Buy spot + short the same notional in perps = price-neutral. Every 8 hours, longs pay you the funding rate automatically. Below is a live comparison of annualized funding for major coins across top exchanges.
Today's opportunity ranking 30-day annualized · best exchange per coin
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The idea in 60 seconds
① Buy spot
Buy BTC/ETH etc. with USDT on your exchange
② Short perps
Short the same notional in perpetuals — upside and downside cancel out
③ Collect every 8h
Longs pay funding to shorts automatically. No chart-watching needed
Reading the signal: >8% annualized = high-rates go season (bull market level); >3% = executable with a reasonable edge; below zero = panic phase (time to exit).
Compare funding across Binance/OKX/Bybit and execute on the richest platform.