Bybit vs Lighter funding arbitrage

75 shared markets · net of estimated fees

Bybit vs Lighter Funding Arbitrage

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

Bybit and Lighter both quote 75 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 SOXL — long Lighter / short Bybit at 351.9% net APR — but the median across all shared markets is 9.7%, which is the number worth planning around.

Shared markets75quoted on both
Best net APR351.9%on $1M+ volume
Median net APR9.7%plan around this
With real depth33of 75 markets

The long leg is whichever venue prices funding lower for that market. It is a property of the MARKET, not of the exchange, and it flips as rates move: here 56 markets go long on Bybit and 19 on Lighter. 53 markets clear 5% net APR, 37 clear 10%.

How this pair behaves

Bybit pays funding every 8h on 245 markets and every 4h on 201 markets; Lighter pays every 8h on 133 markets. Both sides settle on the same clock, so a position opened here collects or pays on both legs at once — the spread you see is the spread you get. Bybit quotes 448 perpetual markets in total and Lighter quotes 133; the 75 they share are what this page ranks. Across its own book Bybit runs a median funding rate of 10.6% and Lighter 10.5%, so the edge here comes from individual markets rather than from a standing gap between the venues.

Spreads by market

top 25 of 75 by net APR
MarketLongShortNet APRGross7d avgThin leg vol
SOXLLighterBybit351.9%354.2%-2.1%$4.8M
CASHCATBybitLighter244.5%248.3%+4.3%$12.1M
MULighterBybit92.4%94.4%-4.4%$8.8M
AAPLLighterBybit75.1%77.1%-7.0%$10.3M
DRVBybitLighter72.4%75.8%+119.0%$591K
MSTRBybitLighter64.3%66.7%-9.1%$1.2M
NBISLighterBybit62.5%64.8%+4.6%$2.6M
EIGENBybitLighter60.0%62.8%+11.9%$13K
QQQLighterBybit60.0%61.3%+1.6%$12.0M
DRAMLighterBybit54.6%56.9%-9.3%$2.8M
LITELighterBybit51.4%54.1%-20.4%$63K
ARCLighterBybit48.2%56.5%+0.4%$25K
AEROBybitLighter43.4%46.9%+7.1%$687K
METBybitLighter40.6%43.8%+40.2%$40K
BMNRBybitLighter38.5%42.9%-15.8%$55K
SBybitLighter37.3%43.0%+14.0%$14K
PAXGLighterBybit35.9%38.1%+11.9%$474K
ETHFIBybitLighter30.4%32.7%+6.7%$289K
GRAMBybitLighter26.2%29.3%+1.1%$952K
WLDBybitLighter23.9%26.1%+3.2%$6.2M
CBRSLighterBybit23.4%26.3%-5.8%$1.3M
STRKBybitLighter23.0%26.5%+4.3%$609K
LDOBybitLighter22.4%25.0%+8.7%$58K
PYTHLighterBybit21.7%24.5%+8.2%$117K
IBMBybitLighter19.7%22.8%+18.2%$152K
75 markets between these two venues · 53 at 5%+ net APR

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.

Bybit vs Lighter — FAQ

How many markets can you arbitrage between Bybit and Lighter?

75 perpetual markets are quoted on both Bybit and Lighter right now. 53 of them show a net spread of at least 5% APR after estimated fees, and 33 have at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg.

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

SOXL: long Lighter and short Bybit for about 351.9% net APR after estimated fees, counting only markets with at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg. The median across all 75 shared markets is 9.7%, so the top of the list is not typical.

Which side pays on the Bybit / Lighter pair?

It varies by market: Bybit is the long (funding-receiving) leg in 56 of the shared markets and Lighter in the other 19. The direction is set per market by which venue currently prices funding lower.

Trading the Bybit / Lighter 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. 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. Venue detail: Bybit funding rates · Lighter funding rates; the full calculation is in the methodology.

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