AEON arbitrage explained
Right now AEON trades on 7 venues we scan: 6 perpetual markets, 5 spot markets and 0 DEX pools. The lowest ask is on Bitget spot at $0.0681 and the highest bid on Gate perp at $0.0683.
The widest AEON perpetual spread is between OKX and Gate: long AEON on OKX at $0.0682 and short on Gate at $0.0683 for +0.16% gross, or +0.00% after the 0.16% two-leg fee model. No transfer is needed: both positions stay on their exchanges until the prices converge. The funding difference on this pair is +0.304% per day, which the position collects while it is open.
For a spot–perpetual (cash-and-carry) trade, the best AEON route is to buy spot on Bitget and short the perpetual on Gate: +0.25% gross, +0.05% net, with +0.334% a day of funding on the short leg.
Spot–spot AEON arbitrage (buy on Bitget, withdraw, deposit and sell on Gate) shows +0.10% gross right now. It only works if withdrawals on the buying exchange and deposits on the selling exchange are open, so check the D/W dots before moving coins.
Small AEON gaps usually disappear after fees, slippage and funding. Look at the Net column, the executable Depth and the spread history before trading: a gap that has been open for days is a different trade from a one-minute spike.
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