OKX Fees Explained: Maker, Taker and What You Get Back
What OKX charges on spot and futures, what an active year costs, and which of the 3 discounts you actually qualify for.
- OKX charges 0.08% maker and 0.10% taker on spot, 0.02% maker and 0.05% taker on USDT perpetuals at the regular tier.
- A trader moving 5M USDT a month pays about 30,000 USDT in taker fees per year on OKX.
- VIP tiers only start moving once you trade 5M USDT a month or park large balances on the exchange.
- Trade Reclaim pays back 30% of every OKX trading fee, on top of any VIP discount you reach.
- Funding payments cannot be discounted by anyone. Trading fees can, and they are the bigger lever for most styles.
A single OKX trade feels cheap: 25 USDT in fees on a 25,000 USDT position. Run 2 or 3 of those a day for a year and the bill quietly reaches 5 figures. Most traders never add it up. Run your own number first, then read what you can do about it.
What OKX actually charges
OKX charges 0.08% maker and 0.10% taker on spot, and 0.02% maker and 0.05% taker on USDT perpetuals at the regular tier.
Maker orders sit in the order book and wait. Taker orders fill instantly against the book and pay the higher rate. The split matters because the taker rate on futures is 2.5 times the maker rate. One detail stands out: the 0.08% spot maker rate undercuts the 0.10% standard most major venues still charge. The numbers come from the official OKX fee schedule, and we track every tier, including VIP rates, on our OKX fees page.
Perpetual traders also pay funding every 8 hours. Funding is a payment between longs and shorts that OKX passes through, not a fee the exchange keeps. It belongs in your cost math, but no discount program touches it.
What a year of OKX trading costs
At 5M USDT of monthly volume, taker fees on OKX run about 30,000 USDT a year.
The math is short. 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 0.05% taker rate and you get 30,000 USDT. A maker-only version of the same year costs 12,000 USDT.
Your number depends on your size and pace. The cashback calculator takes both and shows what your year costs, and what 30% of it looks like coming back.
The 3 levers that cut your OKX bill
Three levers move what you pay on OKX: cashback on every trade, maker orders, and VIP tiers.
Lever 1 is cashback. Trade Reclaim returns 30% of every trading fee you pay on OKX, from your first trade, with no volume requirement. It is the only lever that works at every account size, and it stacks with the other two. The current rate and setup steps are on the OKX cashback page.
Lever 2 is order type. Filling as maker instead of taker cuts the futures rate from 0.05% to 0.02%, a 60% reduction for traders whose strategy survives resting orders. Lever 3 is the VIP ladder: from 5M USDT monthly volume or large asset balances, both maker and taker rates step down. All three combine. None of them excludes another.
| Fee type | Standard | With 30% back |
|---|---|---|
| Spot maker | 0.08% | 0.056% |
| Spot taker | 0.10% | 0.07% |
| Futures maker | 0.02% | 0.014% |
| Futures taker | 0.05% | 0.035% |
Regular tier, before any VIP discount. The full VIP ladder is on the OKX page.
How the 30% cashback works
Trade Reclaim returns 30% of what OKX charges you, in USDT, withdrawable anytime from 20 USDT.
Run a month as an example: 2,500 USDT in fees means 750 USDT back. The money is OKX's affiliate commission. OKX pays a share of your fees to the partner that referred you, and Trade Reclaim passes most of that share on to you. Nothing about your own schedule 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. No API keys, no passwords, no access to your OKX account, ever. The full mechanics are on the how it works page.
VIP and cashback do not compete. Climb a tier and the 30% simply applies to the smaller fee you now pay.
Do OKX VIP tiers beat cashback?
Below 5M USDT a month, cashback moves your bill more than tier hunting. Above it, you take both.
OKX VIP tiers ask for sustained monthly volume or 6 figure balances before rates improve. A trader below those thresholds gets nothing from the ladder, while 30% cashback applies from the first trade. Once your volume qualifies, the question disappears: the tier lowers the rate, the cashback returns 30% of what remains. There is no scenario where using one blocks the other.
Are OKX fees competitive in 2026?
Yes. OKX sits in the cheaper half of major exchanges, and with 30% coming back it beats most stock rates.
With cashback, the effective regular rates land at 0.035% taker and 0.014% maker on futures. Few exchanges get there without VIP status. How that compares across the 10 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 OKX?
Position size and trades per day in, your yearly OKX fee bill and the USDT return out.
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Frequently asked questions
What are OKX trading fees for regular users?
Spot trades cost 0.08% maker and 0.10% taker. USDT perpetuals cost 0.02% maker and 0.05% taker. These are the rates before any VIP tier or cashback.
What is the OKX spot fee?
0.08% for maker orders and 0.10% for taker orders at the regular tier. VIP tiers lower both, starting at 5M USDT monthly volume or qualifying balances.
Does OKX charge withdrawal fees?
Yes, per coin and per network, priced around the network cost. For active traders, withdrawal fees are noise next to trading fees: a year of taker fees at 5M monthly volume costs about 30,000 USDT, while withdrawals cost a few USDT each.
Can OKX funding fees be reduced?
No. Funding is a payment between long and short traders that OKX passes through, so no program discounts it. Trading fees are different: Trade Reclaim returns 30% of every OKX trading fee.
How do I get lower fees on OKX without VIP status?
Two ways work from day 1: fill orders as maker, which cuts the futures rate from 0.05% to 0.02%, and connect your UID to Trade Reclaim, which returns 30% of every fee you pay regardless of volume.
Do OKX fees differ between spot and futures?
Yes. Spot costs 0.08% maker and 0.10% taker, while USDT perpetuals cost 0.02% maker and 0.05% taker. Futures rates are lower per fill, but leverage and frequency usually make futures the bigger annual cost.
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.