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Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 04:00 UTC+0.0258%/8h= +28.3% APRpaid last 24h +0.049%

Price spread now: MEXC against Kraken Futures−0.250%7-day average −0.189% · you buy dearer than you sell

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$84as in the Funding arb table

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$88as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$820.823% of the position

Long on Kraken Futures Short on MEXC

What this pair did over the last

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Funding, last 7 days−0.022%−$2 on $10k

Price spread, last 4 days (all we have)−0.027%−$3 · spread now −0.250%, 7d avg −0.189%

Together, before fees−0.048%−$5 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

Funding pays, the price is against you. MEXC is 0.061% cheaper against Kraken Futures than usual: you would sell low and buy high (spread −0.250% now, against its 7-day average of −0.189%). If the spread goes back, that is −$6 on $10k: about 19 hours of funding at the current rate (+$8 a day).

The current funding rate is far above what this pair has been paying: over the last 7 days it paid -0.022% in total (about -1.1% 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	Kraken Futures PF_XTZUSD	0.3444	−0.0158	get 0.0020% / 1h	13m 21s	$284K	$251K	50x
Short	MEXC XTZ_USDT	0.3435	0.0100	get 0.0050% / 4h	13m 21s	$2.1M	$670K	100x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

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

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee Kraken FuturesbpFee MEXCbpOrdersPrice spread, now −0.250%Rate

Funding earned: $54.26
Price spread: −0.250% → −0.189%: −$6.11
Slippage, 4 orders: −$68.27
Fee Kraken Futures: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Fee MEXC: 2 bp × 2 orders: −$4
Net: −$34.12
Costs to cover: 0.823%
Break-even: 11.4 days

Slippage from Kraken Futures: live order book, 44 min ago; MEXC: 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 Kraken Futures live order book, 44 min ago	14.66 bp	41.7 bp −$42	120.6 bp −$1,206	doesn't fit	doesn't fit
Sell MEXC live order book, 3 min ago	1.46 bp	3.5 bp −$3	31.8 bp −$318	127.2 bp −$12.7K	doesn't fit

XTZ on 12 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
Kraken Futures PF_XTZUSDlong	−0.0158%	1h	0.3444	long leg	$284K	$251K	50x
Bitget XTZUSDT	+0.0020%	4h	0.3436	−0.221%	$927K	$938K	75x	as long as short
Injective XTZ/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	0.3484	+1.173%	$62	$17K	5.5x	as long as short
Binance XTZUSDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.3436	−0.221%	$4.8M	$9.7M	75x	as long as short
Bybit XTZUSDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.3433	−0.308%	$2.7M	$2.8M	75x	as long as short
OKX XTZ-USDT-SWAP	+0.0100%	8h	0.3433	−0.308%	$1.2M	$1.3M	20x	as long as short
Gate XTZ_USDT	+0.0100%	8h	0.3431	−0.366%	$636K	$168K	75x	as long as short
MEXC XTZ_USDTshort	+0.0100%	4h	0.3435	−0.250%	$2.1M	$670K	100x
KuCoin XTZUSDTM	+0.0100%	4h	0.3437	−0.192%	$631K	$192K	30x	as long as short
BingX XTZ-USDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.3438	−0.163%	—	$1.1M	—	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Variational Omni XTZ	+0.0100%	4h	0.3428	−0.442%	$86K	$331K	—	as long as short
BloFin XTZ-USDT	+0.0140%	4h	0.3427	−0.483%	$281K	$97K	75x	as long as short