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XAU

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Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 03:00 UTC−0.0068%/8h= −7.4% APRpaid last 24h −0.052%

Price spread now: Bybit against Kraken Futures+0.096%7-day average +0.085% · you sell dearer than you buy

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$48as in the Funding arb table

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$27as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$290.286% of the position

Long on Kraken Futures Short on Bybit

What this pair did over the last

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Funding, last 7 days−0.198%−$20 on $10k

Price spread, last 3 days (all we have)−0.020%−$2 · spread now +0.096%, 7d avg +0.085%

Together, before fees−0.219%−$22 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

The price spread sits at its 7-day average of +0.085%, so right now this pair is about funding alone: −$2 a day on $10k at the current rate.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSD	4,345	0.0270	pay 0.0034% / 1h	48m 25s	$593K	$133K	25x
Short	Bybit XAUUSDT	4,349.2	0.0202	get 0.0101% / 4h	1h 48m	$84.3M	$145.2M	150x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

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

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee Kraken FuturesbpFee BybitbpOrdersPrice spread, now +0.096%Rate

Funding earned: −$14.26
Price spread: +0.096% → +0.085%: $1.16
Slippage, 4 orders: −$7.63
Fee Kraken Futures: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Fee Bybit: 5.5 bp × 2 orders: −$11
Net: −$41.73
Costs to cover: 0.286%
Break-even: never at this rate

Slippage from Kraken Futures: live order book, 15 min ago; Bybit: live order book, 6 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, 15 min ago	2.06 bp	7.9 bp −$8	11.3 bp −$113	47.5 bp −$4,752	doesn't fit
Sell Bybit live order book, 6 min ago	0.01 bp	5.5 bp −$6	7.5 bp −$75	11.6 bp −$1,162	34.3 bp −$17.1K

XAU on 38 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
Hotstuff GOLD-PERP	−0.0040%	1h	4,344.6	−0.010%	$33K	—	25x	as long as short
Bluefin GOLD-PERP	−0.0021%	1h	4,342.1	−0.068%	$25K	$14K	20x	as long as short
Gate XAU_USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,349.6	+0.106%	$264.4M	$406.5M	100x	as long as short
SunX XAU-USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,352.5	+0.171%	$92K	$9.4M	20x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) XAU/USD	L +0.0002% / S −0.0003%	1h	4,343.9	−0.026%	$266K	—	250x	as long as short
RISEx XAU/USDC	+0.0010%	1h	4,347.1	+0.048%	$3.4M	$12.4M	25x	as long as short
Extended XAU-USD	+0.0032%	1h	4,343.6	−0.033%	$13.6M	$40.1M	25x	as long as short
Injective XAU/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	4,350.4	+0.124%	$619	$54	52x	as long as short
Kalshi KXGOLDPERP	+0.0037%	24h	4,345.3	+0.006%	$4.1M	$36.2M	15x	as long as short
StandX XAU-USD	+0.0040%	1h	4,349.3	+0.098%	$3.8M	$4.6M	40x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Vest GC-PERP	+0.0046%	1h	4,380.5	+0.816%	—	$1.0M	25x	as long as short
QFEX GOLD-USD	+0.0046%	1h	4,347.1	+0.047%	$5.6M	$1.9M	20x	as long as short
Coinbase International GOLD-PERP-INTX	+0.0048%	1h	4,343.1	−0.045%	$2.0M	$4.9M	25x	as long as short
tradeXYZ xyz:GOLD	+0.0050%	1h	4,345.1	+0.001%	$293.4M	$48.8M	25x	as long as short
Ondo Perps XAU-USD.P	+0.0050%	1h	4,343.7	−0.031%	$15.1M	$57.7M	25x	as long as short
Aster XAUUSD1	+0.0053%	4h	4,348.8	+0.086%	$70.0M	$331.3M	20x	as long as short
Lighter XAU	+0.0056%	1h	4,345.6	+0.012%	$20.6M	$41.9M	25x	as long as short
Lighter RH XAU	+0.0080%	1h	4,348.2	+0.073%	$20.1M	$39.3M	25x	as long as short
Paradex XAU-USD-PERP	+0.0085%	8h	4,347	+0.045%	$19K	$5K	5x	as long as short
Pacifica XAU	+0.0100%	1h	4,343.8	−0.029%	$1.4M	$1.2M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	4,350.6	+0.129%	$275K	$203K	50x	as long as short
Variational Omni XAU	+0.0102%	4h	4,347.9	+0.065%	$48.3M	$27.9M	—	as long as short
Binance XAUUSDT	+0.0104%	4h	4,348.1	+0.069%	$410.1M	$2.10B	100x	as long as short
MEXC XAU_USDT	+0.0108%	4h	4,347.4	+0.055%	$371.2M	$316.4M	1000x	as long as short
Aevo XAU-PERP	+0.0112%	1h	4,347	+0.046%	$161K	$87	10x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps GOLD-USD	+0.0114%	1h	4,346.8	+0.040%	$4.3M	$1.9M	20x	as long as short
GRVT XAU_USDT_Perp	+0.0118%	4h	4,349.4	+0.101%	$1.4M	$3.0M	25x	as long as short
edgeX XAUUSDC	+0.0136%	4h	4,348.4	+0.078%	$30.3M	$58.7M	50x	as long as short
Phoenix GOLD	+0.0136%	1h	4,347.8	+0.063%	$47K	$77K	25x	as long as short
Bybit XAUUSDTshort	+0.0202%	4h	4,349.2	+0.096%	$84.3M	$145.2M	150x
Bullet GOLD-USD	+0.0204%	1h	4,348.1	+0.071%	$58K	$83K	10x	as long as short
Bitget XAUUSDT	+0.0210%	4h	4,348.6	+0.081%	$69.6M	$109.3M	100x	as long as short
Deribit GOLD_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0210%	1h	4,346.2	+0.027%	$259K	$703K	25x	as long as short
OKX XAU-USDT-SWAP	+0.0249%	8h	4,349	+0.091%	$164.4M	$282.3M	100x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSDlong	+0.0270%	1h	4,345	long leg	$593K	$133K	25x
Phemex XAUUSDT	+0.0353%	4h	4,349.8	+0.109%	$2.2M	$1.1M	100x	as long as short
GMX GOLD/USD [ETH-USDC]	L +0.0399% / S −0.0208%	1h	4,348.2	+0.073%	$251K	—	111x	as long as short
HTX XAU-USDT	+0.0593%	4h	4,353.1	+0.185%	$2.8M	$4.2M	75x	as long as short