Arcus vs Bitget Funding Arbitrage

20 shared markets · net of estimated fees · updated every few minutes

Arcus and Bitget both quote 20 of the same perpetual markets, so a delta-neutral position can be split across the two and collect the difference in their funding. The widest spread on a market with real depth is BTC — long Arcus / short Bitget at 6.2% net APR — but the median across all shared markets is 1.2%, which is the number worth planning around.

20
shared markets
6.2%
best net APR · ≥$1M vol
1.2%
median net APR
4
markets ≥5% net APR
4
with ≥$1M lower-leg volume

Arcus / Bitget spreads by market

top 20 by net APR
MarketLongShortGross APRNet APR7d avg24h vol · lower leg
UNIBitgetArcus16.9%12.5%+2.9%$126K
ZECBitgetArcus13.6%8.9%+6.4%$746K
XRPBitgetArcus9.9%6.8%-6.8%$261K
BTCArcusBitget8.7%6.2%+0.2%$30.1M
ETHBitgetArcus6.8%4.1%+0.4%$3.7M
SPYBitgetArcus4.2%1.6%+7.6%$935K
QQQBitgetArcus4.2%1.4%+6.7%$742K
SNDKBitgetArcus4.2%1.4%+11.8%$1.4M
NVDABitgetArcus4.2%1.3%+19.3%$277K
AAPLBitgetArcus4.2%1.2%+12.6%$92K
HOODBitgetArcus4.2%1.1%+46.1%$2.8M
DRAMBitgetArcus4.2%1.1%+20.6%$54K
TSLABitgetArcus4.2%1.0%+23.0%$19K
BABABitgetArcus4.2%1.0%+29.2%$76K
INTCBitgetArcus4.2%0.8%+15.2%$27K
ORCLBitgetArcus4.2%0.7%+17.3%$36K
BEBitgetArcus4.2%0.7%+31.9%$280K
PLTRBitgetArcus4.2%0.6%+7.9%$31K
AMDBitgetArcus4.2%0.6%+18.6%$29K
GOOGLBitgetArcus4.2%0.6%+15.3%$23K

Net APR subtracts entry and exit fees, both legs' bid/ask spread and estimated slippage from the gross funding spread. The 7-day average is historical gross funding for the same pair: a current rate close to it suggests the spread has persisted, one far above it is usually a spike that will decay.

Which venue is the long leg

1
markets long on Arcus
19
markets long on Bitget
1
markets ≥10% net APR

The long leg is whichever venue currently prices funding lower for that market — it is a property of the market, not of the exchange, and it flips as rates move.

Arcus vs Bitget — FAQ

How many markets can you arbitrage between Arcus and Bitget?

20 perpetual markets are quoted on both Arcus and Bitget right now. 4 of them show a net spread of at least 5% APR after estimated fees, and 4 have at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg.

What is the best Arcus / Bitget funding spread right now?

BTC: long Arcus and short Bitget for about 6.2% net APR after estimated fees, counting only markets with at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg. The median across all 20 shared markets is 1.2%, so the top of the list is not typical.

Which side pays on the Arcus / Bitget pair?

It varies by market: Arcus is the long (funding-receiving) leg in 1 of the shared markets and Bitget in the other 19. The direction is set per market by which venue currently prices funding lower.

Trading the Arcus / Bitget spread

The trade is one position split across two venues: long the exchange paying the more negative funding, short the one paying the more positive, in the same size. Direction risk is largely offset, and the position earns the funding difference each interval. What limits it is not the headline APR but the smaller leg's liquidity, the fees on both sides, and how long the spread survives — funding decays and flips, often within hours. Per-market detail, including a backtest, is on each market's funding page; the full calculation is in the methodology.

Venue detail: Arcus funding rates · Bitget funding rates

Related exchange pairs

Coverage note: Arcus and Bitget share 20 markets, 4 of them with real depth — below the 10 markets / 5 liquid this page treats as full coverage, so this is a thin sample rather than a picture of the pair.