Extended vs GMTrade funding arbitrage

26 shared markets · net of estimated fees

Extended vs GMTrade Funding Arbitrage

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

Extended 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 GOOGL — long Extended / short GMTrade at 172.0% net APR — but the median across all shared markets is 6.9%, which is the number worth planning around.

Shared markets26quoted on both
Best net APR172.0%on $1M+ volume
Median net APR6.9%plan around this
With real depth15of 26 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 5 markets go long on Extended and 21 on GMTrade. 20 markets clear 5% net APR, 6 clear 10%.

How this pair behaves

Extended pays funding every 1h on 153 markets; GMTrade pays every 1h on 48 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. Extended quotes 153 perpetual markets in total and GMTrade quotes 48; the 26 they share are what this page ranks. Across its own book Extended runs a median funding rate of 5.3% and GMTrade 0.1%, so the edge here comes from individual markets rather than from a standing gap between the venues.

Spreads by market

top 25 of 26 by net APR
MarketLongShortNet APRGross7d avgThin leg vol
GOOGLExtendedGMTrade172.0%175.6%+13.0%$3.6M
ZECExtendedGMTrade27.1%30.7%-9.6%$4.3M
XAUGMTradeExtended22.7%26.3%+7.5%$48.4M
XAGGMTradeExtended21.7%25.2%+18.3%$5.0M
AAVEExtendedGMTrade20.8%24.5%+0.2%$961K
WTIExtendedGMTrade14.0%17.5%+24.1%$15.9M
BNBGMTradeExtended7.8%11.4%+6.4%$3.6M
HYPEGMTradeExtended7.7%11.4%+11.4%$532K
ETHGMTradeExtended7.4%11.0%+8.9%$96.3M
TAOGMTradeExtended7.4%11.4%+9.3%$173K
SUIGMTradeExtended7.3%11.4%-6.7%$244K
XMRGMTradeExtended7.1%10.7%+14.1%$2.4M
VVVGMTradeExtended6.9%11.0%+9.1%$1.6M
NEARGMTradeExtended6.9%10.5%+3.0%$14.2M
ONDOGMTradeExtended6.8%11.4%+10.5%$169K
XRPGMTradeExtended6.7%10.4%+9.1%$2.5M
WLDGMTradeExtended6.6%10.6%+4.7%$939K
UNIGMTradeExtended6.3%10.2%+7.1%$640K
LITGMTradeExtended6.0%9.6%+3.4%$2.2M
DOGEGMTradeExtended5.5%9.3%+9.5%$272K
PUMPGMTradeExtended4.8%8.9%+13.8%$4.5M
ADAGMTradeExtended4.6%9.3%+9.2%$503K
XCUGMTradeExtended4.3%7.9%+10.6%$2.5M
TRUMPGMTradeExtended3.8%11.4%+0.1%$334K
AVAXExtendedGMTrade3.7%7.8%+1.5%$164K
26 markets between these two venues · 20 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.

Extended vs GMTrade — FAQ

How many markets can you arbitrage between Extended and GMTrade?

26 perpetual markets are quoted on both Extended and GMTrade right now. 20 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 Extended / GMTrade funding spread right now?

GOOGL: long Extended and short GMTrade for about 172.0% 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 6.9%, so the top of the list is not typical.

Which side pays on the Extended / GMTrade pair?

It varies by market: Extended is the long (funding-receiving) leg in 5 of the shared markets and GMTrade in the other 21. The direction is set per market by which venue currently prices funding lower.

Trading the Extended / 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. 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: Extended funding rates · GMTrade funding rates; the full calculation is in the methodology.

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