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  • Getting Started
    • Overview
    • Privacy Perps
    • Trading Fees
    • Trader Profiles
    • Retail Price Improvement
    • FastFills
    • TradFi Markets
  • Spot Trading
    • Supported Order Types
    • Quoting & Settlement
    • Non-USDC Balances & Collateral
    • Naming Convention
  • Dated Options
    • Overview
    • Expiries and listing schedule
    • Mark price
    • Greeks
    • Margin requirements
    • FAQ
  • Orders
    • Placing Orders
    • Order Instructions
    • VWAP Price Protection for Market Orders
    • Price Impact and Slippage
    • How to Change Max Slippage
    • Margin Calculator
    • Self Trade Prevention
    • Receive Window
  • Instruments Guide
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  • How fees work
  • Your base rate
  • Discounts
  • Stake $DIME
  • Pay fees in $DIME
  • FastFills
  • Fee scenarios
  • Other fees
  • Options
  • Settlement

Trading Fees

Trading fees vary based on your Trader Profile, 14-day trading volume, $DIME staking tier, and whether you pay fees in $DIME.

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Trader Profiles

Users can choose between two trader profiles that best suits their strategy
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Transition period

During one week (April 22 - April 29, 1PM SGT), all users will enjoy VIP 6 and Special Pro tier fees along with Diamond tier staking discounts of 30% (taker fees of 0.7 bps for Retail and 1.96 bps for Pro; maker fees of 0% for everyone). Additional $DIME fee discounts can be enabled immediately.

How fees work

Spot & Perps fees are based on your Trader Profile and 14D volume, less any applicable discounts.

Your fee = base rate × (1 − total discount)

  • Maker fees are 0% for both profiles.
  • Pro fees cannot go below 1.75 bps (0.0175%), regardless of total discount.
  • Fees are charged on trade notional (Size × Trade Price).

Your base rate

Your base rate is set by your Trader Profile and combined 14D volume across your main account and subaccount(s).

Retail
Pro

Connected wallets holding a MoneyBadgers or ShizoPunks NFT qualify at lower volume thresholds.

Tier14D Volume (USD)Taker FeeMaker Fee
VIP 0 (Default)0.024%0%
VIP 1≥ 100KORNFT0.02%0%
VIP 2≥ 500KOR≥ 250K + NFT0.018%0%
VIP 3≥ 1MOR≥ 500K + NFT0.016%0%
VIP 4≥ 5MOR≥ 2.5M + NFT0.014%0%
VIP 5≥ 10MOR≥ 6M + NFT0.012%0%
VIP 6≥ 50MOR≥ 35M + NFT0.01%0%

Discounts

Three discounts are additive and apply to your volume-based taker fee:

Stake $DIME

Up to 30% off, scaling with the amount staked

Pay fees in $DIME

40% off for all orders during initial rollout

FastFills

30% off for Pro orders matching Retail

Stake $DIME

Stake $DIME for tiered Spot & Perps taker fee discounts, up to 30%.

Staking Tier$DIME StakedFee Discount
Base00%
Wood≥ 10K5%
Bronze≥ 50K10%
Silver≥ 100K15%
Gold≥ 500K20%
Platinum≥ 1M25%
Diamond≥ 2M30%

To unstake, submit an unstaking request at any time. A 24-hour cooldown follows, after which you must confirm to receive your funds. For more on $DIME, see $DIME Utility.

Pay fees in $DIME

Pay fees in $DIME for a flat 40% discount. Fees are deducted from your spot $DIME balance at the $DIME ↔ USDC mark price at transaction time.

Example

A user who stakes 100K $DIME (15% staking discount) and pays fees in $DIME (40% $DIME fee discount) gets a total discount of 55% (15% + 40%), applied to their volume-based taker fee.

FastFills

Pro taker fees get an additional 30% off when matching Retail orders, stackable with staking and $DIME discounts. The 1.75 bps (0.0175%) minimum fee still applies.

See FastFills for details.

Fee scenarios

How volume tiers, staking, $DIME fee payment, and FastFills combine to determine a user’s final taker fee.

ScenarioVolume TierBase Taker Fee$DIME Fee DiscountStaking AmountStaking DiscountFastFills DiscountTotal DiscountFinal Fee
Retail AVIP 50.012%40%1M $DIME25%—65%0.0042%
Retail BVIP 10.02%40%50K $DIME10%—50%0.01%
Pro APro 10.042%40%10K $DIME5%30%75%0.0175%*
Pro BPro 40.035%40%2M $DIME30%—70%0.0175%*
*Minimum Pro fee of 1.75 bps (0.0175%) applies.

Other fees

Options

Fees are capped at 12.5% of the option price (premium). The FastFills 30% discount applies to Pro taker fees matching Retail orders.

ProfileMaker FeeTaker Fee
Retail0.0075%0.0075%
Pro0.0075%0.0125%

Settlement

When a market is delisted, a settlement fee applies to any positions still open.

MarketFee
Spot and Perpetual Futures0.015%
Dated Options0.0075%