Extended vs Vest Funding Arbitrage

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

Extended and Vest both quote 7 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 BNB — long Vest / short Extended at 33.0% net APR — but the median across all shared markets is 4.2%, which is the number worth planning around.

7
shared markets
33.0%
best net APR · ≥$1M vol
4.2%
median net APR
3
markets ≥5% net APR
1
with ≥$1M lower-leg volume

Extended / Vest spreads by market

top 7 by net APR
MarketLongShortGross APRNet APR7d avg24h vol · lower leg
BNBVestExtended34.6%33.0%-1.2%$8.5M
HYPEVestExtended30.9%28.6%+20.6%$30K
PAXGExtendedVest9.2%7.7%+5.9%$38K
ETHExtendedVest5.7%4.2%-1.1%$929K
DRAMExtendedVest5.0%2.5%-0.6%$98K
ZROVestExtended6.6%2.2%+15.7%$63K
DELLExtendedVest5.0%1.4%+4.8%$32K

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

4
markets long on Extended
3
markets long on Vest
2
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.

Extended vs Vest — FAQ

How many markets can you arbitrage between Extended and Vest?

7 perpetual markets are quoted on both Extended and Vest right now. 3 of them show a net spread of at least 5% APR after estimated fees, and 1 have at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg.

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

BNB: long Vest and short Extended for about 33.0% net APR after estimated fees, counting only markets with at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg. The median across all 7 shared markets is 4.2%, so the top of the list is not typical.

Which side pays on the Extended / Vest pair?

It varies by market: Extended is the long (funding-receiving) leg in 4 of the shared markets and Vest in the other 3. The direction is set per market by which venue currently prices funding lower.

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

Related exchange pairs

Coverage note: Extended and Vest share 7 markets, 1 of them with real depth — below the 10 markets / 5 liquid this page treats as full coverage, so this is a thin sample rather than a picture of the pair.