Fee & Capital Optimization
Fees follow filled notional, not your balance.
What the example shows
Published base rates, checked 2026-10-26 — not your account's quote
Result: $1.10, $5.50, or $11.00 per round trip
Filled notional × 0.055% × 2 sides: $1,000 → $1.10 · $5,000 → $5.50 · $10,000 → $11.00
One round trip only. These figures are not a monthly bill and should not be multiplied by an assumed number of trades.
Fee = filled notional × fee rate, charged separately on the opening order and the closing order. Binance publishes the same formula for USDⓈ-M futures, and OKX's UAE help center charges opening and closing separately.
So a $10,000 balance that places one $1,000 round trip pays the same $1.10 as a $1,000 balance placing the same orders. Ten such round trips cost $11.00 on either account. Turnover, not balance, sets the bill.
Each figure is two sides at the same notional: Bybit 0.055% taker and 0.02% maker; OKX's UAE regular-user example 0.05% taker and 0.02% maker. A limit order is maker only if it rests on the book and adds liquidity; a limit order that executes immediately can be charged as taker. OKX's page also carries an account-availability notice, so confirm the product in your own account.
A $1,000 margin balance controlling $10,000 of notional pays fees on the $10,000 filled: $11.00 at Bybit's taker rate, not $1.10. Leverage does not lower cost or capital risk. A 1% adverse move on $10,000 is a $100 loss before fees.
Funding is separate. It applies only if a perpetual position is open at a funding timestamp, and it can be paid or received. Spread, slippage, and liquidation costs also sit outside the fee line.
On one $1,000 round trip, the Bybit and OKX UAE taker examples differ by $0.10, and maker versus taker on Bybit differs by $0.70. Those gaps matter when you place many orders, rely on market orders, or use leverage. They matter little for one spot purchase you plan to hold.
Eligibility decides first. U.S. residents should not use these global services. In the UAE, Dubai retail derivatives point to OKX, while outside Dubai Bybit is the first account to check where your exact account permits the product. If a daily income target is behind the question, read the $100-a-day math first.
Next step
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Bybit: Trading fee structure
Updated 2026-09-02. VIP 0 perpetual/futures taker 0.055%, maker 0.02%; spot 0.10%/0.10%. Actual rates vary by region and account. Checked 2026-10-26.
Binance: Futures trading fees
Commission = notional × fee rate, funding separate, and the eligible 10% BNB discount on USDⓈ-M futures commission. No universal UAE base rate. Checked 2026-10-26.
OKX UAE: How to calculate the contract transaction fee
Regular-user example of 0.05% taker and 0.02% maker, opening and closing charged separately. Checked 2026-10-26.
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Funding rates explained
Funding is separate from the fee line and applies only at funding timestamps.
Not directly. Fees are charged on filled notional, so a $1,000 order costs the same whether the account holds $1,000 or $10,000. Account size matters only through how large and how often you trade.
At Bybit's checked regular-user rates, a same-price entry and exit costs $11.00 as taker or $4.00 as maker. OKX's UAE regular-user example gives $10.00 taker or $4.00 maker. Spread, slippage, funding, and tax are extra.
It increases the notional you can trade, and fees follow notional. $1,000 of margin controlling $10,000 pays fees on $10,000, so leverage never lowers the cost of a position.
No. A limit order is maker only if it rests on the book and adds liquidity. A limit order priced to execute immediately can be charged as taker.