$376K	$635K	25x	as long as short
edgeX ASTERUSDC	+0.0114%	4h	0.7420	+0.054%	$214K	$1.9M	10x	as long as short
01 Exchange ASTERUSD	+0.0136%	1h	0.7421	+0.073%	$8K	$4K	10x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_ASTERUSD	+0.0147%	1h	0.7414	−0.023%	$335K	$488K	20x	as long as short
Hyperliquid ASTER	+0.0149%	1h	0.7425	+0.128%	$25.8M	$6.8M	5x	as long as short
GMX ASTER/USD [WBTC.b-USDC]	L +0.0304% / S −0.0215%	1h	0.7410	−0.071%	$28K	—	100x	as long as short
BloFin ASTER-USDT	+0.0340%	4h	0.7408	−0.102%	$3.4M	$1.9M	75x	as long as short