Aster fees: maker and taker rates and measured cost
Aster fees at a glance
Maker orders on Aster pay 0%, and taker orders pay 0.040% (4 bps). The rates come from docs.asterdex.com, read on September 23, 2026. The stored sweep of September 25, 2026 put Aster at rank 16 of 43 for a $10,000 BTC market buy, at 4.25 bps. That is 0.87 bps less than Binance in the same sweep (5.13 bps).
Aster sets the fee by market group, so the BTC rate is not the rate of every pair. The registry holds no Aster volume ladder, because the VIP levels also depend on ASTER holdings.
Aster discounts and fee conditions
- The Crypto General group pays 0% maker and 0.04% taker. Crypto Group B pays 0.1% taker. docs.asterdex.com, read September 23, 2026.
- Aster VIP levels need trading volume and ASTER holdings. docs.asterdex.com, read September 3, 2026.
- USD1-quoted BTC, ETH and SOL pay 0.005% taker. The 1001x mode charges 0.08% on open and close below 500x, and Shield Mode charges 0.03%. docs.asterdex.com, read September 23, 2026.
Aster base maker and taker rates
Only the taking side pays: $4.00 on a $10,000 fill.
| Rate | Percent | bps | Fee on $10,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maker | 0% | 0 bps | $0.00 |
| Taker | 0.040% | 4 bps | $4.00 |
Measured cost of a Aster market buy
The trading fee is 94% of the $10,000 BTC cost on Aster. Spread and price impact add the other 0.25 bps. A $1,000,000 BTC buy cost 4.91 bps on Aster, 0.65 bps more than the $10,000 buy. A $10,000 ETH buy cost 0.30 bps more than the BTC buy.
| BTC order size | Place | Fee, bps | Half of spread, bps | Impact, bps | All-in, bps | All-in, USD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,000 | 16 of 43 | 4.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 4.25 | $4.25 |
| $100,000 | 9 of 42 | 4.00 | 0.25 | 0.01 | 4.26 | $42.65 |
| $1,000,000 | 6 of 37 | 4.00 | 0.23 | 0.68 | 4.91 | $490.70 |
| ETH order size | Place | Fee, bps | Half of spread, bps | Impact, bps | All-in, bps | All-in, USD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,000 | 14 of 43 | 4.00 | 0.55 | 0.00 | 4.55 | $4.55 |
| $100,000 | 10 of 42 | 4.00 | 0.37 | 0.00 | 4.37 | $43.68 |
| $1,000,000 | 7 of 35 | 4.00 | 0.37 | 1.28 | 5.65 | $565.15 |
Aster fees vs Binance and Hyperliquid
Aster undercuts both Binance and Hyperliquid on the base taker rate, by 1 and 0.5 bps.
| Metric | Aster | Binance | Hyperliquid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base maker | 0% | 0.020% | 0.015% |
| Base taker | 0.040% | 0.050% | 0.045% |
| Lowest ladder taker | — | 0.017% from $25B | 0.024% from $7B |
| Measured BTC buy, $10,000, bps | 4.25 | 5.13 | 4.56 |
| Funding interval, hours | 8 | 8 | 1 |
Worked example: a $10,000 round trip on Aster
Hypothetical: a $10,000 Aster position opens and closes at one price, so only the trading fees apply. The measured BTC entry cost $4.25, and $0.25 of it was spread and impact. The exit pays its own spread and impact.
| Entry + exit | Entry fee | Exit fee | Total fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taker + taker, base | $4.00 | $4.00 | $8.00 |
| Maker + taker, base | $0.00 | $4.00 | $4.00 |
Aster funding interval and leverage cap
Aster settles funding every 8 hours by default. The Aster BTC perpetual allows leverage of up to 200x.
- Aster sets the interval per pair. BTCUSDT uses 8 hours. docs.asterdex.com, read September 23, 2026.
More on Aster
Sources
- Base rates: docs.asterdex.com, read September 23, 2026
- BTC leverage cap: asterdex.com
- Funding interval: docs.asterdex.com
- Measured cost: PerpFinder cost methodology