Bybit vs OKX Funding Arbitrage

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

Bybit 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 PONS — long Bybit / short OKX at 314.2% net APR — but the median across all shared markets is 16.4%, which is the number worth planning around.

68
shared markets
314.2%
best net APR · ≥$1M vol
16.4%
median net APR
60
markets ≥5% net APR
41
with ≥$1M lower-leg volume

Bybit / OKX spreads by market

top 25 by net APR
MarketLongShortGross APRNet APR7d avg24h vol · lower leg
PONSBybitOKX317.7%314.2%+263.5%$65.9M
LAOKXBybit195.9%193.1%+12.4%$5.1M
ZORAOKXBybit127.7%123.6%+41.3%$15.8M
USELESSOKXBybit110.4%107.8%+68.7%$132.7M
SHEINBybitOKX102.6%93.0%+37.7%$64K
COHRBybitOKX95.9%92.1%+2.8%$195K
DASHOKXBybit66.9%64.1%+6.2%$96.5M
ZILOKXBybit60.0%56.7%+31.3%$383K
PURROKXBybit54.4%49.3%-1.8%$597K
GPROBybitOKX57.5%47.0%+153.1%$3.7M
PLUMEOKXBybit50.5%46.5%-9.8%$752K
CAPBybitOKX48.2%45.3%-22.4%$4.2M
ZAMABybitOKX47.4%44.6%+0.0%$1.4M
USARBybitOKX47.6%43.1%+2.9%$744K
GLWBybitOKX44.1%40.3%+5.4%$161K
ARXOKXBybit42.4%37.3%+0.2%$813K
OPNBybitOKX36.6%33.0%+20.3%$254K
CPOKXBybit37.3%33.0%+78.0%$35.9M
HOODOKXBybit34.7%32.1%+2.3%$2.5M
LABBybitOKX35.4%31.3%+17.7%$1.1M
ANIMEBybitOKX29.9%26.7%+2.2%$282K
SAHARABybitOKX27.3%24.5%+0.8%$2.3M
BILLOKXBybit27.9%23.3%-0.9%$713K
MINABybitOKX26.7%23.0%+34.5%$638K
XTZBybitOKX26.0%22.0%+7.8%$238K

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

34
markets long on Bybit
34
markets long on OKX
49
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 OKX — FAQ

How many markets can you arbitrage between Bybit and OKX?

68 perpetual markets are quoted on both Bybit and OKX right now. 60 of them show a net spread of at least 5% APR after estimated fees, and 41 have at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg.

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

PONS: long Bybit and short OKX for about 314.2% 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 16.4%, so the top of the list is not typical.

Which side pays on the Bybit / OKX pair?

It varies by market: Bybit is the long (funding-receiving) leg in 34 of the shared markets and OKX in the other 34. The direction is set per market by which venue currently prices funding lower.

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

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