BackPack vs Bybit Funding Arbitrage

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

BackPack and Bybit both quote 34 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 BNB — long Bybit / short BackPack at 16.8% net APR — but the median across all shared markets is 10.6%, which is the number worth planning around.

34
shared markets
16.8%
best net APR · ≥$1M vol
10.6%
median net APR
30
markets ≥5% net APR
5
with ≥$1M lower-leg volume

BackPack / Bybit spreads by market

top 25 by net APR
MarketLongShortGross APRNet APR7d avg24h vol · lower leg
EDGEBybitBackPack234.8%229.0%+37.8%$160K
METBybitBackPack154.2%149.5%+88.6%$60K
MNTBybitBackPack139.7%136.0%-7.1%$38K
SKRBackPackBybit125.1%121.2%+116.0%$385K
CHIPBybitBackPack125.1%119.7%-8.5%$215K
JTOBybitBackPack98.7%95.4%+18.1%$105K
0GBackPackBybit81.0%74.3%+9.5%$46K
SBackPackBybit87.2%63.2%+65.7%$55K
PENGUBybitBackPack45.2%41.5%+6.5%$39K
LINEABybitBackPack44.7%41.4%+9.0%$20K
JUPBybitBackPack41.0%37.3%+2.3%$57K
STABLEBybitBackPack38.7%31.9%+36.9%$13K
BNBBybitBackPack19.5%16.8%+1.6%$1.7M
ENABybitBackPack18.7%15.5%-14.5%$55K
VVVBackPackBybit20.0%15.5%+8.0%$68K
APTBybitBackPack16.6%12.9%-0.5%$170K
WLFIBybitBackPack14.6%10.6%$17K
BTCBybitBackPack13.0%10.6%+5.1%$79.2M
BERABybitBackPack14.3%10.5%$184K
ARBBybitBackPack13.5%10.4%+0.5%$318K
DOTBackPackBybit13.2%10.0%+15.0%$134K
DOGEBybitBackPack12.9%9.6%+7.2%$181K
XMRBybitBackPack12.5%9.0%+31.4%$159K
SOLBybitBackPack11.7%8.6%+14.8%$6.2M
SEIBackPackBybit12.0%8.1%+45.1%$93K

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

7
markets long on BackPack
27
markets long on Bybit
21
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.

BackPack vs Bybit — FAQ

How many markets can you arbitrage between BackPack and Bybit?

34 perpetual markets are quoted on both BackPack and Bybit right now. 30 of them show a net spread of at least 5% APR after estimated fees, and 5 have at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg.

What is the best BackPack / Bybit funding spread right now?

BNB: long Bybit and short BackPack for about 16.8% net APR after estimated fees, counting only markets with at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg. The median across all 34 shared markets is 10.6%, so the top of the list is not typical.

Which side pays on the BackPack / Bybit pair?

It varies by market: BackPack is the long (funding-receiving) leg in 7 of the shared markets and Bybit in the other 27. The direction is set per market by which venue currently prices funding lower.

Trading the BackPack / Bybit 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: BackPack funding rates · Bybit funding rates

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