Bybit vs Extended Funding Arbitrage

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

Bybit and Extended both quote 45 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 PONS — long Bybit / short Extended at 39.1% net APR — but the median across all shared markets is 11.7%, which is the number worth planning around.

45
shared markets
39.1%
best net APR · ≥$1M vol
11.7%
median net APR
34
markets ≥5% net APR
15
with ≥$1M lower-leg volume

Bybit / Extended spreads by market

top 25 by net APR
MarketLongShortGross APRNet APR7d avg24h vol · lower leg
COHRBybitExtended95.9%92.9%+0.2%$26K
USELESSExtendedBybit78.4%75.4%+33.4%$106K
XPLBybitExtended60.9%58.3%+11.1%$351K
BBybitExtended60.0%55.0%-7.8%$31K
SOONBybitExtended54.8%51.2%-3.0%$37K
ARCBybitExtended54.3%49.6%+23.5%$31K
BEATBybitExtended45.1%40.5%+6.8%$38K
PONSBybitExtended41.6%39.1%-68.4%$4.1M
GRVTBybitExtended33.7%29.5%+9.4%$36K
TIAExtendedBybit30.2%26.9%+8.4%$108K
BNBBybitExtended25.8%23.6%+5.9%$8.5M
INJExtendedBybit25.3%22.7%+6.2%$13K
WLFIBybitExtended24.1%21.7%+10.6%$38K
JASMYExtendedBybit21.5%18.7%+6.0%$33K
AAOIExtendedBybit21.2%18.6%-6.8%$28K
STXExtendedBybit21.6%18.5%-2.2%$43K
APTBybitExtended19.6%17.2%-2.8%$45K
ENABybitExtended18.6%16.5%+10.2%$2.0M
EDGEBybitExtended18.9%15.1%+19.9%$23K
XMRBybitExtended17.9%15.1%+15.6%$3.7M
DASHExtendedBybit17.6%14.9%+3.6%$114K
ADABybitExtended15.0%11.9%+6.9%$3.6M
DOGEBybitExtended14.1%11.7%+1.6%$2.0M
BTCBybitExtended13.5%11.5%+5.1%$68.8M
CASHCATBybitExtended15.3%11.4%+25.9%$1.6M

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

33
markets long on Bybit
12
markets long on Extended
26
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.

Bybit vs Extended — FAQ

How many markets can you arbitrage between Bybit and Extended?

45 perpetual markets are quoted on both Bybit and Extended right now. 34 of them show a net spread of at least 5% APR after estimated fees, and 15 have at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg.

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

PONS: long Bybit and short Extended for about 39.1% net APR after estimated fees, counting only markets with at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg. The median across all 45 shared markets is 11.7%, so the top of the list is not typical.

Which side pays on the Bybit / Extended pair?

It varies by market: Bybit is the long (funding-receiving) leg in 33 of the shared markets and Extended in the other 12. The direction is set per market by which venue currently prices funding lower.

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

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