STRC

Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 16:00 UTC−0.0591%/8h= −64.8% APRnext payment −$5.91 per $10,000 · paid last 24h −0.093%

Price spread now: Aster against KuCoin−0.180%7-day average +0.057% · you buy dearer than you sell

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$598as in the Funding arb table

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$609as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$5855.852% of the position

Long on KuCoin Short on Aster

What this pair did over the last

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Funding, last 7 days−0.128%−$13 on $10k

Price spread, last 4 days (all we have)+0.251%+$25 · spread now −0.180%, 7d avg +0.057%

Together, before fees+0.123%+ Points / potential airdropAster: Stage 5 · farm board+$12 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

Both sides work against this trade now: funding costs −$18 a day on $10k at the current rate, and Aster is 0.237% cheaper against KuCoin than usual: you would sell low and buy high (−$24 if the spread goes back to its 7-day average of +0.057%). Swap the legs.

The current funding rate is far above what this pair has been paying: over the last 7 days it paid -0.128% in total (about -6.7% a year). A funding rate is set anew for every payment; at this rate the next one is about −$5.91 per $10,000. 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	KuCoin STRCUSDTM	99.030	0.0100	pay 0.0100% / 8h	7h 19m	$317K	$1.0M	20x
Short	Aster STRCUSDT	98.852	−0.0491	pay 0.0491% / 8h	7h 19m	$446K	$67K	20x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

Aster 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 AsterbpOrdersPrice spread, now −0.180%Rate

Funding earned: −$124.2
Price spread: −0.180% → +0.057%: −$23.66
Slippage, 4 orders: −$565.17
Fee KuCoin: 6 bp × 2 orders: −$12
Fee Aster: 4 bp × 2 orders: −$8
Net: −$733.04
Costs to cover: 5.852%
Break-even: never at this rate

Slippage from KuCoin: live order book, 5 min ago; Aster: live order book, 13 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, 5 min ago	2.02 bp	289.5 bp −$290	doesn't fit	doesn't fit	doesn't fit
Sell Aster live order book, 13 min ago	3.54 bp	34.7 bp −$35	doesn't fit	doesn't fit	doesn't fit

STRC on 14 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
Aster STRCUSDTshort	−0.0491%	8h	98.852	−0.180%	$446K	$67K	20x
tradeXYZ xyz:STRC	−0.0155%	1h	98.940	−0.091%	$10.6M	$2.2M	10x	as long as short
Lighter STRC	−0.0152%	1h	98.767	−0.266%	$889K	$209K	10x	as long as short
Binance STRCUSDT	0.0000%	8h	99.040	+0.010%	$6.1M	$3.3M	25x	as long as short
OKX STRC-USDT-SWAP	0.0000%	8h	98.920	−0.111%	$742K	$75K	25x	as long as short
Gate STRC_USDT	0.0000%	8h	99.020	−0.010%	$972K	$76K	20x	as long as short
Bitget STRCUSDT	0.0000%	8h	98.970	−0.061%	$4.4M	$77K	20x	as long as short
Variational Omni STRC	0.0000%	8h	98.961	−0.070%	$1.5M	$254K	—	as long as short
GRVT STRC_USDT_Perp	0.0000%	8h	98.940	−0.091%	$70K	$92K	10x	as long as short
QFEX STRC-USD	+0.0006%	1h	98.970	−0.061%	$1.4M	$942K	10x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Injective STRC/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	98.950	−0.081%	$3K	$34K	12x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps STRC-USD	+0.0050%	1h	98.940	−0.091%	$70K	$58K	10x	as long as short
KuCoin STRCUSDTMlong	+0.0100%	8h	99.030	long leg	$317K	$1.0M	20x
HTX STRC-USDT	+0.0100%	8h	98.886	−0.145%	$52K	$362K	10x	as long as short