Recently, I encountered a pitfall while doing BNB hedging across different exchanges. I found that the funding fee on a major exchange has already been maxed out, which is completely different from other platforms—on the former, fees are charged every 4 hours, while on the latter, they are charged every hour, with a price difference maintained at 3-5%.
Initially, I entered at a price of 0.83, but when it dropped to 0.6, I exited early. The problem is: each transaction incurs a fee of 16 USDT. Even more frustrating, by 19:00 on the 12th, I was charged 15 more times. Calculations show that the arbitrage space on these exchanges has been almost entirely eaten up by the funding fees, and the actual profit from BNB has turned into a loss.
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SerRugResistant
· 01-09 22:52
This fee structure is really clever; the funding fee directly harvests in the opposite direction, and the 3-5% spread instantly evaporates.
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MoonMathMagic
· 01-09 22:52
Funding fees are really intense. The difference between collecting every 4 hours and every 1 hour is so huge that the arbitrage opportunity disappears instantly.
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pvt_key_collector
· 01-09 22:50
Got caught by funding fees again, which is why I now directly pass on arbitrage opportunities at certain leading exchanges.
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PensionDestroyer
· 01-09 22:49
That's why I say hedging is a deep game; once the funding fee is maxed out, you're done.
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GasFeeCryer
· 01-09 22:48
That's why I say that hedging ultimately gets killed by fees. What seems to be an arbitrage opportunity is actually illusory.
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LiquiditySurfer
· 01-09 22:38
Damn, the funding fee really eats into arbitrage opportunities. Charging 16 bucks per time is no joke...
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MetadataExplorer
· 01-09 22:28
This exchange is really draining funds; when the fee is maxed out, it directly eats up the arbitrage space. Why bother?
Recently, I encountered a pitfall while doing BNB hedging across different exchanges. I found that the funding fee on a major exchange has already been maxed out, which is completely different from other platforms—on the former, fees are charged every 4 hours, while on the latter, they are charged every hour, with a price difference maintained at 3-5%.
Initially, I entered at a price of 0.83, but when it dropped to 0.6, I exited early. The problem is: each transaction incurs a fee of 16 USDT. Even more frustrating, by 19:00 on the 12th, I was charged 15 more times. Calculations show that the arbitrage space on these exchanges has been almost entirely eaten up by the funding fees, and the actual profit from BNB has turned into a loss.