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Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 07:00 UTC−0.0285%/8h= −31.2% APRpaid last 24h −0.013%

Price spread now: Kalshi against Deribit−0.011%7-day average −0.064% · you buy dearer than you sell

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$45as in the Funding arb table

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$41as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$460.460% of the position

Long on Deribit Short on Kalshi

What this pair did over the last

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Funding, last 7 days+0.012%+$1 on $10k

Price spread, last 4 days (all we have)−0.039%−$4 · spread now −0.011%, 7d avg −0.064%

Together, before fees−0.027%−$3 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

The price spread pays, funding is against you. Kalshi is 0.053% dearer against Deribit than usual: you sell high and buy low (spread −0.011% now, against its 7-day average of −0.064%): +$5 on $10k if it goes back. Holding the pair costs −$9 a day in funding at the current rate, which eats that in about 15 hours.

The current funding rate is far above what this pair has been paying: over the last 7 days it paid 0.012% in total (about 0.6% a year). A funding rate is set anew for every payment. In the chart: green and red are payments made, yellow is the current rate, not paid yet.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	Deribit LINK_USDC-PERPETUAL	12.914	0.0285	pay 0.0036% / 1h	50m 04s	$807K	$259K	50x
Short	Kalshi KXLINKPERP	12.912	0	get 0.0000% / 8h	5h 50m	$511K	$2.3M	3.7x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

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

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee DeribitbpFee KalshibpOrdersPrice spread, now −0.011%Rate

Funding earned: −$59.85
Price spread: −0.011% → −0.064%: $5.29
Slippage, 4 orders: −$28.97
Fee Deribit: 3.5 bp × 2 orders: −$7
Fee Kalshi: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Net: −$100.54
Costs to cover: 0.460%
Break-even: never at this rate

Slippage from Deribit: live order book, 59 min ago; Kalshi: live order book, 3 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 Deribit live order book, 59 min ago	4.25 bp	7.7 bp −$8	13.6 bp −$136	doesn't fit	doesn't fit
Sell Kalshi live order book, 3 min ago	7.47 bp	12.5 bp −$12	19.0 bp −$190	doesn't fit	doesn't fit

LINK on 40 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
GMX LINK/USD [LINK-USDC]	L −0.0089% / S +0.0166%	1h	12.906	−0.058%	$1.8M	—	200x	as long as short
Kalshi KXLINKPERPshort	0.0000%	8h	12.912	−0.011%	$511K	$2.3M	3.7x
gTrade (Gains Network) LINK/USD	L +0.0004% / S −0.0005%	1h	12.905	−0.070%	$156K	—	150x	as long as short
Orderly PERP_LINK_USDC	+0.0010%	8h	12.899	−0.115%	$94K	$1.2M	20x	as long as short
Injective LINK/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	12.400	−3.979%	$4K	$48K	12x	as long as short
Phoenix LINK	+0.0093%	1h	12.893	−0.158%	$3K	$85K	10x	as long as short
Lighter LINK	+0.0096%	1h	12.906	−0.057%	$1.9M	$2.8M	10x	as long as short
Paradex LINK-USD-PERP	+0.0100%	8h	12.907	−0.053%	$31K	$2K	20x	as long as short
Nado LINK-PERP	+0.0100%	1h	12.883	−0.239%	$349K	$339K	10x	as long as short
Aster LINKUSDT	+0.0100%	8h	12.905	−0.071%	$1.2M	$2.4M	50x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Pacifica LINK	+0.0100%	1h	12.907	−0.053%	$275K	$183K	10x	as long as short
Binance LINKUSDT	+0.0100%	8h	12.905	−0.065%	$119.1M	$301.7M	75x	as long as short
Bybit LINKUSDT	+0.0100%	8h	12.897	−0.130%	$83.3M	$73.8M	75x	as long as short
OKX LINK-USDT-SWAP	+0.0100%	8h	12.894	−0.153%	$27.0M	$81.0M	50x	as long as short
Arcus LINK-USD	+0.0100%	1h	12.921	+0.056%	$180K	$94K	10x	as long as short
Gate LINK_USDT	+0.0100%	8h	12.904	−0.076%	$124.1M	$15.2M	75x	as long as short
MEXC LINK_USDT	+0.0100%	8h	12.910	−0.029%	$33.6M	$57.7M	300x	as long as short
KuCoin LINKUSDTM	+0.0100%	8h	12.910	−0.029%	$22.8M	$12.9M	75x	as long as short
Bitget LINKUSDT	+0.0100%	8h	12.907	−0.053%	$54.0M	$30.4M	75x	as long as short
BingX LINK-USDT	+0.0100%	8h	12.907	−0.053%	—	$23.3M	—	as long as short
Variational Omni LINK	+0.0100%	8h	12.890	−0.181%	$3.3M	$1.7M	—	as long as short
edgeX LINKUSDC	+0.0100%	4h	12.892	−0.168%	$43K	$306K	20x	as long as short
GRVT LINK_USDT_Perp	+0.0100%	8h	12.894	−0.154%	$585K	$2.9M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni LINKUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	12.897	−0.130%	$132K	$673K	50x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps LINK-USD	+0.0100%	1h	12.913	−0.006%	$81K	$70K	10x	as long as short
Derive LINK-PERP	+0.0100%	1h	12.905	−0.071%	$16K	$22K	10x	as long as short
SunX LINK-USDT	+0.0100%	8h	12.919	+0.039%	$33K	$1.4M	30x	as long as short
SoDEX LINK-USD	+0.0100%	1h	12.909	−0.037%	$10K	$61K	10x	as long as short
HTX LINK-USDT	+0.0100%	8h	12.875	−0.299%	$631K	$786K	75x	as long as short
Extended LINK-USD	+0.0104%	1h	12.902	−0.095%	$629K	$2.0M	25x	as long as short
Aevo LINK-PERP	+0.0104%	1h	12.908	−0.048%	$541K	$2K	3x	as long as short
Coinbase International LINK-PERP-INTX	+0.0120%	1h	12.914	+0.002%	$933K	$2.8M	50x	as long as short
Backpack LINK_USDC_PERP	+0.0149%	1h	12.917	+0.025%	$337K	$388K	15x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_LINKUSD	+0.0193%	1h	12.913	−0.004%	$6.6M	$8.3M	50x	as long as short
BloFin LINK-USDT	+0.0220%	8h	12.891	−0.177%	$5.2M	$15.8M	75x	as long as short
Deribit LINK_USDC-PERPETUALlong	+0.0285%	1h	12.914	long leg	$807K	$259K	50x
Hyperliquid LINK	+0.0318%	1h	12.922	+0.063%	$80.6M	$27.7M	10x	as long as short
Reya LINKRUSDPERP	+0.0397%	1h	12.906	−0.060%	$4K	—	20x	as long as short
Phemex LINKUSDT	+0.0570%	8h	12.924	+0.079%	$19.9M	$11.3M	50x	as long as short
dYdX LINK-USD	+0.0954%	1h	12.901	−0.097%	$344K	$33K	10x	as long as short