dYdX fees: maker, taker and VIP tiers
dYdX fees at a glance
For a $10,000 BTC market buy, the September 25, 2026 sweep measured 7.84 bps on dYdX. That cost placed 40 of 43 venues. In the same sweep, Binance measured 5.13 bps, 2.72 bps less than dYdX. Taker orders at Tier 1 pay 0.050% on dYdX, level with the median of 19 venues, and maker orders pay 0.010%. With $100M of 30-day volume, the taker rate goes down to 0.025%. The schedule has 7 levels.
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 2.84 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 | Base maker | Base taker | Lowest ladder taker | Measured BTC buy, $10,000, bps | Funding interval, hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dYdX | 0.010% | 0.050% | 0.025% from $100M | 7.84 | 1 |
| Binance | 0.020% | 0.050% | 0.017% from $25B | 5.13 | 8 |
| Hyperliquid | 0.015% | 0.045% | 0.024% from $7B | 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% |
Measured cost of a dYdX market buy
The trading fee is 64% of the $10,000 BTC cost on dYdX. Spread and price impact add the other 2.84 bps. The BTC cost on dYdX rises from 7.84 bps at $10,000 to 21.29 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 | 40 of 43 | 41 of 42 | 35 of 37 | 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 | 2.84 | 2.84 | 2.84 | — | — | — |
| Price impact, bps | 0.00 | 7.64 | 13.44 | — | — | — |
| All-in cost, bps | 7.84 | 15.49 | 21.29 | — | — | — |
| All-in cost, USD | $7.84 | $154.86 | $2,128.68 | — | — | — |
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 $7.84, and $2.84 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.
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