dYdX fees: maker, taker and VIP tiers
dYdX fees at a glance
- Base taker (Tier 1)
- 0.050% (5 bps)
- Base maker (Tier 1)
- 0.010% (1 bps)
- $10,000 BTC buy, measured
- 6.58 bps on October 16, 2026, place 35 of 38
- Lowest ladder taker rate
- 0.025% at Tier 6, from $100M of 30-day volume
- Funding period
- 1 hour on every market
- BTC perpetual leverage, up to
- 50x
dYdX stores its fee tiers as chain parameters, and a public REST node returns them. Makers pay nothing from Tier 4 ($25M) and earn a rebate from Tier 6 ($100M). On the $10,000 BTC buy, spread and impact added 1.58 bps to the 5.00 bps fee.
dYdX fees vs Binance and Hyperliquid
On the base taker rate, dYdX sits level with Binance and 0.5 bps above Hyperliquid.
| Venue | Maker, first level | Taker, first level | $10,000 market order fee | $100,000 market order fee | Lowest taker rate by volume | $10,000 BTC buy, measured bps | $100,000 BTC buy, measured bps | Funding every, hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dYdX | 0.010% | 0.050% | $5.00 | $50.00 | 0.025% from $100M | 6.58 | 8.92 | 1 |
| Binance | 0.020% | 0.050% | $5.00 | $50.00 | 0.017% from $25B | 5.01 | 5.01 | 8 |
| Hyperliquid | 0.015% | 0.045% | $4.50 | $45.00 | 0.024% from $7B | 4.56 | 4.56 | 1 |
dYdX fee tiers by 30-day volume
dYdX sets the level from 30-day perpetual trading volume in quote notional. Makers pay less at each step and start to earn a rebate at Tier 6, from $100M. The largest taker cut is from Tier 1 to Tier 2: 0.050% to 0.045%. A taker rate of 0.030% or less needs $50M here, below the $100M median of 12 ladders on these pages.
| Level | 30-day volume from | Maker | Taker |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 | $0 | 0.010% | 0.050% |
| Tier 2 | $1M | 0.010% | 0.045% |
| Tier 3 | $5M | 0.005% | 0.040% |
| Tier 4 | $25M | 0% | 0.035% |
| Tier 5 | $50M | 0% | 0.030% |
| Tier 6 | $100M | -0.007% | 0.025% |
| Tier 7 | $200M | -0.011% | 0.025% |
With $10M of 30-day volume, a dYdX account reaches Tier 3 and pays $4,000 in taker fees for that window.
| 30-day volume | Level | If every fill takes | If every fill makes |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1M | Tier 2, 0.045% taker | $450 | $100 |
| $10M | Tier 3, 0.040% taker | $4,000 | $500 |
| $100M | Tier 6, 0.025% taker | $25,000 | -$7,000 |
| $1B | Tier 7, 0.025% taker | $250,000 | -$110,000 |
Measured cost of a dYdX market buy
The trading fee is 76% of the $10,000 BTC cost on dYdX. Spread and price impact add the other 1.58 bps. The BTC cost on dYdX rises from 6.58 bps at $10,000 to 13.07 bps at $1,000,000. The sweep gave dYdX no ETH rank, because the engine could not confirm the book depth.
| Cost part | BTC $10,000 | BTC $100,000 | BTC $1,000,000 | ETH $10,000 | ETH $100,000 | ETH $1,000,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place in the sweep | 35 of 38 | 36 of 37 | 30 of 33 | Not ranked | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Taker fee, bps | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Half of the spread, bps | 1.58 | 1.58 | 1.58 | — | — | — |
| Price impact, bps | 0.00 | 2.34 | 6.49 | — | — | — |
| All-in cost, bps | 6.58 | 8.92 | 13.07 | — | — | — |
| All-in cost, USD | $6.58 | $89.19 | $1,307.22 | — | — | — |
Worked example: a $10,000 round trip on dYdX
Hypothetical: a $10,000 dYdX position opens and closes at one price, so only the trading fees apply. The measured BTC entry cost $6.58, and $1.58 of it was spread and impact. The exit pays its own spread and impact.
| Leg | Taker + taker, Tier 1 | Maker + taker, Tier 1 | Taker + taker, Tier 4 ($25M) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fee to open | $5.00 | $1.00 | $3.50 |
| Fee to close | $5.00 | $5.00 | $3.50 |
| Fee for both legs | $10.00 | $6.00 | $7.00 |
dYdX fee conditions, funding and leverage
dYdX settles funding every hour on every market. The dYdX BTC perpetual allows leverage of up to 50x.
- The fee tiers are parameters on dYdX Chain. The registry does not model staking discounts or per-market discounts. dydx-ops-rest.kingnodes.com, read August 1, 2026.
- One schedule applies to app and API orders. The endpoint is a public mainnet REST node that the dYdX docs list. dydx-ops-rest.kingnodes.com, read September 23, 2026.
dYdX fee questions
What fees does dYdX charge?
A new dYdX account at Tier 1 pays 0.050% to take liquidity and 0.010% to add it.
Volume can lower the taker rate to 0.025% at Tier 6, from $100M of 30-day volume.
That base taker rate equals the 0.050% median of 19 venues with a fee page.
How do dYdX fee tiers work?
dYdX has 7 fee levels, and 30-day perpetual trading volume in quote notional decides the level of an account.
The taker rate first falls at Tier 2, from $1M, to 0.045%.
How much does a $10,000 trade cost on dYdX?
A $10,000 taker order pays $5.00 in fees on dYdX at the base level, and a taker round trip pays $10.00.
The measured $10,000 BTC market buy cost 6.58 bps, or $6.58, on October 16, 2026. That placed dYdX 35 of 38.
Of that cost, 1.58 bps came from the spread and the price impact.
Is dYdX or Binance cheaper to trade?
Binance was cheaper on October 16, 2026: the $10,000 BTC buy cost 6.58 bps on dYdX and 5.01 bps on Binance.
At $100,000, the base taker fee is $50.00 on dYdX and $50.00 on Binance.
What is the dYdX funding interval?
dYdX settles funding every hour on every market.
More on dYdX
Sources
- Base rates: dydx-ops-rest.kingnodes.com, read September 23, 2026
- BTC leverage cap: indexer.dydx.trade
- Funding interval: docs.dydx.xyz
- Measured cost: PerpFinder cost methodology