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XAU

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Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 01:00 UTC−0.0169%/8h= −18.5% APRpaid last 24h −0.048%

Price spread now: MEXC against Kraken Futures+0.063%7-day average +0.063% · you sell dearer than you buy

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$37as in the Funding arb table

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$20as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$200.202% 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−0.168%−$17 on $10k

Price spread, last 3 days (all we have)−0.014%−$1 · spread now +0.063%, 7d avg +0.063%

Together, before fees−0.181%−$18 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

The price spread sits at its 7-day average of +0.063%, so right now this pair is about funding alone: −$5 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	4,359.7	0.0225	pay 0.0028% / 1h	0m 04s	$595K	$141K	25x
Short	MEXC XAU_USDT	4,362.5	0.0056	get 0.0028% / 4h	3h 00m	$372.8M	$331.7M	1000x

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 +0.063%Rate

Funding earned: −$35.54
Price spread: +0.063% → +0.063%: $0.03
Slippage, 4 orders: −$6.19
Fee Kraken Futures: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Fee MEXC: 2 bp × 2 orders: −$4
Net: −$55.7
Costs to cover: 0.202%
Break-even: never at this rate

Slippage from Kraken Futures: live order book, 8 min ago; MEXC: live order book, 4 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, 8 min ago	1.57 bp	7.1 bp −$7	14.2 bp −$142	49.8 bp −$4,979	doesn't fit
Sell MEXC live order book, 4 min ago	0.03 bp	2.0 bp −$2	2.2 bp −$22	8.4 bp −$839	26.7 bp −$13.4K

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
Aster XAUUSD1	0.0000%	4h	4,363.7	+0.091%	$69.9M	$238.2M	20x	as long as short
Gate XAU_USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,363.4	+0.084%	$265.3M	$423.4M	100x	as long as short
Kalshi KXGOLDPERP	0.0000%	24h	4,359.7	0.000%	$4.0M	$36.7M	15x	as long as short
SunX XAU-USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,367.3	+0.173%	$93K	$10.0M	20x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) XAU/USD	L +0.0002% / S −0.0003%	1h	4,358.4	−0.031%	$269K	—	250x	as long as short
Extended XAU-USD	+0.0032%	1h	4,358.7	−0.023%	$13.5M	$43.5M	25x	as long as short
Injective XAU/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	4,350.4	−0.213%	$619	$54	52x	as long as short
Variational Omni XAU	+0.0040%	4h	4,362	+0.052%	$48.4M	$28.5M	—	as long as short
StandX XAU-USD	+0.0040%	1h	4,363.9	+0.096%	$3.8M	$4.7M	40x	as long as short
QFEX GOLD-USD	+0.0045%	1h	4,362.9	+0.073%	$5.6M	$1.9M	20x	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	4,395.9	+0.830%	—	$1.0M	25x	as long as short
RISEx XAU/USDC	+0.0048%	1h	4,362.5	+0.065%	$3.4M	$12.4M	25x	as long as short
tradeXYZ xyz:GOLD	+0.0050%	1h	4,358.8	−0.021%	$294.2M	$51.8M	25x	as long as short
Ondo Perps XAU-USD.P	+0.0050%	1h	4,358.5	−0.028%	$14.8M	$57.2M	25x	as long as short
Phoenix GOLD	+0.0055%	1h	4,359.6	−0.003%	$48K	$64K	25x	as long as short
MEXC XAU_USDTshort	+0.0056%	4h	4,362.5	+0.063%	$372.8M	$331.7M	1000x
Binance XAUUSDT	+0.0059%	4h	4,363	+0.074%	$411.7M	$2.14B	100x	as long as short
edgeX XAUUSDC	+0.0063%	4h	4,356.5	−0.073%	$30.3M	$60.4M	50x	as long as short
Lighter XAU	+0.0072%	1h	4,361.4	+0.038%	$20.6M	$44.6M	25x	as long as short
Paradex XAU-USD-PERP	+0.0088%	8h	4,362.9	+0.072%	$19K	$5K	5x	as long as short
Lighter RH XAU	+0.0096%	1h	4,364	+0.099%	$20.2M	$41.5M	25x	as long as short
Aevo XAU-PERP	+0.0096%	1h	4,361.7	+0.046%	$162K	$87	10x	as long as short
Coinbase International GOLD-PERP-INTX	+0.0096%	1h	4,358.5	−0.028%	$2.0M	$5.0M	25x	as long as short
Pacifica XAU	+0.0100%	1h	4,360	+0.007%	$1.4M	$1.2M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	4,359.2	−0.013%	$275K	$204K	50x	as long as short
Bluefin GOLD-PERP	+0.0100%	1h	4,355.2	−0.105%	$26K	$22K	20x	as long as short
Bitget XAUUSDT	+0.0110%	4h	4,363.4	+0.085%	$69.7M	$112.2M	100x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps GOLD-USD	+0.0116%	1h	4,361.5	+0.041%	$4.3M	$1.8M	20x	as long as short
Hotstuff GOLD-PERP	+0.0128%	1h	4,358.3	−0.032%	$33K	—	25x	as long as short
GRVT XAU_USDT_Perp	+0.0142%	4h	4,362.6	+0.067%	$1.4M	$3.1M	25x	as long as short
Bybit XAUUSDT	+0.0197%	4h	4,363.9	+0.097%	$83.7M	$144.7M	150x	as long as short
Deribit GOLD_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0209%	1h	4,360.6	+0.020%	$235K	$658K	25x	as long as short
Bullet GOLD-USD	+0.0214%	1h	4,362.9	+0.073%	$59K	$82K	10x	as long as short
OKX XAU-USDT-SWAP	+0.0216%	8h	4,364.6	+0.112%	$164.2M	$287.5M	100x	as long as short
BloFin XAU-USDT	+0.0225%	4h	4,362.7	+0.069%	$15.4M	$4.6M	100x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSDlong	+0.0225%	1h	4,359.7	long leg	$595K	$141K	25x
Phemex XAUUSDT	+0.0323%	4h	4,365.5	+0.133%	$2.2M	$1.1M	100x	as long as short
GMX GOLD/USD [ETH-USDC]	L +0.0394% / S −0.0199%	1h	4,362.9	+0.074%	$254K	—	111x	as long as short
HTX XAU-USDT	+0.0559%	4h	4,367.1	+0.170%	$2.9M	$3.9M	75x	as long as short