Perp DEX Cost Comparison
Compare total trading costs across perpetual futures exchanges. See base fees and order book slippage side by side for BTC, ETH, and SOL at different trade sizes.
Understanding Trading Costs
Trading cost on a perpetual DEX is more than just the taker fee. When you market-buy into an order book, you walk up the ask side and pay progressively higher prices — the gap between the mid-price and your volume-weighted average price (VWAP) is slippage. On thin books or large sizes, slippage can dwarf the base fee.
This tool fetches live order book snapshots from Hyperliquid, dYdX, and Drift, then simulates filling your chosen trade size to calculate real-time slippage in basis points. Oracle-based DEXes like Jupiter and GMX execute at oracle price with no order book slippage, so they show fee-only cost. Use the asset and size selectors to see how costs shift with market conditions.
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