Extended vs KuCoin funding arbitrage

62 shared markets · net of estimated fees

Extended vs KuCoin Funding Arbitrage

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

Extended and KuCoin both quote 62 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 AAOI — long Extended / short KuCoin at 34.6% net APR — but the median across all shared markets is 11.3%, which is the number worth planning around.

Shared markets62quoted on both
Best net APR34.6%on $1M+ volume
Median net APR11.3%plan around this
With real depth12of 62 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 41 markets go long on Extended and 21 on KuCoin. 47 markets clear 5% net APR, 32 clear 10%.

How this pair behaves

Extended pays funding every 1h on 153 markets; KuCoin pays every 4h on 233 markets and every 8h on 183 markets. The two clocks differ, so one leg settles while the other is still accruing: a position held for only a few hours can pay one side without ever collecting from the other. Extended quotes 153 perpetual markets in total and KuCoin quotes 417; the 62 they share are what this page ranks. Across its own book Extended runs a median funding rate of 5.3% and KuCoin 10.9%, so the edge here comes from individual markets rather than from a standing gap between the venues.

Spreads by market

top 25 of 62 by net APR
MarketLongShortNet APRGross7d avgThin leg vol
SKHYExtendedKuCoin48.7%51.9%-0.4%$25K
GTCKuCoinExtended44.7%48.4%-28.4%$308K
WExtendedKuCoin39.7%43.6%+19.3%$362K
BMNRKuCoinExtended37.4%40.7%+3.7%$259K
QExtendedKuCoin36.0%40.7%+13.3%$856K
AAOIExtendedKuCoin34.6%38.5%+3.1%$1.0M
ZECExtendedKuCoin29.7%32.0%+0.1%$4.3M
XPTExtendedKuCoin28.6%31.8%-9.7%$27K
SANDExtendedKuCoin28.1%31.1%+12.8%$705K
ASMLExtendedKuCoin27.0%34.1%+7.7%$258K
PONSExtendedKuCoin25.0%28.5%-0.1%$13K
SKHYNIXKuCoinExtended24.7%27.4%+19.1%$262K
ORCAExtendedKuCoin24.7%30.2%+2.7%$259K
ATOMExtendedKuCoin22.9%26.7%-11.1%$288K
WLDKuCoinExtended21.7%24.6%+2.0%$939K
AVAXKuCoinExtended21.3%23.9%-4.3%$164K
DOTExtendedKuCoin20.6%23.2%+2.4%$283K
LDOKuCoinExtended20.1%23.7%+2.8%$3.3M
XAGKuCoinExtended19.3%21.2%+12.3%$713K
TIAKuCoinExtended19.1%22.3%+7.5%$568K
JUPKuCoinExtended18.4%21.7%+12.0%$389K
JASMYExtendedKuCoin16.4%19.7%-4.4%$1.0M
ZROKuCoinExtended16.1%19.9%+1.3%$1.0M
EIGENKuCoinExtended15.9%20.1%+9.3%$680K
ORDIExtendedKuCoin15.3%18.8%+7.4%$218K
62 markets between these two venues · 47 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 KuCoin — FAQ

How many markets can you arbitrage between Extended and KuCoin?

62 perpetual markets are quoted on both Extended and KuCoin right now. 47 of them show a net spread of at least 5% APR after estimated fees, and 12 have at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg.

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

AAOI: long Extended and short KuCoin for about 34.6% net APR after estimated fees, counting only markets with at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg. The median across all 62 shared markets is 11.3%, so the top of the list is not typical.

Which side pays on the Extended / KuCoin pair?

It varies by market: Extended is the long (funding-receiving) leg in 41 of the shared markets and KuCoin in the other 21. The direction is set per market by which venue currently prices funding lower.

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

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