BackPack vs Extended Funding Arbitrage

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

BackPack and Extended both quote 27 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 SOL — long Extended / short BackPack at 3.3% net APR — but the median across all shared markets is 23.6%, which is the number worth planning around.

27
shared markets
3.3%
best net APR · ≥$1M vol
23.6%
median net APR
24
markets ≥5% net APR
1
with ≥$1M lower-leg volume

BackPack / Extended spreads by market

top 25 by net APR
MarketLongShortGross APRNet APR7d avg24h vol · lower leg
CHIPExtendedBackPack132.1%127.5%-17.3%$229K
STABLEExtendedBackPack132.4%126.4%+37.7%$13K
JTOExtendedBackPack74.1%71.2%+21.2%$36K
EDGEExtendedBackPack69.3%63.8%+17.9%$23K
XPLBackPackExtended60.9%57.7%+3.3%$78K
LDOBackPackExtended43.5%39.6%+9.9%$79K
PENGUExtendedBackPack36.3%32.9%+0.6%$39K
XMRExtendedBackPack34.4%30.6%+15.7%$157K
NEARBackPackExtended31.9%28.3%-17.8%$451K
WLFIBackPackExtended31.2%28.0%+28.8%$17K
PUMPBackPackExtended28.5%25.2%+15.5%$170K
MEGAExtendedBackPack29.4%24.0%+26.1%$11K
VVVBackPackExtended27.6%23.8%+6.7%$51K
ADABackPackExtended26.3%23.6%+4.8%$207K
UNIBackPackExtended24.8%22.0%+6.6%$366K
AVNTBackPackExtended24.4%17.9%+17.7%$23K
SEIBackPackExtended17.4%14.1%+45.7%$29K
TIAExtendedBackPack16.6%13.1%+0.4%$18K
ZROBackPackExtended15.0%11.2%+32.7%$77K
KAITOBackPackExtended14.2%10.3%+9.2%$24K
PAXGExtendedBackPack10.9%9.0%-10.9%$41K
FARTCOINBackPackExtended10.9%8.0%-18.7%$41K
XRPExtendedBackPack8.3%6.1%+6.2%$555K
LINEAExtendedBackPack9.4%5.8%+2.6%$20K
SOLExtendedBackPack5.7%3.3%+8.4%$6.1M

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

13
markets long on BackPack
14
markets long on Extended
20
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 Extended — FAQ

How many markets can you arbitrage between BackPack and Extended?

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

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

SOL: long Extended and short BackPack for about 3.3% net APR after estimated fees, counting only markets with at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg. The median across all 27 shared markets is 23.6%, so the top of the list is not typical.

Which side pays on the BackPack / Extended pair?

It varies by market: BackPack is the long (funding-receiving) leg in 13 of the shared markets and Extended in the other 14. The direction is set per market by which venue currently prices funding lower.

Trading the BackPack / Extended 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 · Extended funding rates

Related exchange pairs

Coverage note: BackPack and Extended share 27 markets, 1 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.