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XAU

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Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 04:00 UTC+0.0056%/8h= +6.1% APRpaid last 24h +0.021%

Price spread now: MEXC against Lighter+0.032%7-day average +0.049% · you sell dearer than you buy

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$5as in the Funding arb table

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

costs, in and out, $10k−$50.054% of the position

Long on Lighter Short on MEXC

What this pair did over the last

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Funding, last 7 days+0.008%+$1 on $10k

Price spread, last 7 days−0.010%−$1 · spread now +0.032%, 7d avg +0.049%

Together, before fees−0.002%+ Points / potential airdropLighter: Season 3 · farm board$0 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

The price spread sits at its 7-day average of +0.049%, 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	Lighter XAU	4,345.6	0.0032	pay 0.0004% / 1h	10m 29s	$20.8M	$38.2M	25x
Short	MEXC XAU_USDT	4,347	0.0088	get 0.0044% / 4h	10m 29s	$372.0M	$320.4M	1000x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

MEXC against Lighter. Falling: the short leg gains. Rising: it loses.

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee LighterbpFee MEXCbpOrdersPrice spread, now +0.032%Rate

Funding earned: $11.76
Price spread: +0.032% → +0.049%: −$1.67
Slippage, 4 orders: −$1.42
Fee Lighter: 0 bp × 2 orders: $0
Fee MEXC: 2 bp × 2 orders: −$4
Net: $4.67
Costs to cover: 0.054%
Break-even: 4.2 days

Slippage from Lighter: 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 Lighter live order book, 8 min ago	0.60 bp	0.6 bp −$1	1.6 bp −$16	6.7 bp −$670	17.0 bp −$8,525
Sell MEXC live order book, 4 min ago	0.04 bp	2.0 bp −$2	2.0 bp −$20	7.1 bp −$712	26.1 bp −$13.0K

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
RISEx XAU/USDC	0.0000%	1h	4,346.4	+0.017%	$3.4M	$12.3M	25x	as long as short
Hotstuff GOLD-PERP	0.0000%	1h	4,342.7	−0.067%	$33K	—	25x	as long as short
Gate XAU_USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,348.8	+0.073%	$266.1M	$417.4M	100x	as long as short
SunX XAU-USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,350.4	+0.110%	$92K	$8.9M	20x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) XAU/USD	L +0.0002% / S −0.0003%	1h	4,343.1	−0.057%	$272K	—	250x	as long as short
Lighter XAUlong	+0.0032%	1h	4,345.6	long leg	$20.8M	$38.2M	25x
Extended XAU-USD	+0.0032%	1h	4,342.7	−0.067%	$13.2M	$38.3M	25x	as long as short
Injective XAU/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	4,350.4	+0.111%	$619	$54	52x	as long as short
Lighter RH XAU	+0.0040%	1h	4,347.8	+0.051%	$20.1M	$39.4M	25x	as long as short
StandX XAU-USD	+0.0040%	1h	4,347.4	+0.041%	$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	+0.0041%	1h	4,346.1	+0.012%	$5.7M	$2.0M	20x	as long as short
Vest GC-PERP	+0.0046%	1h	4,379.5	+0.780%	—	$1.0M	25x	as long as short
Coinbase International GOLD-PERP-INTX	+0.0048%	1h	4,343.7	−0.044%	$2.0M	$4.8M	25x	as long as short
Kalshi KXGOLDPERP	+0.0049%	24h	4,343.8	−0.041%	$4.2M	$37.4M	15x	as long as short
tradeXYZ xyz:GOLD	+0.0050%	1h	4,344.1	−0.035%	$293.8M	$49.0M	25x	as long as short
Ondo Perps XAU-USD.P	+0.0050%	1h	4,343.1	−0.057%	$15.1M	$56.8M	25x	as long as short
Aster XAUUSD1	+0.0061%	4h	4,348	+0.055%	$71.3M	$333.2M	20x	as long as short
Variational Omni XAU	+0.0076%	4h	4,345.3	−0.007%	$48.4M	$28.2M	—	as long as short
Paradex XAU-USD-PERP	+0.0080%	8h	4,346.3	+0.017%	$19K	$5K	5x	as long as short
GRVT XAU_USDT_Perp	+0.0086%	4h	4,346.5	+0.020%	$1.4M	$2.9M	25x	as long as short
MEXC XAU_USDTshort	+0.0088%	4h	4,347	+0.032%	$372.0M	$320.4M	1000x
Binance XAUUSDT	+0.0089%	4h	4,347.3	+0.039%	$413.9M	$2.10B	100x	as long as short
edgeX XAUUSDC	+0.0099%	4h	4,343.2	−0.056%	$30.2M	$58.3M	50x	as long as short
Pacifica XAU	+0.0100%	1h	4,343	−0.060%	$1.4M	$1.1M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	4,343.3	−0.054%	$274K	$203K	50x	as long as short
Bluefin GOLD-PERP	+0.0100%	1h	4,340.4	−0.120%	$25K	$14K	20x	as long as short
Aevo XAU-PERP	+0.0104%	1h	4,345.2	−0.009%	$161K	$87	10x	as long as short
Phoenix GOLD	+0.0142%	1h	4,344.7	−0.021%	$47K	$77K	25x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps GOLD-USD	+0.0164%	1h	4,346.9	+0.030%	$4.3M	$2.0M	20x	as long as short
Bullet GOLD-USD	+0.0187%	1h	4,347	+0.032%	$59K	$82K	10x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSD	+0.0194%	1h	4,343.7	−0.045%	$592K	$132K	25x	as long as short
Bitget XAUUSDT	+0.0232%	4h	4,347.2	+0.036%	$70.1M	$109.2M	100x	as long as short
Phemex XAUUSDT	+0.0235%	4h	4,350.4	+0.111%	$2.2M	$967K	100x	as long as short
Bybit XAUUSDT	+0.0240%	4h	4,348.6	+0.068%	$85.1M	$145.4M	150x	as long as short
Deribit GOLD_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0257%	1h	4,345.1	−0.012%	$206K	$825K	25x	as long as short
OKX XAU-USDT-SWAP	+0.0298%	8h	4,348.4	+0.064%	$165.3M	$282.0M	100x	as long as short
BloFin XAU-USDT	+0.0329%	4h	4,346.1	+0.012%	$15.6M	$4.5M	100x	as long as short
GMX GOLD/USD [ETH-USDC]	L +0.0418% / S −0.0239%	1h	4,347.3	+0.039%	$248K	—	111x	as long as short
HTX XAU-USDT	+0.0620%	4h	4,351.3	+0.131%	$2.8M	$4.6M	75x	as long as short