GMTrade vs KuCoin funding arbitrage

26 shared markets · net of estimated fees

GMTrade vs KuCoin Funding Arbitrage

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

GMTrade and KuCoin 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 BZ — long KuCoin / short GMTrade at 43.0% net APR — but the median across all shared markets is 5.6%, which is the number worth planning around.

Shared markets26quoted on both
Best net APR43.0%on $1M+ volume
Median net APR5.6%plan around this
With real depth16of 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 21 markets go long on GMTrade and 5 on KuCoin. 16 markets clear 5% net APR, 6 clear 10%.

How this pair behaves

GMTrade pays funding every 1h on 48 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. GMTrade quotes 48 perpetual markets in total and KuCoin quotes 417; the 26 they share are what this page ranks. Across its own book GMTrade runs a median funding rate of 0.1% 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 26 by net APR
MarketLongShortNet APRGross7d avgThin leg vol
GOOGLKuCoinGMTrade171.1%175.6%+15.6%$796K
XPDGMTradeKuCoin79.1%86.3%+2.1%$15K
BZKuCoinGMTrade43.0%48.0%+8.0%$1.6M
XPTGMTradeKuCoin28.5%35.2%+3.0%$27K
AVAXKuCoinGMTrade26.6%31.7%-2.8%$5.9M
NATGASGMTradeKuCoin11.6%17.1%+11.0%$438K
WLDKuCoinGMTrade8.8%14.1%-2.7%$11.3M
ETHGMTradeKuCoin6.6%10.6%+6.4%$231.2M
ONDOGMTradeKuCoin6.4%10.9%+4.8%$3.2M
TAOGMTradeKuCoin6.3%10.9%+8.9%$14.3M
SUIGMTradeKuCoin6.2%10.9%-3.6%$244K
HYPEGMTradeKuCoin5.9%10.9%+10.7%$532K
TRUMPGMTradeKuCoin5.6%10.9%+4.6%$1.2M
NEARGMTradeKuCoin5.5%10.0%+10.1%$48.6M
XRPGMTradeKuCoin5.4%10.0%+6.1%$17.2M
XMRGMTradeKuCoin5.1%10.2%+8.5%$17.4M
ARBGMTradeKuCoin4.9%10.1%+2.0%$11.2M
ADAGMTradeKuCoin4.3%8.9%-1.1%$503K
DOGEGMTradeKuCoin4.1%8.9%+5.4%$11.9M
BTCGMTradeKuCoin4.1%8.1%+8.1%$260.4M
AAVEKuCoinGMTrade4.1%9.5%-0.9%$16.3M
DOTGMTradeKuCoin3.7%8.4%+3.3%$1.7M
GMXGMTradeKuCoin3.3%10.9%+9.3%$27K
LITGMTradeKuCoin3.1%10.9%+10.0%$625K
VVVGMTradeKuCoin2.6%10.6%-1.5%$769K
26 markets between these two venues · 16 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.

GMTrade vs KuCoin — FAQ

How many markets can you arbitrage between GMTrade and KuCoin?

26 perpetual markets are quoted on both GMTrade and KuCoin right now. 16 of them show a net spread of at least 5% APR after estimated fees, and 16 have at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg.

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

BZ: long KuCoin and short GMTrade for about 43.0% 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 5.6%, so the top of the list is not typical.

Which side pays on the GMTrade / KuCoin pair?

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

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

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