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XAU

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Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 20:00 UTC−0.0068%/8hnext payment −$0.34 per $10,000 · paid last 24h −0.028%

Price spread now: Gate against MEXC+0.057%7-day average +0.029% · you sell dearer than you buy

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$32as in the Funding arb table

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$16as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$190.192% of the position

Long on MEXC Short on Gate

What this pair did over the last

the charts below follow

Funding, last 7 days−0.124%−$12 on $10k

Price spread, last 7 days−0.014%−$1 · spread now +0.057%, 7d avg +0.029%

Together, before fees−0.138%−$14 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

The price spread pays, funding is against you. Gate is 0.028% dearer against MEXC than usual: you sell high and buy low (spread +0.057% now, against its 7-day average of +0.029%): +$3 on $10k if it goes back. Holding the pair costs −$2 a day in funding at the current rate, which eats that in about 33 hours.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	MEXC XAU_USDT	4,354.9	0.0138	pay 0.0069% / 4h	21m 54s	$379.3M	$334.4M	1000x
Short	Gate XAU_USDT	4,357.4	0.0070	get 0.0035% / 4h	21m 54s	$273.6M	$406.5M	100x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

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

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee MEXCbpFee GatebpOrdersPrice spread, now +0.057%Rate

Funding earned: −$14.28
Price spread: +0.057% → +0.029%: $2.8
Slippage, 4 orders: −$0.25
Fee MEXC: 2 bp × 2 orders: −$4
Fee Gate: 7.5 bp × 2 orders: −$15
Net: −$30.73
Costs to cover: 0.192%
Break-even: never at this rate

Slippage from MEXC: live order book, 2 min ago; Gate: live order book, 2 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 MEXC live order book, 2 min ago	0.03 bp	2.0 bp −$2	2.0 bp −$20	2.3 bp −$232	21.8 bp −$10.9K
Sell Gate live order book, 2 min ago	0.01 bp	7.5 bp −$8	8.4 bp −$84	12.8 bp −$1,282	14.3 bp −$7,152

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
SunX XAU-USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,360.2	+0.123%	$93K	$11.0M	20x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) XAU/USD	L +0.0002% / S −0.0003%	1h	4,352.8	−0.048%	$267K	—	250x	as long as short
Injective XAU/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	4,350.4	−0.102%	$619	$54	52x	as long as short
Kalshi KXGOLDPERP	+0.0034%	24h	4,354.9	+0.001%	$4.0M	$32.3M	15x	as long as short
StandX XAU-USD	+0.0040%	1h	4,356.2	+0.031%	$3.8M	$4.4M	40x	as long as short
Vest GC-PERP	+0.0046%	1h	4,390.7	+0.823%	—	$995K	25x	as long as short
tradeXYZ xyz:GOLD	+0.0050%	1h	4,352.9	−0.045%	$294.1M	$51.5M	25x	as long as short
QFEX GOLD-USD	+0.0050%	1h	4,354.8	−0.001%	$5.5M	$1.8M	20x	as long as short
Ondo Perps XAU-USD.P	+0.0050%	1h	4,351.8	−0.070%	$14.9M	$51.2M	25x	as long as short
Paradex XAU-USD-PERP	+0.0069%	8h	4,356.6	+0.040%	$19K	$6K	5x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Gate XAU_USDTshort	+0.0070%	4h	4,357.4	+0.057%	$273.6M	$406.5M	100x
Lighter XAU	+0.0072%	1h	4,355.2	+0.008%	$20.8M	$46.2M	25x	as long as short
Coinbase International GOLD-PERP-INTX	+0.0072%	1h	4,353.9	−0.022%	$2.0M	$5.2M	25x	as long as short
RISEx XAU/USDC	+0.0100%	1h	4,356.4	+0.035%	$3.6M	$12.3M	25x	as long as short
Pacifica XAU	+0.0100%	1h	4,353.5	−0.031%	$1.4M	$1.3M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	4,352	−0.067%	$273K	$203K	50x	as long as short
Bluefin GOLD-PERP	+0.0100%	1h	4,350.2	−0.108%	$26K	$21K	20x	as long as short
Hotstuff GOLD-PERP	+0.0104%	1h	4,353.4	−0.033%	$33K	—	25x	as long as short
Extended XAU-USD	+0.0112%	1h	4,351.6	−0.076%	$13.2M	$51.2M	25x	as long as short
Aevo XAU-PERP	+0.0112%	1h	4,356	+0.026%	$161K	$87	10x	as long as short
Bullet GOLD-USD	+0.0113%	1h	4,356	+0.026%	$59K	$77K	10x	as long as short
Variational Omni XAU	+0.0134%	4h	4,355.3	+0.011%	$47.7M	$34.5M	—	as long as short
MEXC XAU_USDTlong	+0.0138%	4h	4,354.9	long leg	$379.3M	$334.4M	1000x
Binance XAUUSDT	+0.0140%	4h	4,354.9	0.000%	$415.2M	$2.07B	100x	as long as short
Aster XAUUSD1	+0.0147%	4h	4,355.1	+0.007%	$70.3M	$240.4M	20x	as long as short
Phoenix GOLD	+0.0151%	1h	4,353.7	−0.026%	$43K	$64K	25x	as long as short
GRVT XAU_USDT_Perp	+0.0156%	4h	4,356	+0.027%	$1.4M	$3.4M	25x	as long as short
edgeX XAUUSDC	+0.0156%	4h	4,352	−0.066%	$30.3M	$56.7M	50x	as long as short
Lighter RH XAU	+0.0160%	1h	4,357.8	+0.068%	$20.4M	$44.8M	25x	as long as short
Bybit XAUUSDT	+0.0172%	4h	4,355.8	+0.021%	$84.1M	$140.1M	150x	as long as short
Deribit GOLD_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0186%	1h	4,354.8	−0.001%	$222K	$959K	25x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps GOLD-USD	+0.0198%	1h	4,356.7	+0.042%	$4.4M	$2.3M	20x	as long as short
Bitget XAUUSDT	+0.0268%	4h	4,354.6	−0.005%	$69.0M	$109.3M	100x	as long as short
HTX XAU-USDT	+0.0283%	4h	4,358.3	+0.080%	$2.8M	$3.6M	75x	as long as short
OKX XAU-USDT-SWAP	+0.0313%	8h	4,356.3	+0.033%	$158.2M	$269.0M	100x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSD	+0.0328%	1h	4,354.3	−0.013%	$588K	$108K	25x	as long as short
Phemex XAUUSDT	+0.0339%	4h	4,358.4	+0.080%	$2.2M	$1.1M	100x	as long as short
BloFin XAU-USDT	+0.0380%	4h	4,356	+0.026%	$14.9M	$4.2M	100x	as long as short
GMX GOLD/USD [ETH-USDC]	L +0.0457% / S −0.0291%	1h	4,356	+0.027%	$251K	—	111x	as long as short