Gate.io vs trade.xyz Funding Arbitrage

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

Gate.io and trade.xyz both quote 55 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 TSLA — long trade.xyz / short Gate.io at 99.5% net APR — but the median across all shared markets is 6.5%, which is the number worth planning around.

55
shared markets
99.5%
best net APR · ≥$1M vol
6.5%
median net APR
29
markets ≥5% net APR
24
with ≥$1M lower-leg volume

Gate.io / trade.xyz spreads by market

top 25 by net APR
MarketLongShortGross APRNet APR7d avg24h vol · lower leg
BMNRGate.iotrade.xyz171.2%150.7%+30.8%$37K
KIOXIAtrade.xyzGate.io123.5%106.9%+77.0%$28K
SHAZGate.iotrade.xyz120.8%101.8%+6.3%$24K
TSLAtrade.xyzGate.io104.4%99.5%+24.8%$1.9M
AMATGate.iotrade.xyz89.1%84.2%+11.9%$501K
MSTRtrade.xyzGate.io82.7%78.9%+27.8%$971K
AAPLtrade.xyzGate.io73.3%68.2%+12.9%$2.1M
MRNAGate.iotrade.xyz71.6%65.8%+4.1%$258K
USARGate.iotrade.xyz63.3%56.3%+13.3%$310K
ZMGate.iotrade.xyz60.1%47.5%+1.6%$168K
NBISGate.iotrade.xyz47.6%43.2%+1.3%$2.0M
HIMStrade.xyzGate.io51.2%40.9%-18.3%$217K
IRENGate.iotrade.xyz46.9%40.3%+9.1%$635K
GOOGLtrade.xyzGate.io40.4%37.0%+16.1%$5.4M
MINIMAXtrade.xyzGate.io42.6%36.6%-24.1%$411K
SHEINGate.iotrade.xyz49.2%35.8%+6.5%$19K
CRCLtrade.xyzGate.io41.0%35.4%+11.0%$2.2M
GEVGate.iotrade.xyz45.0%31.5%+13.6%$25K
HOODGate.iotrade.xyz36.6%29.7%+13.5%$386K
NGtrade.xyzGate.io32.1%28.2%-6.0%$313K
BOTGate.iotrade.xyz39.2%26.0%+8.5%$212K
NOWtrade.xyzGate.io30.1%21.9%$176K
COINGate.iotrade.xyz26.8%20.5%+6.7%$196K
BEGate.iotrade.xyz23.3%18.4%-1.5%$8.8M
CBRStrade.xyzGate.io20.7%16.0%+7.8%$3.1M

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

40
markets long on Gate.io
15
markets long on trade.xyz
26
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.

Gate.io vs trade.xyz — FAQ

How many markets can you arbitrage between Gate.io and trade.xyz?

55 perpetual markets are quoted on both Gate.io and trade.xyz right now. 29 of them show a net spread of at least 5% APR after estimated fees, and 24 have at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg.

What is the best Gate.io / trade.xyz funding spread right now?

TSLA: long trade.xyz and short Gate.io for about 99.5% net APR after estimated fees, counting only markets with at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg. The median across all 55 shared markets is 6.5%, so the top of the list is not typical.

Which side pays on the Gate.io / trade.xyz pair?

It varies by market: Gate.io is the long (funding-receiving) leg in 40 of the shared markets and trade.xyz in the other 15. The direction is set per market by which venue currently prices funding lower.

Trading the Gate.io / trade.xyz 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: Gate.io funding rates · trade.xyz funding rates

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