Cheapest exchange to trade DOGE perpetual futures
MEXC was first on DOGE perps at $10,000 with 2.61 bps, ahead of the zero-fee Lighter at 3.46 bps.
- MEXC, $10K DOGE
- 2.61 bps
- Rank 2, Lighter
- 3.46 bps
- Venues ranked
- 32
- Rank 1 at $1M, Toobit
- 7.21 bps
DOGE venues ranked by total cost in bps
| # | Venue | $10,000 | Fee | Spread + impact | $100,000 | $1,000,000 | Type | Depth read | Top 5, 7 days | Rank 1, 7 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MEXC | 2.61 | 2.00 | 0.61 | 2.61 | 7.46 | CEX | $26.8M | 28 | 23 |
| 2 | Lighter | 3.46 | 0.00 | 3.46 | 8.32 | 25.67 | DEX | $1.5M | 26 | 5 |
| 3 | RISEx | 3.61 | 3.00 | 0.61 | 8.66 | — | DEX | $282K | 25 | 0 |
| 4 | Paradex | 4.25 | 0.00 | 4.25 | — | — | DEX | $37K | 27 | 0 |
| 5 | Aster | 4.61 | 4.00 | 0.61 | 5.75 | 11.61 | DEX | $1.7M | 19 | 0 |
| 6 | Extended | 4.93 | 2.50 | 2.43 | 6.76 | 15.44 | DEX | $1.6M | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Binance | 5.61 | 5.00 | 0.61 | 7.63 | 15.98 | CEX | $13.3M | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Hyperliquid | 5.65 | 4.50 | 1.15 | 6.37 | 20.60 | DEX | $972K | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Bybit | 6.11 | 5.50 | 0.61 | 8.65 | 20.60 | CEX | $6.1M | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | OKX | 6.21 | 5.00 | 1.21 | 6.12 | 16.21 | CEX | $4.7M | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | GRVT | 6.32 | 4.50 | 1.82 | 10.01 | — | DEX | $667K | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Bitunix | 6.61 | 6.00 | 0.61 | 6.78 | 11.26 | CEX | $4.5M | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | BloFin | 6.61 | 6.00 | 0.61 | 9.81 | 15.24 | CEX | $15.0M | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Toobit | 6.61 | 6.00 | 0.61 | 7.21 | 7.21 | CEX | $103.4M | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | BingX | 6.82 | 5.00 | 1.82 | 6.30 | 9.11 | CEX | $14.2M | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | edgeX | 6.93 | 4.50 | 2.43 | 7.37 | 16.05 | DEX | $1.5M | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Gate.io | 7.43 | 5.00 | 2.43 | 10.42 | 31.17 | CEX | $10.4M | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Avantis | 7.50 | 4.50 | 3.00 | 7.65 | — | DEX, oracle | — | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Bitget | 7.82 | 6.00 | 1.82 | 9.60 | 19.31 | CEX | $10.1M | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | KuCoin | 8.05 | 6.00 | 2.05 | 15.54 | 46.78 | CEX | $3.6M | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | HTX | 8.24 | 6.00 | 2.24 | 14.76 | 52.56 | CEX | $2.0M | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | XT.COM | 8.43 | 6.00 | 2.43 | 11.14 | 22.30 | CEX | $10.9M | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Pacifica | 8.65 | 4.00 | 4.65 | 13.91 | — | DEX | $224K | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Deribit | 8.94 | 3.50 | 5.44 | 12.64 | — | CEX | $629K | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | NADO | 8.96 | 3.50 | 5.46 | 17.24 | — | DEX | $285K | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GMX | 9.32 | 6.00 | 3.32 | 10.72 | 19.44 | DEX, oracle | — | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Phemex | 9.64 | 6.00 | 3.64 | 17.13 | 34.77 | CEX | $2.8M | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Kraken | 9.85 | 5.00 | 4.85 | 13.24 | 40.43 | CEX | $3.0M | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Crypto.com | 12.00 | 4.00 | 8.00 | 38.51 | — | CEX | $199K | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | WhiteBIT | 15.88 | 5.50 | 10.38 | 22.76 | 50.84 | CEX | $9.5M | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | SunX | 22.01 | 4.00 | 18.01 | 25.09 | — | DEX | $253K | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Apex Omni | 23.19 | 5.00 | 18.19 | 85.96 | — | DEX | $157K | 0 | 0 |
Not ranked at $10,000: Aevo (book could not fill within 2%); dYdX (depth not confirmed); Gains (quote not measured).
In a top five, not ranked now: Gains (4 of 28, 7 days).
DOGE cost facts
- Lead over rank 2
- 0.85 bps at $10,000 and 3.14 bps at $100,000
- Zero-fee DOGE venue
- Lighter, rank 2
- DOGE books under 0.1 bps at $10,000
- 0
- Rank 1 at $1,000,000
- Toobit, 7.21 bps
- Median cost added up to $1,000,000
- 11.00 bps
- CEX and DEX ranked at $10,000
- 18 and 14
Stored sweep of October 16, 2026 at 06:56 UTC, cost methodology v9. Values in basis points (bps).
DOGE analysis by section7 sections from the same sweep
No DOGE venue had less than 0.1 bps of spread and impact at $10,000.
A $100,000 DOGE order
MEXC cost 2.61 bps for $100,000 of DOGE, and Aster cost 5.75 bps. Half of the 32 ranked venues cost more than 9.70 bps.
Aevo and Paradex had no $100,000 rank, because their books could not fill the order.
DOGE cost at $1,000,000
Toobit had the lowest $1,000,000 DOGE cost, 7.21 bps, and MEXC was next with 7.46 bps. The median of the 23 ranked venues was 19.44 bps.
From $10,000 to $1,000,000, the median DOGE venue added 11.00 bps. DOGE was number 5 of 7 assets on this measure, lowest first.
The MEXC lead on DOGE
The gap between MEXC and the rank-2 venue was 0.85 bps at $10,000 and 3.14 bps at $100,000.
The 2.00 bps MEXC fee was the lowest fee above zero on the DOGE ranking. No other ranked venue charges that fee.
The MEXC book added 0.61 bps at $10,000 and 5.46 bps at $1,000,000.
Lighter and its 0 bps fee on DOGE
The Lighter DOGE ranks for the three sizes were 2, 13 and 16.
With no fee, the book was the whole Lighter cost: 3.46, 8.32 and 25.67 bps, smallest order first.
MEXC had the lower total at each size where both venues had a rank.
DOGE rank 1 in the last 7 days
MEXC had DOGE rank 1 in 23 of the 28 sweeps from the last 7 days. Lighter (5) had the other wins. In the DOGE top five, Paradex (27), Lighter (26), RISEx (25), Aster (19) and Extended (6) appeared most often after it.
Where DOGE depth runs out
All but two of the DOGE books could fill $100,000 before the price moved 2%. At $1,000,000, 11 books could not: Aevo, Apex Omni, Avantis, Crypto.com, Deribit, GRVT and five more.
Eight of the 10 venues without a $1,000,000 rank are DEXs. DEXs with an order book held 12 DOGE ranks at $10,000 and 5 at $1,000,000.
The DOGE venue mix by size
At $10,000, 18 centralized exchanges (CEX) and 14 decentralized exchanges (DEX) had a DOGE rank. At $1,000,000, the split was 16 CEX and 7 DEX.
Four of the five cheapest $1,000,000 DOGE venues were CEX venues.
The median CEX cost was 7.62 bps at $10,000 and 19.96 bps at $1,000,000. The DEX medians were 6.62 bps and 19.44 bps.
On the $1,000,000 DOGE order, the best-placed DEX was Aster, at rank 5.
Terms used on this page
- Total trading cost (all-in cost)
- Total trading cost (all-in cost) is the selected-side cost of one order at a given size: the fee plus half of the spread plus the price impact, in bps and USD.
- Bid-ask spread
- The spread is the gap between the best bid and the best ask, in basis points (bps) of the mid price. A market order pays half of the spread.
- Slippage (price impact)
- Slippage (price impact) is the extra cost of an order that fills through more than one price level, measured beyond the best quote. A larger order has more price impact.
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PerpFinder. "Cheapest exchange to trade DOGE perpetual futures." Stored sweep of October 16, 2026 at 06:56 UTC, cost methodology v9. https://perpfinder.com/cheapest-perp-exchange/doge DOGE 7-day cost series (CSV): https://perpfinder.com/api/data/cost-history?market=perp&asset=DOGE&size=10000&days=7&format=csv
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