NIO funding rates and arbitrage

Name: NIO funding rates and arbitrage
Creator: AfterFees
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Updated 2026-10-29 15:26 UTC

Best NIO arbitrage after every cost

No NIO pair nets a profit at this size right now.

At $10,000 per side, held 7 days, after taker fees, order-book slippage and carry.

NIO funding rate on every exchange

Exchange	Contract	Rate	Every	Annualised	Settled 7d, annualised	Open interest	Next settlement
MEXC	NIOSTOCK_USDT	0.2470%	8 h	+270.5%	+54.5%	$700.2K	2026-10-29 16:00
Bitget	NIOUSDT	0.2459%	8 h	+269.3%	+54.5%	$643.5K	2026-10-29 16:00
BingX	NCSKNIO2USD-USDT	0.2420%	8 h	+265.0%	+55.6%	$959.5K	2026-10-29 16:00

Cost to enter $10,000 of NIO

Exchange	Contract	Fee + slippage	Source
BingX	NCSKNIO2USD-USDT	9.5 bp	top of book only
Bitget	NIOUSDT	25.4 bp	top of book only
MEXC	NIOSTOCK_USDT	27.4 bp	top of book only

Taker fee plus slippage of a market buy of $10,000 from the mid price, at standard (VIP0) fees.

Questions

Is NIO funding-rate arbitrage profitable right now?

Not at $10,000 per side for 7 days: no NIO pair shows a verified profit after fees and order-book slippage right now. Rates change every hour; the live page re-ranks continuously.

Which exchange has the highest NIO funding rate?

MEXC at +270.5% a year (0.2470% every 8 h); the lowest is BingX at +265.0%. A positive rate is paid by longs to shorts, a negative one by shorts to longs.

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