OKX vs Vest Funding Arbitrage

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

OKX and Vest both quote 11 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 ZK — long Vest / short OKX at 50.8% net APR — but the median across all shared markets is 9.8%, which is the number worth planning around.

11
shared markets
50.8%
best net APR · ≥$1M vol
9.8%
median net APR
9
markets ≥5% net APR
8
with ≥$1M lower-leg volume

OKX / Vest spreads by market

top 11 by net APR
MarketLongShortGross APRNet APR7d avg24h vol · lower leg
ZKVestOKX55.5%50.8%+51.8%$4.2M
HYPEVestOKX30.5%27.7%+20.5%$85K
ENAOKXVest17.0%13.9%+4.3%$46.8M
BTCOKXVest15.8%13.7%+5.5%$2.5M
JUPOKXVest16.2%12.1%+8.0%$3.2M
ETHOKXVest11.9%9.8%+1.9%$1.0M
AAVEOKXVest11.6%9.1%+8.1%$21.7M
DOGEOKXVest9.2%6.6%+3.9%$202.3M
SOLOKXVest8.7%6.2%-0.1%$476K
DRAMOKXVest5.0%1.7%+0.6%$98K
DELLOKXVest5.0%0.6%+5.6%$4.0M

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

9
markets long on OKX
2
markets long on Vest
5
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.

OKX vs Vest — FAQ

How many markets can you arbitrage between OKX and Vest?

11 perpetual markets are quoted on both OKX and Vest right now. 9 of them show a net spread of at least 5% APR after estimated fees, and 8 have at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg.

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

ZK: long Vest and short OKX for about 50.8% net APR after estimated fees, counting only markets with at least $1M of 24h volume on the smaller leg. The median across all 11 shared markets is 9.8%, so the top of the list is not typical.

Which side pays on the OKX / Vest pair?

It varies by market: OKX is the long (funding-receiving) leg in 9 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 OKX / 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. 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: OKX funding rates · Vest funding rates

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