Settings8H · net · $10k
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MERL

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Alert: funding
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Funding you earn now, next payment 02:00 UTC−0.0372%/8h= −40.7% APRpaid last 24h −0.160%
Price spread now: Coinbase International against Bybit−0.018%7-day average −0.285% · you buy dearer than you sell
Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$310as in the Funding arb table
Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$270as in the Price arb table
costs, in and out, $10k−$2962.962% of the position
What this pair did over the last
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Funding, last 7 days−0.134%−$13 on $10k
Price spread, last 4 days (all we have)+1.069%+$107 · spread now −0.018%, 7d avg −0.285%
Together, before fees+0.935%+$94 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour
The price spread pays, funding is against you. Coinbase International is 0.266% dearer against Bybit than usual: you sell high and buy low (spread −0.018% now, against its 7-day average of −0.285%): +$27 on $10k if it goes back. Holding the pair costs −$11 a day in funding at the current rate, which eats that in about 2.4 days. At the pace of the last 7 days (−0.134% in total) that is about 14 days.
The current funding rate is far above what this pair has been paying: over the last 7 days it paid -0.134% in total (about -7.0% 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.
LegExchangePriceFunding /8hEach paymentNext inOIVol 24hMax lev
LongBybit MERLUSDT0.027340.0100pay 0.0100% / 8h5h 06m$1.2M$419K25x
ShortCoinbase International MERL-PERP-INTX0.02734−0.0272pay 0.0034% / 1h6m 33s$26K$500K50x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

Coinbase International against Bybit. Falling: the short leg gains. Rising: it loses.
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Funding on every exchange

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Profit calculator

Funding earned
−$78.12
Price spread: −0.018% → −0.285%
$26.64
Slippage, 4 orders
−$275.2
Fee Bybit: 5.5 bp × 2 orders
−$11
Fee Coinbase International: 5 bp × 2 orders
−$10
Net
−$347.68
Costs to cover
2.962%
Break-even
never at this rate
Slippage from Bybit: live order book, 4 min ago; Coinbase International: live order book, 57 min ago.

Cost to enter

taker fee + slippage from the mid, one side; closing costs about the same again
LegHalf-spread$10k$100k$1M$5M
Buy Bybit live order book, 4 min ago7.30 bp131.2 bp −$131doesn't fitdoesn't fitdoesn't fit
Sell Coinbase International live order book, 57 min ago15.33 bp23.4 bp −$23doesn't fitdoesn't fitdoesn't fit

MERL on 16 venues

lowest funding first. Swap a leg: a good short leg pays more funding and is priced higher.
ExchangeFunding /8hEveryPricePrice vs long legOIVol 24hMax lev
Coinbase International MERL-PERP-INTXshort−0.0272%1h0.02734−0.018%$26K$500K50x
Deribit MERL_USDC-PERPETUAL+0.0042%1h0.02740+0.216%$49K$55K10xas long as short
Orderly PERP_MERL_USDC+0.0100%4h0.02738+0.146%$14K$2K10xas long as short
Hyperliquid MERL+0.0100%1h0.02737+0.113%$432K$134K3xas long as short
Aster MERLUSDT+0.0100%4h0.02741+0.256%$3K$4975xas long as short
Binance MERLUSDT+0.0100%4h0.02738+0.152%$1.8M$2.0M50xas long as short
Bybit MERLUSDTlong+0.0100%8h0.02734long leg$1.2M$419K25x
OKX MERL-USDT-SWAP+0.0100%4h0.02736+0.073%$1.2M$2.4M20xas long as short
Gate MERL_USDT+0.0100%8h0.02740+0.219%$252K$62K25xas long as short
MEXC MERL_USDT+0.0100%4h0.02737+0.110%$14.4M$119K100xas long as short
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ExchangeFunding /8hEveryPricePrice vs long legOIVol 24hMax lev
KuCoin MERLUSDTM+0.0100%4h0.02743+0.329%$884K$40K30xas long as short
Bitget MERLUSDT+0.0100%4h0.02738+0.146%$1.6M$243K25xas long as short
BingX MERL-USDT+0.0100%4h0.02736+0.073%$6.6Mas long as short
Variational Omni MERL+0.0100%8h0.02739+0.200%$9K$188as long as short
SunX MERL-USDT+0.0100%4h0.02737+0.110%$1K$984K20xas long as short
BloFin MERL-USDT+0.0104%4h0.02743+0.329%$119K$3K50xas long as short