ASTS

Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 08:00 UTC−0.0100%/8h= −10.9% APRnext payment −$1.00 per $10,000 · paid last 24h −0.030%

Price spread now: Gate against KuCoin+0.065%7-day average +0.044% · you sell dearer than you buy

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$426as in the Funding arb table

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$408as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$4104.104% of the position

Long on KuCoin Short on Gate

What this pair did over the last

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Funding, last 7 days−0.157%−$16 on $10k

Price spread, last 4 days (all we have)−0.003%$0 · spread now +0.065%, 7d avg +0.044%

Together, before fees−0.160%−$16 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

The price spread pays, funding is against you. Gate is 0.021% dearer against KuCoin than usual: you sell high and buy low (spread +0.065% now, against its 7-day average of +0.044%): +$2 on $10k if it goes back. Holding the pair costs −$3 a day in funding at the current rate, which eats that in about 17 hours.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	KuCoin ASTSUSDTM	61.520	0.0100	pay 0.0100% / 8h	1h 14m	$278K	$63K	20x
Short	Gate ASTS_USDT	61.560	0	get 0.0000% / 8h	1h 14m	$1.6M	$1.2M	25x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

Gate against KuCoin. 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 KuCoinbpFee GatebpOrdersPrice spread, now +0.065%Rate

Funding earned: −$21
Price spread: +0.065% → +0.044%: $2.08
Slippage, 4 orders: −$383.43
Fee KuCoin: 6 bp × 2 orders: −$12
Fee Gate: 7.5 bp × 2 orders: −$15
Net: −$429.35
Costs to cover: 4.104%
Break-even: never at this rate

Slippage from KuCoin: live order book, 28 min ago; Gate: 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 KuCoin live order book, 28 min ago	13.84 bp	131.8 bp −$132	doesn't fit	doesn't fit	doesn't fit
Sell Gate live order book, 3 min ago	8.93 bp	34.6 bp −$35	56.2 bp −$562	80.1 bp −$8,012	doesn't fit

ASTS on 15 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
Bitget ASTSUSDT	−0.0077%	8h	61.580	+0.098%	$1.1M	$364K	20x	as long as short
Aster ASTSUSDT	0.0000%	8h	61.513	−0.011%	$13K	$28K	20x	as long as short
Bybit ASTSUSDT	0.0000%	8h	61.520	0.000%	$700K	$316K	25x	as long as short
OKX ASTS-USDT-SWAP	0.0000%	8h	61.630	+0.179%	$745K	$680K	20x	as long as short
Gate ASTS_USDTshort	0.0000%	8h	61.560	+0.065%	$1.6M	$1.2M	25x
SunX ASTS-USDT	0.0000%	8h	61.450	−0.114%	$914	$688K	10x	as long as short
HTX ASTS-USDT	0.0000%	8h	61.570	+0.081%	$5K	$3K	20x	as long as short
Binance ASTSUSDT	+0.0028%	8h	61.590	+0.114%	$2.7M	$4.3M	20x	as long as short
Lighter RH ASTS	+0.0032%	1h	61.548	+0.046%	$9K	$31K	10x	as long as short
Extended ASTS-USD	+0.0032%	1h	61.572	+0.085%	$8K	$218K	10x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
BloFin ASTS-USDT	+0.0037%	8h	61.620	+0.163%	$45K	$8K	20x	as long as short
Vest ASTS-USD-PERP	+0.0046%	1h	61.540	+0.033%	—	—	10x	as long as short
QFEX ASTS-USD	+0.0063%	1h	61.580	+0.098%	$1.1M	$1.8M	10x	as long as short
KuCoin ASTSUSDTMlong	+0.0100%	8h	61.520	long leg	$278K	$63K	20x
GRVT ASTS_USDT_Perp	+0.0115%	8h	61.520	0.000%	$557	$163K	10x	as long as short