Question 1

Which exchange has the highest MAV funding rate right now?

Accepted Answer

Binance Futures shows the highest MAV funding at +10.96% annualized. A high positive rate means shorts get paid, so this is the venue to short MAV when running a funding-arbitrage pair. Rates change every settlement window — check the live screener for the current value.

Question 2

Which exchange is best to long MAV for funding?

Accepted Answer

Gate.io has the lowest MAV funding at -0.33% annualized, which makes the long leg cheapest (or paid). Pair it with the highest-funding venue to capture the spread delta-neutral.

Question 3

What is the best MAV funding-arbitrage pair?

Accepted Answer

The widest spread is long Gate.io / short Binance Futures at about 11.3% APR before costs. Verify it in the ORBIT backtester, which subtracts real fees and slippage, before sizing a position.

Question 4

How often does MAV funding settle?

Accepted Answer

MAV funding settles every 8h. Longer intervals concentrate the same annualized rate into fewer, larger payments. ORBIT normalizes every venue to a common APR so they are directly comparable.

Question 5

Is MAV funding positive or negative?

Accepted Answer

MAV funding is mixed across venues, ranging -0.33% to +10.96% APR — which is exactly what creates the cross-exchange arbitrage opportunity.

Question 6

What is the current MAV perpetual swap funding rate?

Accepted Answer

The current MAV perpetual swap funding rate ranges from -0.33% to +10.96% annualized depending on the exchange — Gate.io is lowest and Binance Futures is highest right now. There is no single MAV funding rate: every venue runs its own funding formula and order book, which is why the rate has to be read by exchange rather than as one number.

Question 7

What is the aggregated MAV funding rate across exchanges?

Accepted Answer

Aggregated across the 13 venues ORBIT tracks, MAV funding currently spans -0.33% to +10.96% APR, a spread of 11.3 percentage points. An aggregated average hides the part that matters for trading — the gap between the cheapest and dearest venue — so the table above lists each exchange separately.

Question 8

How do I read the MAV 8h funding rate versus the annualized rate?

Accepted Answer

Venues that settle MAV every 8 hours quote the per-payment rate, which is charged three times a day. Multiply an 8h rate by 3 to get the daily figure and by 1,095 to annualize it. ORBIT converts every venue — 1h, 4h and 8h alike — to a common APR so an 8h rate and a 1h rate can be compared directly.

Exchange	Funding APR↓	Interval	Open Interest↕	Mark Price↕
Binance FuturesBest Short	+10.96%	8h	$1.6M	$0.0118
Bybit	+10.96%	8h	$612K	$0.0119
BingX	+10.96%	8h	$829K	$0.0118
Bitget	+10.96%	8h	$979K	$0.0119
KuCoin	+10.96%	8h	$90K	$0.0118
MEXC	+10.96%	8h	$606K	$0.0118
Variational	+10.96%	8h	$4K	$0.0118
Toobit	+10.96%	8h	$134K	$0.0118
Bitunix	+10.96%	8h	—	$0.0118
WEEX	+10.96%	8h	$893K	$0.0119
Pionex	+10.96%	8h	$6K	$0.0119
LBank	+10.96%	8h	—	$0.0118
Gate.ioBest Long	-0.33%	8h	$117K	$0.0118

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Funding Rates by Exchange

Funding Rates by Exchange

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