XAU

Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 01:00 UTC−0.0051%/8h= −5.6% APRnext payment −$0.06 per $10,000 · paid last 24h −0.016%

Price spread now: Lighter against Polymarket Perps−0.019%7-day average +0.030% · you buy dearer than you sell

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

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$14as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$100.096% of the position

Long on Polymarket Perps Short on Lighter

What this pair did over the last

the charts below follow

Funding, last 7 days+0.042%+$4 on $10k

Price spread, last 7 days+0.056%+$6 · spread now −0.019%, 7d avg +0.030%

Together, before fees+0.098%+ Points / potential airdropLighter: Season 3 · farm board+$10 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

Both sides work against this trade now: funding costs −$2 a day on $10k at the current rate, and Lighter is 0.049% cheaper against Polymarket Perps than usual: you would sell low and buy high (−$5 if the spread goes back to its 7-day average of +0.030%). Swap the legs.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	Polymarket Perps GOLD-USD	4,359.6	0.0123	pay 0.0015% / 1h	23m 54s	$4.3M	$1.8M	20x
Short	Lighter XAU	4,358.8	0.0072	get 0.0009% / 1h	23m 54s	$20.6M	$44.1M	25x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

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

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Funding on every exchange

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee Polymarket PerpsbpFee LighterbpOrdersPrice spread, now −0.019%Rate

Funding earned: −$10.75
Price spread: −0.019% → +0.030%: −$4.88
Slippage, 4 orders: −$1.58
Fee Polymarket Perps: 4 bp × 2 orders: −$8
Fee Lighter: 0 bp × 2 orders: $0
Net: −$25.21
Costs to cover: 0.096%
Break-even: never at this rate

Slippage from Polymarket Perps: live order book, 5 min ago; Lighter: live order book, 5 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 Polymarket Perps live order book, 5 min ago	0.12 bp	4.4 bp −$4	5.1 bp −$51	6.5 bp −$648	doesn't fit
Sell Lighter live order book, 5 min ago	0.44 bp	0.6 bp −$1	2.4 bp −$24	10.3 bp −$1,035	22.4 bp −$11.2K

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	4,359.1	−0.013%	$71.0M	$200.2M	20x	as long as short
Gate XAU_USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,359.6	0.000%	$266.7M	$416.4M	100x	as long as short
Kalshi KXGOLDPERP	0.0000%	24h	4,358.2	−0.032%	$4.0M	$36.6M	15x	as long as short
SunX XAU-USDT	0.0000%	4h	4,365.1	+0.126%	$93K	$10.2M	20x	as long as short
Variational Omni XAU	0.0000%	4h	4,360.4	+0.019%	$47.8M	$28.1M	—	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) XAU/USD	L +0.0002% / S −0.0003%	1h	4,356.7	−0.066%	$267K	—	250x	as long as short
MEXC XAU_USDT	+0.0020%	4h	4,358.6	−0.022%	$372.6M	$328.0M	1000x	as long as short
Binance XAUUSDT	+0.0022%	4h	4,358.1	−0.035%	$411.5M	$2.15B	100x	as long as short
edgeX XAUUSDC	+0.0023%	4h	4,356.2	−0.079%	$30.3M	$60.3M	50x	as long as short
Injective XAU/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	4,350.4	−0.211%	$619	$54	52x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
StandX XAU-USD	+0.0040%	1h	4,362.4	+0.064%	$3.8M	$4.7M	40x	as long as short
QFEX GOLD-USD	+0.0045%	1h	4,361	+0.032%	$5.6M	$1.9M	20x	as long as short
Vest GC-PERP	+0.0046%	1h	4,395.1	+0.814%	—	$1.0M	25x	as long as short
RISEx XAU/USDC	+0.0048%	1h	4,361.3	+0.038%	$3.4M	$12.3M	25x	as long as short
tradeXYZ xyz:GOLD	+0.0050%	1h	4,354.9	−0.108%	$293.6M	$51.5M	25x	as long as short
Ondo Perps XAU-USD.P	+0.0050%	1h	4,356.2	−0.077%	$14.7M	$57.2M	25x	as long as short
Phoenix GOLD	+0.0055%	1h	4,358.5	−0.025%	$48K	$64K	25x	as long as short
Bitget XAUUSDT	+0.0058%	4h	4,357.7	−0.043%	$69.1M	$113.5M	100x	as long as short
Lighter XAUshort	+0.0072%	1h	4,358.8	−0.019%	$20.6M	$44.1M	25x
Paradex XAU-USD-PERP	+0.0081%	8h	4,361.1	+0.035%	$19K	$5K	5x	as long as short
BloFin XAU-USDT	+0.0082%	4h	4,363.5	+0.088%	$15.5M	$4.5M	100x	as long as short
Extended XAU-USD	+0.0088%	1h	4,354.7	−0.113%	$13.5M	$43.8M	25x	as long as short
Aevo XAU-PERP	+0.0088%	1h	4,359.7	+0.003%	$161K	$87	10x	as long as short
Lighter RH XAU	+0.0096%	1h	4,360.8	+0.027%	$20.2M	$41.0M	25x	as long as short
Hotstuff GOLD-PERP	+0.0096%	1h	4,358	−0.037%	$33K	—	25x	as long as short
Coinbase International GOLD-PERP-INTX	+0.0096%	1h	4,358.3	−0.030%	$2.0M	$5.1M	25x	as long as short
Pacifica XAU	+0.0100%	1h	4,357.7	−0.043%	$1.4M	$1.1M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni XAUUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	4,357.8	−0.042%	$275K	$204K	50x	as long as short
Bluefin GOLD-PERP	+0.0100%	1h	4,353.7	−0.136%	$26K	$22K	20x	as long as short
Bybit XAUUSDT	+0.0102%	4h	4,358.8	−0.019%	$83.3M	$144.2M	150x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps GOLD-USDlong	+0.0123%	1h	4,359.6	long leg	$4.3M	$1.8M	20x
GRVT XAU_USDT_Perp	+0.0154%	4h	4,362	+0.054%	$1.4M	$3.1M	25x	as long as short
OKX XAU-USDT-SWAP	+0.0198%	8h	4,359.1	−0.011%	$163.8M	$289.1M	100x	as long as short
Bullet GOLD-USD	+0.0213%	1h	4,361.4	+0.041%	$59K	$81K	10x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_XAUUSD	+0.0225%	1h	4,357.5	−0.047%	$594K	$151K	25x	as long as short
Deribit GOLD_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0232%	1h	4,359.2	−0.009%	$235K	$656K	25x	as long as short
GMX GOLD/USD [ETH-USDC]	L +0.0389% / S −0.0197%	1h	4,360.8	+0.026%	$252K	—	111x	as long as short
Phemex XAUUSDT	+0.0455%	4h	4,362.5	+0.066%	$2.2M	$1.1M	100x	as long as short
HTX XAU-USDT	+0.0586%	4h	4,365.2	+0.129%	$2.9M	$3.9M	75x	as long as short