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Trading Fee Structure

Tier30d Trading VolumeTaker (bps)
Maker (bps)Maker fees can be negative, meaning you earn rebates for providing liquidity.
07≥$200M2.5
-1.1
06≥$100M2.5
-0.7
05≥$50M3.0
0
04≥$25M3.5
0
03≥$5M4.0
0.5
02≥$1M4.5
1.0
01<$1M5.0
1.0
Maker Rebate Higher Than Competition

dYdX offers one of the most competitive maker rebates in the market, rewarding liquidity providers and high-frequency strategies.

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Surge Season 13 and April BONK Trading Competition Sprints

This month introduces multiple opportunities for traders to participate across different incentive programs. From fee discounts and liquidation rebates under Surge, to a new format of weekly BONK Trading Events focused on individual markets.

April 30, 2026
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Robust REST & WebSocket APIs

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Frequent Asked Questions

  • 1. Who holds the custody of my assets?

    On dYdX Chain, you hold custody of your own assets. Funds are held in your on-chain account (associated with your public-private keypair) and subaccounts.

  • 2. Which collateral do you support?

    dYdX currently supports USDC as the collateral token for trading. Subaccounts require USDC in order to trade. [Accounts and Subaccounts]

  • 3. Is there a support team I can reach out to?

    Yes. dYdX offers tech support via in-app live chat at dydx.trade> More > Help > Live Chat. Additional help articles are available at help.dydx.trade. You can also join the Discord community at discord.com/invite/dydx.If you’re a team building or partnering with dYdX, please reach out to us, and we will get in touch with you.

  • 4. Do you work with 3rd party custodians?

    Yes there’s custodians like fireblocks

  • 5. What is the round-trip latency on dYdX?

    The expected order-to-trade latency depends on. The time for an order to travel from the node it was submitted to, to the block proposer (location-dependent).

    • Order match → trade takes at least 1 block (~0.6–0.8 second), and could be more than 1 block in some cases.
    • Running your own full node in a region close to validators can reduce latency. [Full Nodes & Validators]

  • 6. What are the rate limits on dYdX?

    $1M Liquidation Rebate

    • Trading $10M+ Monthly?

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