Funding-rate arbitrage bot
Hold spot, short the perpetual, collect the funding payments — marketed as delta-neutral, market-independent yield.
What it actually does
Pairs a long spot position with an equal short perp so price moves cancel out, harvesting the periodic funding rate paid between perp traders.
Where it exists
Offered by:
Before running it anywhere, compare what the round-trips will cost on the fees page — on thin edges the fee tier decides the outcome.
Our out-of-sample verdict: no proven edge (−14% OOS)
Our walk-forward test finished 14% down out-of-sample after real costs. Funding flips sign, entries and exits pay four fee legs, and the best funding windows attract so much capital they close. Delta-neutral is not risk-free — it is fee-exposed and crowding-exposed.
Funding edge walk-forward →Test strategies with $0 at risk → Our testing method
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