The trade behind the numbers
TSLA funding rates, explained
Every venue prices TSLA funding on its own book and its own clock. The gap between the cheapest and the richest is the whole trade — here is where it sits today, and what is left of it after fees.
Tokenized stock
TSLA is a tokenized stock
TSLA here is a tokenized Tesla perpetual — an on-chain contract that tracks the Tesla share price, tradable with leverage across 11 crypto venues without a brokerage account. You hold the perp, not the real share; it pays or charges funding to stay pinned to the stock.
That funding is the catch. Tesla's real market keeps a fixed session — closed overnight and at weekends — while the perp charges funding around the clock. Its market is closed right now, so the rate is being annualized against a shut underlying: the APR inflates into a number no one can actually earn. Read the current 8h funding, not the headline APR, whenever the market is closed.
The spread
How the TSLA spread is traded
Why the gap exists
The venues disagree, and that is the trade
A perpetual future never expires, so exchanges tether it to spot with a funding payment: a positive rate means longs pay shorts, a negative one means shorts pay longs. Every venue sets its own rate, on its own schedule, from its own order book — so the same contract can pay on one exchange and charge on another at the very same minute.
Hold both legs in equal size and the price risk cancels: whatever TSLA does, one leg gains what the other loses. What is left is the funding difference — an annualized 11.70% here, 1.27% once the round-trip fee of $2.00 per $1,000 is paid. Close before roughly 150 hours and it loses money however wide the spread looks — which is why break-even sits next to every number.
See the same maths applied across every coin on the strategy board and the markets table.
FAQ
Questions about TSLA funding
Can I trade Tesla with leverage on-chain?
Yes — TSLA is a tokenized Tesla perpetual listed on 11 crypto venues, so you can go long or short with leverage without a stock brokerage. It tracks the Tesla share price but settles in crypto; you hold the perp, not the underlying share.
Why is tokenized Tesla funding so high at night and on weekends?
Tesla's real market is closed outside its trading session, but the perp keeps charging funding around the clock to hold its peg. When the underlying is shut the rate often spikes, and annualizing that spike produces an APR no one can actually earn — which is why we lead with the current 8h rate for stocks while the market is closed.
Which exchanges list tokenized Tesla (TSLA)?
11 venues we track quote TSLA perpetuals, currently cheapest to long on Aster and richest to short on Nado. The table above lists the live rate on each.
What is the TSLA funding rate right now?
Aster is paying 0.0000% per 8h, while Nado charges 0.0013% per 1h. The table above lists the current rate on all 11 venues that quote TSLA perpetuals.
Which exchange has the best TSLA funding rate?
It depends on your side. A long pays least on Aster; a short earns most on Nado. Running both at once captures the gap between them without taking a directional bet on TSLA.
How is the annualized TSLA funding APR calculated?
Each venue pays funding on its own schedule — hourly, four-hourly or eight-hourly. We normalize every rate to a common period and compound it over a year, so venues on different schedules can be compared on one axis. Fees are then subtracted over the intended hold to give the net APR.
Is TSLA funding arbitrage risk-free?
No. The price risk is hedged, but fees, a rate that flips mid-hold, liquidation on one leg through margin imbalance, withdrawal delays and exchange risk all remain. Net APR and break-even tell you whether the trade survives its own costs — not whether the venues survive.
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The widest spreads on the board right now, net of both venues' taker fees — long the first venue, short the second.
