Aster vs Nado funding arbitrage

41 shared markets · net of estimated fees

Aster vs Nado Funding Arbitrage

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

Aster and Nado both quote 41 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 LIT — long Nado / short Aster at 38.3% net APR — but the median across all shared markets is 21.8%, which is the number worth planning around.

Shared markets41quoted on both
Best net APR38.3%on $1M+ volume
Median net APR21.8%plan around this
With real depth7of 41 markets

The long leg is whichever venue prices funding lower for that market. It is a property of the MARKET, not of the exchange, and it flips as rates move: here 9 markets go long on Aster and 32 on Nado. 34 markets clear 5% net APR, 27 clear 10%.

How this pair behaves

Aster pays funding every 4h on 136 markets and every 8h on 95 markets; Nado pays every 24h on 71 markets. The two clocks differ, so one leg settles while the other is still accruing: a position held for only a few hours can pay one side without ever collecting from the other. Aster quotes 242 perpetual markets in total and Nado quotes 71; the 41 they share are what this page ranks. Across its own book Aster runs a median funding rate of 10.9% and Nado -1.5% — the two sit on opposite sides of zero, which is why this combination throws up spreads at all.

Spreads by market

top 25 of 41 by net APR
MarketLongShortNet APRGross7d avgThin leg vol
CASHCATNadoAster195.9%200.3%-1.0%$438K
MRVLNadoAster99.5%101.7%-16.6%$44K
MUNadoAster84.0%86.1%+1.5%$528K
AMDNadoAster77.0%79.5%+4.6%$115K
AAPLNadoAster74.3%76.5%+5.1%$91K
QQQNadoAster65.3%67.1%-0.4%$752K
AVGONadoAster62.5%65.8%-7.3%$225K
INTCNadoAster57.7%60.2%+4.4%$92K
MSTRAsterNado56.7%59.3%+2.6%$86K
PONSNadoAster51.5%54.3%+44.9%$191K
METANadoAster41.8%43.5%+6.1%$197K
NBISNadoAster39.0%42.6%-17.5%$93K
TSLANadoAster38.9%40.9%+0.7%$99K
LITNadoAster38.3%41.0%+10.9%$2.0M
CHIPNadoAster34.0%38.2%+2.5%$86K
UNINadoAster27.7%30.2%+12.3%$764K
DELLNadoAster26.7%32.8%+20.1%$11K
MONNadoAster25.4%29.3%+23.7%$30K
LINKNadoAster25.0%27.3%+29.0%$46K
LTCNadoAster23.8%26.3%+7.2%$103K
PENGUNadoAster21.8%25.2%+18.3%$99K
MEGANadoAster17.0%21.2%+23.3%$22K
SKYNadoAster15.5%18.7%+32.3%$14K
HYPEAsterNado13.7%15.6%+0.2%$16.7M
AVAXNadoAster11.1%13.3%+18.3%$68K
41 markets between these two venues · 34 at 5%+ net APR

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.

Aster vs Nado — FAQ

How many markets can you arbitrage between Aster and Nado?

41 perpetual markets are quoted on both Aster and Nado right now. 34 of them show a net spread of at least 5% APR after estimated fees, and 7 have at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg.

What is the best Aster / Nado funding spread right now?

LIT: long Nado and short Aster for about 38.3% net APR after estimated fees, counting only markets with at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg. The median across all 41 shared markets is 21.8%, so the top of the list is not typical.

Which side pays on the Aster / Nado pair?

It varies by market: Aster is the long (funding-receiving) leg in 9 of the shared markets and Nado in the other 32. The direction is set per market by which venue currently prices funding lower.

Trading the Aster / Nado 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. 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. Venue detail: Aster funding rates · Nado funding rates; the full calculation is in the methodology.

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