Binance vs OKX Funding Arbitrage

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

Binance and OKX both quote 68 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 LA — long Binance / short OKX at 105.4% net APR — but the median across all shared markets is 12.2%, which is the number worth planning around.

68
shared markets
105.4%
best net APR · ≥$1M vol
12.2%
median net APR
51
markets ≥5% net APR
50
with ≥$1M lower-leg volume

Binance / OKX spreads by market

top 25 by net APR
MarketLongShortGross APRNet APR7d avg24h vol · lower leg
LABinanceOKX107.9%105.4%+13.5%$6.0M
CAPBinanceOKX103.6%100.9%-16.9%$8.1M
ARXOKXBinance100.5%96.5%+12.2%$813K
ZRXOKXBinance95.7%91.6%+11.0%$284K
BSBOKXBinance66.4%63.8%+1.3%$1.5M
FETBinanceOKX67.9%63.5%+54.7%$2.4M
RIVEROKXBinance59.5%55.5%+7.0%$13.6M
SOONOKXBinance54.8%51.3%+12.5%$154K
KGENOKXBinance51.7%47.4%+15.7%$279K
DASHOKXBinance49.0%46.5%+2.4%$327.2M
BILLBinanceOKX49.2%45.5%-3.6%$2.0M
APRBinanceOKX46.3%43.1%+16.0%$12.6M
ONEBinanceOKX44.4%41.1%+85.4%$207K
BEATOKXBinance44.7%40.6%+3.6%$12.1M
PLUMEOKXBinance39.5%35.8%+0.5%$752K
OPNBinanceOKX36.6%33.8%+6.1%$772K
PIPPINOKXBinance36.9%33.5%+3.0%$2.1M
LABBinanceOKX35.4%32.9%+5.4%$5.1M
TRUSTOKXBinance34.8%31.5%+7.0%$172K
GRVTOKXBinance33.3%30.2%+7.6%$2.7M
USELESSOKXBinance32.2%29.7%+35.0%$316.2M
SLXBinanceOKX32.0%29.0%+7.9%$2.1M
ZILBinanceOKX30.8%27.7%-2.6%$383K
ZAMAOKXBinance27.0%24.3%+12.8%$2.9M
ALLOOKXBinance25.9%23.5%+7.4%$4.0M

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

27
markets long on Binance
41
markets long on OKX
41
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.

Binance vs OKX — FAQ

How many markets can you arbitrage between Binance and OKX?

68 perpetual markets are quoted on both Binance and OKX right now. 51 of them show a net spread of at least 5% APR after estimated fees, and 50 have at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg.

What is the best Binance / OKX funding spread right now?

LA: long Binance and short OKX for about 105.4% net APR after estimated fees, counting only markets with at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg. The median across all 68 shared markets is 12.2%, so the top of the list is not typical.

Which side pays on the Binance / OKX pair?

It varies by market: Binance is the long (funding-receiving) leg in 27 of the shared markets and OKX in the other 41. The direction is set per market by which venue currently prices funding lower.

Trading the Binance / OKX 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: Binance funding rates · OKX funding rates

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