Bybit Fees Explained: Maker, Taker and What You Get Back
Bybit pairs one of the lowest maker rates with the highest taker rate of the big venues. What that does to a year of trading, and what comes back.
- Bybit charges 0.10% on spot for both sides, and 0.02% maker and 0.055% taker on USDT perpetuals at the regular tier.
- 5M USDT of monthly volume costs about 33,000 USDT a year in taker fees, more than the same flow on Binance or OKX.
- Maker fills cost nearly 3 times less than taker fills on Bybit futures.
- 30% of every Bybit fee flows back through Trade Reclaim, at every VIP level.
- EU accounts are moving to bybit.eu under MiCA through 2026. The fee schedule stays the same.
One taker round trip on a 25,000 USDT Bybit position costs 27.50 USDT. Nobody cancels a trade over it. But at 2 or 3 trades a day, that line item compounds into more than many traders make on the trades themselves. Check your own yearly number before you read on.
What Bybit actually charges
Bybit charges 0.10% per side on spot, and 0.02% maker and 0.055% taker on USDT perpetuals at the regular tier.
Resting orders pay the maker rate, orders that fill against the book pay taker. Two things stand out in Bybit's schedule: the 0.02% maker rate matches the best stock rate on the market, while the 0.055% taker rate is the highest among the 3 biggest venues. Both figures sit in the official Bybit fee announcement, and the complete ladder, VIP levels included, is on our Bybit fees page.
Perpetual positions also exchange funding every 8 hours. Funding flows between longs and shorts, Bybit only passes it through, and no discount or rebate program applies to it. Trading fees are the part of your cost stack you can actually move.
What a year of Bybit trading costs
At 5M USDT of monthly volume, taker fees on Bybit run about 33,000 USDT a year.
Count it through: a 25,000 USDT position pays on entry and on exit, so each round trip is 50,000 USDT of notional and 27.50 USDT in taker fees. Do that 2 to 3 times a day and the month lands near 5M USDT of volume. Twelve months later the meter reads 33,000 USDT. The same flow filled as maker would have cost 12,000.
The cashback calculator runs this for your numbers and prints the 30% line underneath.
The 3 levers that cut your Bybit bill
Three levers move what you pay on Bybit: cashback on every trade, maker orders, and VIP tiers.
Start with the lever that needs no volume: Trade Reclaim returns 30% of every Bybit fee from the first trade. It works at VIP 0 and keeps working at VIP 5. Current rates and the setup steps are on the Bybit cashback page.
Then come the structural levers. Resting orders as maker cut the futures rate from 0.055% to 0.02%, a 64% drop for strategies that can wait in the book. The VIP ladder lowers both sides once volume or balance qualifies. All 3 combine without canceling each other.
| Fee type | Standard | With 30% back |
|---|---|---|
| Spot maker | 0.10% | 0.07% |
| Spot taker | 0.10% | 0.07% |
| Futures maker | 0.02% | 0.014% |
| Futures taker | 0.055% | 0.0385% |
Regular tier, before any VIP discount. The full VIP ladder is on the Bybit page.
How the 30% cashback works
Trade Reclaim pays back 30% of every fee Bybit charges you, in USDT, with payouts available anytime from 20 USDT.
Bybit budgets affiliate commission for every referred account. Sign up through the affiliate link and that commission exists either way; Trade Reclaim hands most of it back to you instead of keeping it. Your fee schedule, VIP progress and account stay untouched. The link between the 2 accounts is your UID: enter it once, the affiliate dashboard matches your trades, done. At no point does anyone hold API keys or any form of access to your Bybit account. The how it works page walks through each step.
At 33,000 USDT of yearly taker fees, the 30% is 9,900 USDT back. The percentage keeps applying after every VIP upgrade.
What changes for EU traders under MiCA
EU accounts are moving to bybit.eu through 2026. The fee schedule stays identical.
Bybit is migrating EEA clients to its MiCA licensed entity, bybit.eu, with a hard cutover during 2026. Rates, pairs and the VIP ladder carry over, so nothing in this article's math changes for EU traders. If you are choosing between the 2 biggest venues anyway, the Bybit vs Binance fee comparison puts both schedules side by side.
Are Bybit fees competitive in 2026?
Mostly yes. Bybit's maker rate matches the best in class, the taker rate is mid pack, and 30% back moves both below most competitors.
With cashback, the effective regular rates land at 0.0385% taker and 0.014% maker on futures. Where that places Bybit among the 10 platforms we track is in the exchange fee comparison, and the full mechanics of fee cashback are in the cashback guide.
What would 30% back be worth on Bybit?
Position size and trades per day in, your yearly Bybit fee bill and the USDT return out.
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Frequently asked questions
What are Bybit trading fees for regular users?
Spot costs 0.10% per side. USDT perpetuals cost 0.02% maker and 0.055% taker. These are the rates before VIP tiers or cashback.
What are Bybit spot trading fees?
A flat 0.10% for maker and taker alike at the regular tier, one of the simplest spot schedules among major exchanges. VIP levels reduce it once volume or balance requirements are met.
How much are Bybit withdrawal fees?
A fixed amount per coin and network, set around network cost. Next to trading fees they barely register: an account doing 5M USDT a month in taker volume pays about 33,000 USDT a year in trading fees alone.
Is there a way to lower Bybit funding fees?
No. Funding moves between long and short traders and Bybit only passes it through. Trading fees are the reducible part: Trade Reclaim returns 30% of every Bybit trading fee.
Is Bybit cheaper than Binance?
On futures, Binance's taker rate is slightly lower at 0.05% versus Bybit's 0.055%, while maker rates match at 0.02%. Spot is 0.10% on both. With 30% cashback applied, both land below either exchange's stock rates.
What is the cheapest way to trade on Bybit without VIP status?
Rest orders as maker where the strategy allows it, which prices fills at 0.02% instead of 0.055%, and link your UID to Trade Reclaim so 30% of every fee comes back from day 1.
Sofia Dani is Head of Marketing at Trade Reclaim, based in Switzerland. She earned a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Lucerne and went on to complete a Master's degree. She has little patience for products that win by confusing people, and covers crypto exchanges, their products, and what trading actually costs.
Trade Reclaim earns from exchange referrals and shares most of it back to you as cashback. Education, not financial advice.