Bitget Fees Explained: Maker, Taker and What Copy Traders Pay
Bitget's real spot and futures schedule, why the BGB discount won't touch your futures fees, and how copy trading quietly multiplies the bill, plus the 30% that comes back.
- Bitget charges 0.10% maker and taker on spot, and 0.020% maker with 0.060% taker on USDT perpetuals, on the standard tier.
- The 20% BGB token discount applies to spot fees only, not futures, a detail most traders miss.
- A futures trader moving 5M USDT a month in taker orders pays about 36,000 USDT a year.
- Copy trading mirrors a leader's every entry and exit onto your account, so a busy leader can run up far more fees than you would place by hand.
- Trade Reclaim returns 30% of every Bitget fee, spot and futures, on top of VIP tiers and the BGB discount.
Bitget is the biggest copy-trading venue in crypto, and that is exactly why its fees deserve a closer look: when you mirror a leader, every entry and exit they make is a fee on your account. Run your own number first, then read what Bitget actually charges and which discount won't help you.
What Bitget actually charges
Bitget charges 0.10% maker and 0.10% taker on spot, and 0.020% maker with 0.060% taker on USDT perpetual futures, on the standard tier.
Spot is a flat 0.10% per side, in line with most major exchanges. Futures is where active traders live: 0.020% maker and 0.060% taker. That 0.060% taker sits a touch above Bybit's 0.055%, so on raw rates Bitget is competitive but not the cheapest. The numbers come from Bitget's own fee schedule, and we track the rate that drives your cashback on the Bitget fees page.
Perpetual traders also pay funding every 8 hours. Funding is a payment between longs and shorts that Bitget passes through, not a fee it keeps, so no discount program touches it, but it belongs in your cost math.
What a year of Bitget trading costs
At 5M USDT of monthly volume, taker fees on Bitget futures run about 36,000 USDT a year.
A 20,000 to 30,000 USDT position counts twice, once on open and once on close, so one round trip moves about 60,000 USDT of notional. At 2 to 3 trades a day that is roughly 5M USDT a month, 60M a year. Multiply by the 0.060% taker rate and you get 36,000 USDT. If you copy trade, that number is not even in your hands: a high-frequency leader can double or triple your fill count without you touching the keyboard.
Your real figure depends on your size, your pace, and how often you take liquidity instead of posting it. The cashback calculator takes those and shows what your year costs, and what 30% of it looks like coming back.
The levers that cut your Bitget bill, and the one that doesn't
Three things move what you pay on Bitget: 30% cashback on every trade, VIP tiers, and order type. The BGB discount is the catch: it only applies to spot.
Cashback is the lever that works everywhere. Trade Reclaim returns 30% of every Bitget trading fee, spot and futures, from your first trade, with no volume requirement, and it stacks with the rest. The current rate and setup steps are on the Bitget cashback page. Bitget's 8 VIP tiers then cut the base rate through volume, balance, or BGB holdings, with VIP 1 starting at 500K USDT in monthly volume.
Here is the part Bitget does not advertise loudly: the 20% BGB token discount applies to spot fees only, not futures. If you trade perpetuals, holding BGB for the fee discount does nothing for your futures bill; there it only helps your VIP qualification. So for a futures trader the real stack is cashback, VIP, and posting maker, and cashback is the only one with no threshold.
| Fee type | Standard | With 30% back |
|---|---|---|
| Spot maker | 0.10% | 0.07% |
| Spot taker | 0.10% | 0.07% |
| Futures maker | 0.020% | 0.014% |
| Futures taker | 0.060% | 0.042% |
Standard tier, before VIP discounts and the spot-only 20% BGB discount. The full breakdown is on the Bitget page.
How the 30% cashback works
Trade Reclaim returns 30% of what Bitget charges you, in USDT, withdrawable anytime from 20 USDT.
Run a month as an example: 1,000 USDT in taker fees means 300 USDT back. The money is Bitget's affiliate commission. Bitget pays a share of your fees to the partner that referred you, and Trade Reclaim returns 30% of your fees to you out of it. Nothing about your own schedule or VIP level changes. Setup is one field: sign up through the affiliate link, drop your UID into Trade Reclaim, and from then on the affiliate dashboard recognizes your trades, including every copy-trade fill. No API keys, no passwords, no access to your Bitget account, ever. The full mechanics are on the how it works page.
Cashback and VIP do not compete. Climb to a lower VIP rate and the 30% simply applies to the smaller fee you now pay.
Does the BGB discount make Bitget cheaper for futures?
No. The 20% BGB discount is spot-only; on futures your levers are VIP tiers, order type, and cashback.
It is an easy assumption to make, because Bitget promotes BGB as a fee-saver, but the discount never reaches the perpetuals book. A futures trader holding BGB gets nothing off the 0.060% taker rate from the token itself; there BGB only counts toward VIP qualification. The honest way to lower a futures bill on Bitget is to post maker where you can, climb VIP through volume, and take 30% of every fee back as cashback, the one lever that applies from your very first trade.
Are Bitget fees competitive in 2026?
Yes, especially for copy trading and spot, though the 0.060% futures taker is mid-pack. With 30% back the effective rates land in the cheaper half of the market.
On raw rates Bitget is solid rather than class-leading: spot matches the field at 0.10%, and futures taker at 0.060% is a hair above the tightest venues. With cashback the effective rates become 0.07% spot, 0.014% futures maker, and 0.042% futures taker, before any VIP or BGB-spot discount. Add the largest copy-trading marketplace in crypto and a welcome bonus of up to 6,200 USDT, and Bitget is a strong all-rounder. How it stacks against the other platforms we track is in the exchange fee comparison, and the mechanics behind fee cashback are in the cashback guide.
What would 30% back be worth on Bitget?
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Frequently asked questions
What are Bitget trading fees?
On the standard tier, spot is 0.10% maker and 0.10% taker, and USDT perpetual futures are 0.020% maker and 0.060% taker. Bitget's 0.060% taker sits just above Bybit's 0.055%, while spot matches most major exchanges.
Does the BGB discount lower Bitget futures fees?
No. The 20% BGB token discount applies to spot fees only. On futures, BGB only counts toward VIP qualification, so it does not cut the 0.020% maker or 0.060% taker perpetual rates directly.
How do I lower Bitget fees?
Stack three things: post maker orders, climb Bitget's VIP tiers through volume or BGB holdings, and connect your UID to Trade Reclaim for 30% back on every fee. On spot you can also add the 20% BGB discount.
How much cashback do I get on Bitget?
Trade Reclaim returns 30% of every Bitget trading fee, spot and futures, paid in USDT. It applies from your first trade with no volume requirement and stacks on top of VIP tiers and the BGB spot discount.
Does Bitget copy trading earn cashback?
Yes. Every order a leader's strategy executes on your account pays normal Bitget fees, and those fees count toward your Trade Reclaim cashback the same as trades you place yourself.
Does Bitget have a welcome bonus?
Bitget offers up to 6,200 USDT in welcome bonuses on first deposits, scaled by deposit size and early trading activity. Trade Reclaim's 30% cashback runs independently, on every trade, for as long as you trade.
Trade Reclaim Research tracks fee schedules, VIP tiers and token discounts across all 10 partner exchanges. Every number is checked against the exchange's official fee schedule before it goes live, and re-checked when an exchange changes its terms. The goal is simple: show traders their real net cost, not the headline rate.
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