Hyperliquid vs MEXC Funding Arbitrage

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

Hyperliquid and MEXC both quote 56 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 ZORA — long MEXC / short Hyperliquid at 171.2% net APR — but the median across all shared markets is 13.2%, which is the number worth planning around.

56
shared markets
171.2%
best net APR · ≥$1M vol
13.2%
median net APR
41
markets ≥5% net APR
29
with ≥$1M lower-leg volume

Hyperliquid / MEXC spreads by market

top 25 by net APR
MarketLongShortGross APRNet APR7d avg24h vol · lower leg
ZORAMEXCHyperliquid175.7%171.2%+51.4%$1.2M
ACEMEXCHyperliquid166.6%162.5%+35.3%$523K
MINAHyperliquidMEXC119.3%113.9%+33.6%$190K
CHIPMEXCHyperliquid114.5%109.4%+25.2%$1.8M
BSVMEXCHyperliquid112.8%108.1%+15.4%$160K
BNBMEXCHyperliquid85.0%83.0%+7.6%$16.4M
LYTEHyperliquidMEXC92.8%78.2%-39.6%$68K
CASHCATMEXCHyperliquid81.7%75.0%+42.0%$517K
KASMEXCHyperliquid75.6%71.0%+6.0%$417K
HEMIHyperliquidMEXC73.8%68.8%+9.3%$798K
ASTERMEXCHyperliquid44.0%41.9%+1.1%$21.6M
VVVMEXCHyperliquid41.3%38.0%+10.2%$1.7M
PEOPLEHyperliquidMEXC37.3%32.6%+17.1%$147K
EURHyperliquidMEXC31.8%28.4%+26.8%$75K
OPHyperliquidMEXC31.4%28.1%+12.9%$920K
STXMEXCHyperliquid28.1%24.1%+5.8%$305K
HMSTRMEXCHyperliquid39.0%23.4%+7.0%$74K
FETMEXCHyperliquid24.8%21.5%+5.1%$1.6M
AEROMEXCHyperliquid24.6%21.0%+21.8%$365K
SHyperliquidMEXC24.0%18.8%+20.2%$213K
ZROMEXCHyperliquid19.1%17.0%+1.9%$2.1M
INJMEXCHyperliquid20.3%16.8%+6.5%$1.9M
WLFIHyperliquidMEXC19.3%16.6%+1.6%$481K
DASHMEXCHyperliquid19.3%16.1%+3.9%$15.0M
SMHHyperliquidMEXC21.9%15.9%-6.0%$68K

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

15
markets long on Hyperliquid
41
markets long on MEXC
35
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.

Hyperliquid vs MEXC — FAQ

How many markets can you arbitrage between Hyperliquid and MEXC?

56 perpetual markets are quoted on both Hyperliquid and MEXC right now. 41 of them show a net spread of at least 5% APR after estimated fees, and 29 have at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg.

What is the best Hyperliquid / MEXC funding spread right now?

ZORA: long MEXC and short Hyperliquid for about 171.2% net APR after estimated fees, counting only markets with at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg. The median across all 56 shared markets is 13.2%, so the top of the list is not typical.

Which side pays on the Hyperliquid / MEXC pair?

It varies by market: Hyperliquid is the long (funding-receiving) leg in 15 of the shared markets and MEXC in the other 41. The direction is set per market by which venue currently prices funding lower.

Trading the Hyperliquid / MEXC 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: Hyperliquid funding rates · MEXC funding rates

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