Binance vs Risex Funding Arbitrage

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

Binance and Risex both quote 12 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 Binance / short Risex at 60.3% net APR — but the median across all shared markets is 22.2%, which is the number worth planning around.

12
shared markets
60.3%
best net APR · ≥$1M vol
22.2%
median net APR
9
markets ≥5% net APR
7
with ≥$1M lower-leg volume

Binance / Risex spreads by market

top 12 by net APR
MarketLongShortGross APRNet APR7d avg24h vol · lower leg
BNBBinanceRisex63.1%60.3%+22.7%$1.9M
VVVBinanceRisex52.2%49.3%+19.5%$334K
PUMPBinanceRisex50.5%47.3%+43.0%$950K
SOLRisexBinance30.0%27.9%+9.5%$2.5M
ETHRisexBinance29.4%27.4%-9.7%$8.2M
TAOBinanceRisex25.5%22.7%+13.2%$130K
ZECBinanceRisex24.4%21.7%+22.2%$1.8M
LITRisexBinance13.0%10.5%+36.5%$1.7M
XRPBinanceRisex7.5%5.3%+6.4%$682K
HYPERisexBinance6.4%4.3%+5.1%$4.1M
BTCRisexBinance5.0%3.0%+2.5%$20.8M
NEARBinanceRisex5.9%2.2%+18.4%$914K

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 Binance
5
markets long on Risex
8
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 Risex — FAQ

How many markets can you arbitrage between Binance and Risex?

12 perpetual markets are quoted on both Binance and Risex right now. 9 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 Binance / Risex funding spread right now?

BNB: long Binance and short Risex for about 60.3% net APR after estimated fees, counting only markets with at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg. The median across all 12 shared markets is 22.2%, so the top of the list is not typical.

Which side pays on the Binance / Risex pair?

It varies by market: Binance is the long (funding-receiving) leg in 7 of the shared markets and Risex in the other 5. The direction is set per market by which venue currently prices funding lower.

Trading the Binance / Risex 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 · Risex funding rates

Related exchange pairs