GMTrade vs Nado Funding Arbitrage

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

GMTrade and Nado both quote 28 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 TAO — long GMTrade / short Nado at 7.1% net APR — but the median across all shared markets is 6.5%, which is the number worth planning around.

28
shared markets
7.1%
best net APR · ≥$1M vol
6.5%
median net APR
20
markets ≥5% net APR
9
with ≥$1M lower-leg volume

GMTrade / Nado spreads by market

top 25 by net APR
MarketLongShortGross APRNet APR7d avg24h vol · lower leg
MSTRNadoGMTrade27.6%22.8%+2.6%$76K
SPCXGMTradeNado19.6%15.7%-16.1%$466K
WTIGMTradeNado15.8%11.6%-6.7%$445K
AAPLGMTradeNado14.2%10.4%-0.4%$236K
WLDGMTradeNado17.0%9.9%-2.1%$89K
TAOGMTradeNado10.9%7.1%+8.1%$1.2M
AMZNNadoGMTrade11.3%7.1%-3.7%$55K
ZECGMTradeNado10.9%7.0%+12.5%$9.5M
XRPGMTradeNado10.9%7.0%+10.2%$1.5M
AAVEGMTradeNado10.9%7.0%-3.8%$154K
BNBGMTradeNado10.9%6.9%+5.7%$1.8M
DOGEGMTradeNado10.9%6.9%+10.6%$391K
AVAXGMTradeNado10.9%6.9%+8.0%$279K
WLFIGMTradeNado10.9%6.7%+9.8%$20K
VVVGMTradeNado12.3%6.2%+12.5%$35K
SUIGMTradeNado10.0%5.9%+9.8%$310K
ENAGMTradeNado9.6%5.7%+4.7%$758K
HYPENadoGMTrade9.5%5.6%$76K
PUMPGMTradeNado9.5%5.2%+12.5%$1.9M
ONDOGMTradeNado8.9%5.1%+5.3%$118K
NEARGMTradeNado8.5%4.2%+6.1%$1.1M
LITGMTradeNado8.1%4.2%-4.0%$8.6M
TSLANadoGMTrade7.6%3.5%+1.4%$117K
TONGMTradeNado8.5%3.0%+9.9%$18K
XAGNadoGMTrade6.0%2.2%$2.3M

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

22
markets long on GMTrade
6
markets long on Nado
4
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.

GMTrade vs Nado — FAQ

How many markets can you arbitrage between GMTrade and Nado?

28 perpetual markets are quoted on both GMTrade and Nado right now. 20 of them show a net spread of at least 5% APR after estimated fees, and 9 have at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg.

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

TAO: long GMTrade and short Nado for about 7.1% net APR after estimated fees, counting only markets with at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg. The median across all 28 shared markets is 6.5%, so the top of the list is not typical.

Which side pays on the GMTrade / Nado pair?

It varies by market: GMTrade is the long (funding-receiving) leg in 22 of the shared markets and Nado in the other 6. The direction is set per market by which venue currently prices funding lower.

Trading the GMTrade / Nado 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: GMTrade funding rates · Nado funding rates

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