Extended vs Vest funding arbitrage

10 shared markets · net of estimated fees

Extended vs Vest Funding Arbitrage

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

Extended and Vest both quote 10 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 NEAR — long Extended / short Vest at 14.4% net APR — but the median across all shared markets is 7.2%, which is the number worth planning around.

Shared markets10quoted on both
Best net APR14.4%on $1M+ volume
Median net APR7.2%plan around this
With real depth4of 10 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 8 markets go long on Extended and 2 on Vest. 6 markets clear 5% net APR, 3 clear 10%.

How this pair behaves

Extended pays funding every 1h on 155 markets; Vest pays every 1h on 65 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 155 perpetual markets in total and Vest quotes 65; the 10 they share are what this page ranks. Across its own book Extended runs a median funding rate of 5.3% and Vest 5.0%, so the edge here comes from individual markets rather than from a standing gap between the venues.

Spreads by market

top 10 of 10 by net APR
MarketLongShortNet APRGross7d avgThin leg vol
SOLVestExtended20.4%22.2%+21.8%$50K
SKHYExtendedVest16.6%18.6%+12.0%$14K
NEARExtendedVest14.4%16.2%+6.6%$17.7M
AAVEExtendedVest9.8%11.8%+10.7%$1.2M
ETHVestExtended9.1%10.7%+21.2%$163K
BTCExtendedVest5.3%6.7%-29.0%$302K
SUIExtendedVest4.8%6.6%+3.3%$1.4M
RKLBExtendedVest3.5%7.9%+1.7%$58K
TSMExtendedVest1.1%5.0%-3.6%$227K
SPCXExtendedVest0.8%3.3%-5.1%$3.7M
10 markets between these two venues · 6 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.

Coverage note: Extended and Vest share 10 markets, 4 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.

Extended vs Vest — FAQ

How many markets can you arbitrage between Extended and Vest?

10 perpetual markets are quoted on both Extended and Vest right now. 6 of them show a net spread of at least 5% APR after estimated fees, and 4 have at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg.

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

NEAR: long Extended and short Vest for about 14.4% net APR after estimated fees, counting only markets with at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg. The median across all 10 shared markets is 7.2%, 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 8 of the shared markets and Vest in the other 2. 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. 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 · Vest funding rates; the full calculation is in the methodology.

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