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XAU arbitrage

XAU on 1 exchange spot and 23 in futures: live routes, past spreads and how long they last.

Prices at · open routes a minute older; real time in the scanners on paid plans · How we count

Price
$3,998.46
24h volume
$469M
Exchanges
23
1 spot · 23 futures
Routes now
0
0 take · 0 risky
Gaps in 7 days
41
22 over a minute

XAU right now

No route in profit after fees is worth a look right now.

Over 7 days a spread in profit opened 41 times, and 22 of them lasted a minute or longer; one usually closed within 3 min 08 s.

Funding per 8 hours runs from −0.1148% on Phemex to 0.0634% on Kraken, across 21 exchanges (outliers, markets under $50k a day and exchanges publishing no volume left out).

XAU arbitrage opportunities now

No route is profitable after fees right now.

XAU arbitrage strategy

No XAU route worth taking with an open transfer right now. Fresh routes are in the scanner.

XAU price on every exchange

Refreshed every 10 seconds. The best buy and sell prices are highlighted.

Spot · 1

ExchangeBidAskBook spread24h volume
WEEXXAU/USDT3,997.913,999.010.03%$30.2K

Perpetual futures · 23

ExchangeBidAskBook spreadFunding24h volume
OKXXAU/USDT3,999.003,999.100.00%0.0000%/8h$89.5M
GateXAU/USDT3,998.453,998.460.00%0.0000%/4h$87.2M
MEXCXAU/USDT3,997.253,997.290.00%0.0000%/4h$73.9M
DeepcoinXAU/USDT3,996.873,996.920.00%0.0100%/4h$68.2M
BitgetXAU/USDT3,996.843,996.850.00%0.0000%/4h$37.3M
XTXAU/USDT3,996.903,996.910.00%0.0000%/4h$32.9M
BybitXAU/USDT3,998.723,998.730.00%0.0000%/4h$27.6M
ExtendedXAU/USDC3,996.703,996.800.00%0.0004%/1h$18.3M
WEEXXAU/USDT3,997.113,997.150.00%0.0025%/4h$10.6M
LighterXAU/USDC3,991.183,991.340.00%0.0004%/1h$7.7M
HTXXAU/USDT3,998.593,998.600.00%0.0000%/4h$4.2M
ToobitXAU/USDT3,996.723,996.960.01%0.0000%/4h$3.5M

How often XAU spreads open

Exchange pairs between which the price drifted apart with a profit after fees over 7 days. “Over a minute” counts the gaps that held for a minute or longer: those can be caught. The rest are flashes of seconds that close before an order arrives.

MarketRouteOver a minuteGapsMedian lifetime
perp ↔ perpMode Trade perp → Poloniex perp117 min 41 s
perp ↔ perpWEEX perp → Poloniex perp113 min 15 s
perp ↔ perpGate perp → Poloniex perp113 min 08 s
perp ↔ perpPacifica perp → Kraken perp117 min 44 s
perp ↔ perpWOOFi Pro perp → Poloniex perp117 min 41 s
perp ↔ perpBigONE perp → Poloniex perp113 min 35 s
perp ↔ perpWOOFi Pro perp → Gate perp112 min 30 s
perp ↔ perpToobit perp → Poloniex perp113 min 45 s
perp ↔ perpWhiteBIT perp → Poloniex perp113 min 32 s
perp ↔ perpXT perp → Poloniex perp113 min 35 s
perp ↔ perpMEXC perp → Poloniex perp117 min 51 s
perp ↔ perpBinance perp → Poloniex perp113 min 47 s
perp ↔ perpBloFin perp → Poloniex perp113 min 42 s
perp ↔ perpHTX perp → Poloniex perp113 min 11 s
perp ↔ perpLighter perp → Poloniex perp113 min 18 s
perp ↔ perpKraken perp → Poloniex perp117 min 48 s
perp ↔ perpPacifica perp → Poloniex perp119 min 06 s
perp ↔ perpOKX perp → Poloniex perp113 min 45 s
perp ↔ perpBitget perp → Poloniex perp113 min 42 s
perp ↔ perpAster perp → Poloniex perp117 min 41 s

Networks, deposits and withdrawals

Whether the coin can be moved between exchanges: withdrawals open where you buy and deposits open where you sell. Refreshed every 5 minutes.

NetworkExchangeDepositWithdrawWithdrawal fee
ETHGateclosedclosed—

Gaps of a minute or longer, last 7 days

When (UTC)MarketRouteSpreadLastedTransfer
Oct 24, 03:50 AMperp ↔ perpPacifica → Kraken0.252%7 min 45 s—
Oct 23, 02:27 PMperp ↔ perpWOOFi Pro → Gate0.118%2 min 30 s—
Oct 21, 06:56 PMperp ↔ perpGate → Poloniex0.136%3 min 09 s—
Oct 21, 06:56 PMperp ↔ perpHTX → Poloniex0.131%3 min 12 s—
Oct 21, 06:56 PMperp ↔ perpWEEX → Poloniex0.158%3 min 15 s—
Oct 21, 06:56 PMperp ↔ perpBybit → Poloniex0.169%3 min 15 s—
Oct 21, 06:56 PMperp ↔ perpLighter → Poloniex0.179%3 min 18 s—
Oct 21, 06:55 PMperp ↔ perpWhiteBIT → Poloniex0.179%3 min 33 s—
Oct 21, 06:55 PMperp ↔ perpXT → Poloniex0.190%3 min 36 s—
Oct 21, 06:55 PMperp ↔ perpBigONE → Poloniex0.191%3 min 36 s—
Oct 21, 06:55 PMperp ↔ perpBitget → Poloniex0.203%3 min 42 s—
Oct 21, 06:55 PMperp ↔ perpBloFin → Poloniex0.149%3 min 42 s—
Oct 21, 06:55 PMperp ↔ perpToobit → Poloniex0.221%3 min 45 s—
Oct 21, 06:55 PMperp ↔ perpOKX → Poloniex0.202%3 min 45 s—
Oct 21, 06:55 PMperp ↔ perpBinance → Poloniex0.215%3 min 48 s—
Oct 21, 06:51 PMperp ↔ perpMode Trade → Poloniex0.246%7 min 42 s—
Oct 21, 06:51 PMperp ↔ perpAster → Poloniex0.234%7 min 42 s—
Oct 21, 06:51 PMperp ↔ perpWOOFi Pro → Poloniex0.251%7 min 42 s—
Oct 21, 06:51 PMperp ↔ perpCrypto.com → Poloniex0.255%7 min 45 s—
Oct 21, 06:51 PMperp ↔ perpKraken → Poloniex0.238%7 min 48 s—
Oct 21, 06:51 PMperp ↔ perpMEXC → Poloniex0.275%7 min 51 s—
Oct 21, 06:50 PMperp ↔ perpPacifica → Poloniex0.299%9 min 06 s—

Spread at the peak after taker fees. Lifetime is measured to about 3 s.

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FAQ

Why is the XAU spread so high on some exchanges?

No XAU route is in profit after fees now; a wide gap usually means a thin book, closed withdrawals or another token under the ticker. We have no network status from WEEX, so a transfer there cannot be checked.