Bitget vs GMTrade Funding Arbitrage

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

Bitget and GMTrade both quote 26 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 MSTR — long Bitget / short GMTrade at 18.8% net APR — but the median across all shared markets is 5.4%, which is the number worth planning around.

26
shared markets
18.8%
best net APR · ≥$1M vol
5.4%
median net APR
15
markets ≥5% net APR
19
with ≥$1M lower-leg volume

Bitget / GMTrade spreads by market

top 25 by net APR
MarketLongShortGross APRNet APR7d avg24h vol · lower leg
VVVGMTradeBitget34.8%28.9%+12.6%$774K
MSTRBitgetGMTrade23.0%18.8%+13.7%$34.3M
TRXBitgetGMTrade14.3%10.2%+40.1%$2.0M
BNBGMTradeBitget10.9%6.8%+7.8%$33.7M
DOGEGMTradeBitget10.9%6.6%+9.5%$60.6M
TAOGMTradeBitget10.9%6.4%+7.0%$13.1M
HYPEGMTradeBitget10.9%6.4%+0.8%$76K
XLMGMTradeBitget10.9%6.3%+8.4%$3.6M
AVAXGMTradeBitget10.9%6.1%+7.4%$744K
WLFIGMTradeBitget10.9%6.1%+7.3%$1.4M
AAVEGMTradeBitget10.9%6.1%-6.9%$3.0M
TRUMPGMTradeBitget10.9%5.9%-1.6%$24.3M
WLDGMTradeBitget10.2%5.6%+6.5%$8.7M
ENAGMTradeBitget9.6%5.3%+6.8%$33.4M
SUIGMTradeBitget10.0%5.2%+7.0%$70.3M
BOMEGMTradeBitget10.2%4.5%+7.1%$663K
SHIBGMTradeBitget8.8%4.3%+4.5%$5.6M
PUMPGMTradeBitget9.5%4.3%+7.7%$12.1M
NEARGMTradeBitget8.5%4.3%+6.9%$42.3M
ONDOGMTradeBitget8.9%4.2%+7.3%$14.7M
DOTGMTradeBitget10.8%4.1%+1.0%$5.6M
GMXGMTradeBitget10.9%4.0%+6.3%$48K
LITGMTradeBitget8.1%3.5%+2.8%$4.2M
MELANIAGMTradeBitget8.5%2.0%-19.1%$233K
UNIBitgetGMTrade5.9%1.5%-3.8%$17.9M

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

3
markets long on Bitget
23
markets long on GMTrade
3
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.

Bitget vs GMTrade — FAQ

How many markets can you arbitrage between Bitget and GMTrade?

26 perpetual markets are quoted on both Bitget and GMTrade right now. 15 of them show a net spread of at least 5% APR after estimated fees, and 19 have at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg.

What is the best Bitget / GMTrade funding spread right now?

MSTR: long Bitget and short GMTrade for about 18.8% net APR after estimated fees, counting only markets with at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg. The median across all 26 shared markets is 5.4%, so the top of the list is not typical.

Which side pays on the Bitget / GMTrade pair?

It varies by market: Bitget is the long (funding-receiving) leg in 3 of the shared markets and GMTrade in the other 23. The direction is set per market by which venue currently prices funding lower.

Trading the Bitget / GMTrade 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: Bitget funding rates · GMTrade funding rates

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