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Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 05:00 UTC+0.0259%/8h= +28.4% APRpaid last 24h +0.069%

Price spread now: Kraken Futures against Gate−0.107%7-day average −0.094% · you buy dearer than you sell

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$2as in the Funding arb table

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$33as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$320.320% of the position

Long on Gate Short on Kraken Futures

What this pair did over the last

the charts below follow

Funding, last 7 days+0.298%+$30 on $10k

Price spread, last 4 days (all we have)+0.038%+$4 · spread now −0.107%, 7d avg −0.094%

Together, before fees+0.336%+$34 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

The price spread sits at its 7-day average of −0.094%, so right now this pair is about funding alone: +$8 a day on $10k at the current rate.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	Gate XAU_USDT	4,343	0	get 0.0000% / 4h	3h 42m	$267.7M	$413.5M	100x
Short	Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSD	4,338.3	0.0259	get 0.0032% / 1h	42m 00s	$592K	$132K	25x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

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

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee GatebpFee Kraken FuturesbpOrdersPrice spread, now −0.107%Rate

Funding earned: $54.43
Price spread: −0.107% → −0.094%: −$1.32
Slippage, 4 orders: −$6.96
Fee Gate: 7.5 bp × 2 orders: −$15
Fee Kraken Futures: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Net: $21.15
Costs to cover: 0.320%
Break-even: 4.3 days

Slippage from Gate: live order book, 2 min ago; Kraken Futures: live order book, 11 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 Gate live order book, 2 min ago	0.01 bp	7.6 bp −$8	9.1 bp −$91	12.8 bp −$1,282	14.3 bp −$7,155
Sell Kraken Futures live order book, 11 min ago	2.36 bp	8.5 bp −$8	16.5 bp −$165	doesn't fit	doesn't fit

XAU on 39 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
Bluefin GOLD-PERP	−0.0024%	1h	4,335.8	−0.166%	$25K	$14K	20x	as long as short
Gate XAU_USDTlong	0.0000%	4h	4,343	long leg	$267.7M	$413.5M	100x
SunX XAU-USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,345.8	+0.063%	$92K	$8.7M	20x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) XAU/USD	L +0.0002% / S −0.0003%	1h	4,337.1	−0.135%	$271K	—	250x	as long as short
RISEx XAU/USDC	+0.0005%	1h	4,340.4	−0.059%	$3.5M	$12.1M	25x	as long as short
Lighter RH XAU	+0.0032%	1h	4,342.2	−0.018%	$20.0M	$39.2M	25x	as long as short
Extended XAU-USD	+0.0032%	1h	4,336.9	−0.141%	$13.3M	$37.9M	25x	as long as short
Injective XAU/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	4,350.4	+0.171%	$619	$54	52x	as long as short
Lighter XAU	+0.0040%	1h	4,340.1	−0.066%	$20.8M	$34.5M	25x	as long as short
StandX XAU-USD	+0.0040%	1h	4,343.7	+0.016%	$3.8M	$4.5M	40x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
QFEX GOLD-USD	+0.0042%	1h	4,340.5	−0.058%	$5.7M	$2.0M	20x	as long as short
Vest GC-PERP	+0.0046%	1h	4,374.1	+0.716%	—	$1.0M	25x	as long as short
tradeXYZ xyz:GOLD	+0.0050%	1h	4,338.8	−0.097%	$293.5M	$49.3M	25x	as long as short
Ondo Perps XAU-USD.P	+0.0050%	1h	4,337.7	−0.123%	$15.1M	$56.9M	25x	as long as short
Kalshi KXGOLDPERP	+0.0051%	24h	4,339.3	−0.085%	$4.3M	$37.5M	15x	as long as short
Coinbase International GOLD-PERP-INTX	+0.0056%	1h	4,339.7	−0.076%	$2.1M	$4.8M	25x	as long as short
Bybit XAUUSDT	+0.0056%	4h	4,341.9	−0.026%	$80.5M	$151.4M	150x	as long as short
Hotstuff GOLD-PERP	+0.0072%	1h	4,339.7	−0.076%	$33K	—	25x	as long as short
Aster XAUUSD1	+0.0076%	4h	4,342.4	−0.013%	$71.4M	$332.4M	20x	as long as short
Paradex XAU-USD-PERP	+0.0083%	8h	4,341.1	−0.043%	$19K	$5K	5x	as long as short
Variational Omni XAU	+0.0087%	4h	4,342.7	−0.006%	$48.3M	$27.7M	—	as long as short
Pacifica XAU	+0.0100%	1h	4,338.2	−0.111%	$1.4M	$1.1M	10x	as long as short
MEXC XAU_USDT	+0.0100%	4h	4,341.4	−0.038%	$369.5M	$318.9M	1000x	as long as short
ApeX Omni XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	4,339.5	−0.080%	$274K	$203K	50x	as long as short
Binance XAUUSDT	+0.0102%	4h	4,341.3	−0.040%	$417.0M	$2.09B	100x	as long as short
Aevo XAU-PERP	+0.0104%	1h	4,340.7	−0.053%	$161K	$87	10x	as long as short
edgeX XAUUSDC	+0.0113%	4h	4,338.3	−0.108%	$30.2M	$58.3M	50x	as long as short
Phoenix GOLD	+0.0136%	1h	4,338.8	−0.097%	$47K	$77K	25x	as long as short
GRVT XAU_USDT_Perp	+0.0174%	4h	4,343.4	+0.010%	$1.4M	$2.9M	25x	as long as short
Bullet GOLD-USD	+0.0213%	1h	4,341.6	−0.032%	$59K	$82K	10x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps GOLD-USD	+0.0217%	1h	4,341.5	−0.035%	$4.3M	$2.0M	20x	as long as short
Bitget XAUUSDT	+0.0246%	4h	4,341.8	−0.028%	$71.1M	$109.4M	100x	as long as short
Deribit GOLD_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0257%	1h	4,339.7	−0.076%	$205K	$827K	25x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSDshort	+0.0259%	1h	4,338.3	−0.107%	$592K	$132K	25x
OKX XAU-USDT-SWAP	+0.0318%	8h	4,342.3	−0.016%	$166.4M	$281.7M	100x	as long as short
Phemex XAUUSDT	+0.0347%	4h	4,344.6	+0.038%	$2.2M	$967K	100x	as long as short
BloFin XAU-USDT	+0.0361%	4h	4,343.1	+0.003%	$15.6M	$4.4M	100x	as long as short
GMX GOLD/USD [ETH-USDC]	L +0.0427% / S −0.0252%	1h	4,341.6	−0.032%	$250K	—	111x	as long as short
HTX XAU-USDT	+0.0555%	4h	4,347	+0.091%	$2.8M	$4.6M	75x	as long as short