Live funding rates across every perpetual on LMEX Markets. Funding settles every 8 hours — positive rates mean longs pay shorts, negative means shorts pay longs.
Perpetual futures have no expiry date. To keep the perpetual price aligned with the underlying spot price, exchanges use a funding rate — a periodic payment between long and short positions.
On LMEX Markets, funding settles every 8 hours. Positive rates mean the perpetual trades at a premium to spot — longs pay shorts. Negative rates mean the perpetual trades at a discount — shorts pay longs.
High positive funding (typically >0.05% per 8h, ~54% annualised) creates arbitrage opportunities: short the perp, buy spot, and collect the funding payments while remaining delta-neutral. Read our deep dive: Funding Rate Arbitrage Across Asset Classes →