SOON arbitrage explained
Right now SOON trades on 9 venues we scan: 8 perpetual markets, 4 spot markets and 0 DEX pools. The lowest ask is on Bitget spot at $0.3291 and the highest bid on Gate perp at $0.3299.
The widest SOON perpetual spread is between Bitget and Gate: long SOON on Bitget at $0.3293 and short on Gate at $0.3299 for +0.18% gross, or +0.02% 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 0.000% per day, which the position collects while it is open.
For a spot–perpetual (cash-and-carry) trade, the best SOON route is to buy spot on Bitget and short the perpetual on Gate: +0.24% gross, +0.04% net, with +0.030% a day of funding on the short leg.
Spot–spot SOON arbitrage (buy on Bitget, withdraw, deposit and sell on Gate) shows +0.05% 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 SOON 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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