# Crypto exchange fee list for 2026

Updated: 24 September 2026. Rate pages read 18 September 2026. Books timed 21 September 2026. The Cost Per Trade pricing desk

## The crypto exchange fee list in full

Order-book venues first, cheapest round trip first; pool-priced venues below them. A tariff prices the
trade and not the risk: on leverage, the whole margin behind a position can go.

| Line | Venue | Maker | Taker | Fees on $10,000 | Book adds | All-in on $10,000 | Score of 50 | Perp markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1= | Lighter | 0% | 0% | $0.00 | $0.86 | $0.86 | 42.8 | 214 |
| 1= | Paradex | 0% | 0% | $0.00 | $191.52 | $191.52 | 31.9 | 63 |
| 3 | Extended | 0% | 0.025% | $5.00 | $0.12 | $5.12 | 38.4 | 325 |
| 4 | Aster | 0% | 0.040% | $8.00 | $0.16 | $8.16 | 36.3 | 578 |
| 5= | edgeX | 0.040% | 0.045% | $9.00 | $0.04 | $9.04 | 36.2 | 172 |
| 5= | Hyperliquid | 0.015% | 0.045% | $9.00 | $0.12 | $9.12 | 33.1 | 324 |
| 5= | EVEDEX | 0.015% | 0.045% | $9.00 | $4.12 | $13.12 | 32.5 | 52 |

Weights: Published rate 40 · Execution cost 30 · Where the money sits 12 · Security record 8 · What the rate buys 6 · Who may pay it 4, on a scale of zero to 50, fixed 22 September 2026 before any venue was priced. Method in full: https://thundermessage.com/how-we-price

Rates are the entry tier, read 18 September 2026. The fee column is twice the taker rate on a $10,000 position; the book column is what the order-book readings show that order paying past the mid price, in and out; all-in is the two added. Every venue here restricts access by jurisdiction; the list is in each one's own terms. Listed but not priced: GMX, gTrade, Jupiter Perps, Ostium, Orderly (WOOFi Pro) — they charge a position fee instead of maker and taker rates, or the front-end sets the rate.

## The verdict

This crypto exchange fee list covers twelve perpetual futures venues on 24 September 2026: seven with an order
book, priced from nothing to $9.00 on a $10,000 round trip, and five priced by a pool,
which charge a position fee instead.

## Notes on this sheet

1. Published taker rates on the seven order-book venues run from 0% to 0.045%.
2. Four of the seven charge makers nothing at all; the dearest maker rate here is 0.040%.
3. Pool-priced venues charge 0.035% to 0.06% a side, plus price impact and borrowing.

## Line 1. [Lighter](https://lighter.xyz) — $0.86 all-in on $10,000, for no fee on the default account

0% maker and 0% taker on the Standard account, with 300-millisecond taker latency; Premium pays 0.004%
and 0.028% ([Lighter fees](https://docs.lighter.xyz/trading/trading-fees), checked 18 September 2026).

- Buys: Nothing charged on either side of the default account; 214 perpetual markets.
- Not covered: Free orders wait 300 milliseconds; No public bug bounty.
- Not for: latency-sensitive trading on the free tier.

## Line 1. [Paradex](https://www.paradex.trade) — $191.52 all-in on $10,000, for no fee on retail web orders

Nothing either side on web orders since 15 June 2026, with a 300-millisecond bump and three orders a
second; Pro 0 pays 0.003% and 0.045% ([Paradex fee page](https://api.prod.paradex.trade/v1/system/volume-tiers), checked 18 September 2026).

- Buys: No maker or taker fee on web orders; A Sherlock bounty of up to 500,000 USDC.
- Not covered: $870.00 within 10 basis points, the thinnest book on file; Retail orders capped at three a second.
- Not for: size.

## Line 3. [Extended](https://extended.exchange/) — $5.12 all-in on $10,000, for one flat rate for everyone

0% maker / 0.025% taker for every account and order type, with 0.010% for takers on real-world assets
([Extended fees](https://docs.extended.exchange/extended-resources/trading/trading-fees-and-rebates), checked 18 September 2026).

- Buys: No tier to climb and no latency penalty; Bug bounty of up to $500,000.
- Not covered: 278 of 325 markets are request-for-quote; No volume discount.
- Not for: accounts expecting a volume ladder.

## Line 4. [Aster](https://www.asterdex.com) — $8.16 all-in on $10,000, for nothing for makers, at every tier

Makers pay nothing at all VIP tiers since 2 February 2026; VIP 1 takers pay 0.040%
([Aster fees](https://docs.asterdex.com/trading/perpetuals/fees-and-specs/fees), checked 18 September 2026).

- Buys: 578 perpetual markets, the widest list on file; 0.01 bps median spread.
- Not covered: Two of its own pages quote different fees; Chain code and bridge validators are closed.
- Not for: takers.

## Line 5. [edgeX](https://pro.edgex.exchange) — $9.04 all-in on $10,000, for the deepest book and the dearest maker rate

0.040% maker / 0.045% taker for regular users on V2 perpetuals
([edgeX tier table](https://pro.edgex.exchange/en-US/vip), checked 18 September 2026); the help centre still lists older V1 rates.

- Buys: $29.2 million resting within 10 basis points; Documented withdrawals that bypass the operator.
- Not covered: 0.040% to makers; Contradictory fee pages in its own help centre.
- Not for: makers.

## Line 5. [Hyperliquid](https://hyperliquid.xyz) — $9.12 all-in on $10,000, for a volume ladder across every market

Base tier 0.015% maker / 0.045% taker, falling with 14-day weighted volume and staked HYPE, one tier
across every market ([Hyperliquid fees](https://hyperliquid.gitbook.io/hyperliquid-docs/trading/fees), checked 18 September 2026).

- Buys: 324 markets under one fee tier; Bug bounty of up to 1 million USDC.
- Not covered: Base rate of 0.045% until volume arrives; Vault losses in March and November 2025.
- Not for: accounts that stay at the base tier.

## Line 5. EVEDEX — $13.12 all-in on $10,000, for a fixed rate with cashback afterwards

0.015% maker / 0.045% taker, unchanged by volume; cashback returns up to 35% of a trader's own fees, bringing
the effective taker rate to 0.02925% (EVEDEX documentation, noted 18 September 2026).

- Buys: Cashback on fees already paid, up to 35%; Shares, currencies, commodities and pre-IPO contracts on one balance.
- Not covered: 52 perpetual markets, the shortest list among the scored venues; No bug bounty listed on CertiK Skynet, checked 18 September 2026; Cross margin only.
- Not for: traders who want the rate itself to fall.

## [GMX](https://gmx.io) — oracle-priced trades on Arbitrum without an order book

Not priced, Oracle pool.

0.04% of size when an order narrows the open-interest imbalance, 0.06% when it widens it, to open and
again to close ([GMX fees](https://docs.gmx.io/docs/trading/fees/), checked 18 September 2026).

- Buys: 103 markets, gold, oil and index contracts among them; A bounty paying up to $5,000,000.
- Not covered: The cheaper rate depends on which way an order moves the imbalance; Its V1 vault lost about $42m on 9 July 2025, leaving holders roughly $2.0m short.
- Not for: orders meant to rest and earn a maker rate.

## [gTrade](https://gains.trade) — currency, commodity and stock pairs priced by oracle

Not priced, Oracle vault.

BTC and ETH cost 0.035% to open and the same to close, core crypto 0.05%, currencies 0.012% to 0.02%
([Gains fees](https://docs.gains.trade/gtrade-leveraged-trading/fees-and-spread), checked 18 September 2026).

- Buys: 178 live pairs across five asset classes; An email login opens a trade with the gas paid for.
- Not covered: The bounty link in its own menu was dead on 18 September 2026; Currencies, commodities and stocks close with their session and gap on reopening.
- Not for: anyone needing every market open at all hours.

## [Jupiter Perps](https://jup.ag/perps) — leverage on SOL, ETH and BTC from a Solana wallet

Not priced, Oracle pool.

A flat 0.06% of trade size on opening and again on closing, with a price-impact fee and an hourly
borrow fee on top ([Jupiter fees](https://docs.jup.ag/user-docs/trade/perps/fees), checked 18 September 2026).

- Buys: One rate, with no tier to reach and no volume to prove; Three audits between 2023 and 2024.
- Not covered: Three markets only, and nothing outside crypto; Its disclosure programme publishes no reward and no maximum.
- Not for: anyone wanting a market beyond SOL, ETH and BTC.

## [Ostium](https://www.ostium.com) — stocks and currencies priced by oracle

Not priced, Oracle vault.

BTC costs 0.06% to open and nothing to close, read from the protocol's own contract
([Ostium fees](https://docs.ostium.com/traders/reference/fees), checked 18 September 2026), plus $0.10 per price request.

- Buys: 83 instruments across six asset classes, one balance; Three audit firms and a bounty paying up to $200,000.
- Not covered: Its own markets page still lists 0.10% where the contract returns 0.06%; Closing in profit within 15 seconds costs up to 40 basis points.
- Not for: exits that must carry no timing penalty.

## [Orderly (WOOFi Pro)](https://orderly.network/) — one shared book behind many front-ends

Not priced, Hybrid, not scored.

Orderly charges the front-end a base rate and the front-end sets what a trader pays; WOOFi Pro's first
tier is 0.025% and 0.040% ([Orderly fees](https://orderly.network/docs/introduction/trade-on-orderly/trading-basics/trading-fees), checked 18 September 2026).

- Buys: 80 markets on one book, reachable from 16 chains; Three audit firms and a bounty paying up to $100,000.
- Not covered: The rate belongs to the front-end, so one book is sold at several prices; Its web and interface bounty programme is shown as paused.
- Not for: anyone comparing one published rate across venues.

## Venues priced by a pool, not a book

Five venues here have no maker or taker side. On four of them an order opens against a pool at an
oracle price and pays a position fee. On the fifth the book is real, but the rate belongs to whichever
front-end carries it. None is scored: the execution-cost criterion needs a book they lack or do not
price themselves.

## Quoted from the rate pages

> "The position fee is 0.04% or 0.06% of the position size. It applies when opening, closing, increasing, or partially decreasing a position." — GMX documentation, Trading fees, 18 September 2026. https://docs.gmx.io/docs/trading/fees/
> "A flat fee of 0.06% is charged on the trade size when opening or closing a position." — Jupiter documentation, Perps fees, 18 September 2026. https://docs.jup.ag/user-docs/trade/perps/fees
> "Currently, Extended features a flat fee structure for both perpetuals and spot markets: Taker: 0.025% Maker: 0.000%" — Extended documentation, Trading Fees, 18 September 2026. https://docs.extended.exchange/extended-resources/trading/trading-fees-and-rebates
## FAQ

### What are typical crypto exchange fees?

Among the order-book venues here two schedules are each published by two of them: nothing on either
side, and 0.015% maker / 0.045% taker. Rates run from nothing on two venues up to 0.045% for
takers on the dearest of them, all of it read on 18 September 2026.

### How do I compare crypto exchange fees?

Convert the rate into money on a size you actually trade. A $10,000 round trip costs nothing on two
venues here, $5.00 on Extended and $9.00 on edgeX. Then add the spread
and the price impact of the market itself.

### What is a position fee?

The charge a pool-priced venue makes for opening or closing, in place of maker and taker rates. GMX
charges 0.04% or 0.06% of position size each way and Jupiter Perps a flat 0.06%, and both add price
impact and borrowing on top.

### Do DEX and CEX fees differ much?

Less than they used to. Several venues here charge retail nothing, and the 0.015% maker / 0.045% taker
schedule that two of them publish sits close to what large centralized venues publish. The bigger differences are
custody, sign-in and the countries each one turns away.

### Which crypto exchange has the highest fees?

Of the twelve venues priced here, edgeX publishes the dearest order-book schedule at
0.040% maker / 0.045% taker, which comes to $9.00 on a $10,000 round trip. Pool-priced GMX
charges up to 0.06% of position size each way instead, and every figure carries 18 September 2026.

### Are perpetual futures fees charged per day?

Trading fees are charged per order, not per day. What accrues over time is funding, which moves between
long and short holders at intervals each venue sets, along with the borrowing costs charged on
pool-priced venues such as GMX and Jupiter Perps.

### what's the full list of perp dex fees somewhere?

This page is one, read on 18 September 2026 from each venue's own rate page. It covers seven order-book
venues with maker and taker rates and five pool-priced ones charging position fees. Every figure carries
the page it came from and the day it was read.

### Why do some venues quote fees in basis points?

A basis point is one hundredth of a percent, so 0.045% is four and a half basis points.
Hyperliquid publishes its tier table that way while most venues use percentages; the notations mean the
same charge. Basis points also avoid the decimal drift a hurried reading introduces.

### Does the fee change with leverage?

No. Fees are charged on the notional size of the position, not the margin behind it, so a $10,000
position costs the same whether it is backed by $10,000 or by $100. Leverage changes the risk, not the
rate, and how fast that fee eats the margin.

### How often do perp DEX fee schedules change?

Often enough that a dated figure matters. Aster set maker fees to zero on 2 February 2026 and Paradex
dropped retail fees on 15 June 2026, both of them inside a year. Every figure here carries the date it
was read.

## How this sheet was priced

Quoted off each venue's own pages, 18 September 2026: rates, market counts, sign-in rules, audits.
Read off the public book here: every BTC perpetual, 00:00 to 23:54 UTC on 21 September 2026, at ten-minute stops. The weights came
first, 22 September 2026, before any of the 7 venues was priced
([how we rate](/how-we-price)). No order was sent.

The price here leaves out volume tiers, staking, rebates and cashback. Funding is billed on its own
clock. One contract was timed: BTC. What a chain is told, and what the past 24 months hold, come from
the venue's telling, not from anything tested here.

One published formula, fixed before anything was priced. Every figure carries the day it was taken. Corrections: desk@thundermessage.com.

The Cost Per Trade pricing desk, 24 September 2026

This price desk is paid to publish, and a venue on the sheet may be the party that paid; the order of every column is the published formula.