OKX Trading Fees: Spot and Futures Rates by Tier

Two tables, two products

OKX’s spot table showed 0.08% maker and 0.10% taker at the Regular tier when it was read on 2026-10-17, which makes a taker-to-taker round trip about 0.18% of notional before spread. Futures is a different schedule with different volume thresholds, and at its top levels the maker rate turns negative — a rebate paid to the account that rested the order. Both pages list a maker and a taker rate per VIP level with the 30-day volume bounds that define each level.

This matters because readers often carry one number across products. A spot rate quoted in a forum thread says nothing about what a perpetual contract will cost, and the reverse is equally true. Read the table for the instrument you are about to trade.

The spot base tier

On the spot table read on 2026-10-17, the row labelled Regular user showed:

The same row carried an upper 30-day trade-volume bound of 1,000,000, with the table’s currency set to USD. Above that bound, the VIP rows begin. The exact rate at each level is published on the page and should be read there rather than inferred, because OKX adjusts schedules and promotions.

A round trip at the base tier therefore costs about 0.18% of notional if both fills are taker-to-taker, before spread. On a 2,000 USDT trade that is 3.60 USDT. The trading fee calculator turns your own rates into that number and into the price move needed to recover it.

The formulas, ready to copy

Every number in this guide comes from the same three lines. Write the rate as a decimal, not as a percentage, or every result will be a hundred times too large:

fee_per_leg = notional x rate                 # rate in decimal: 0.08% -> 0.0008
round_trip  = notional x (entry_rate + exit_rate)
break_even  = (entry_rate + exit_rate) x 100  # % price move needed to recover the fees

Applied to 10,000 USDT of notional at the base spot tier read on 2026-10-17, entering as maker and exiting as taker:

Three things the formulas deliberately leave out, because they do not belong in a fee figure: the spread you cross, the funding you pay while a position is open, and any price movement between the two fills. The fee calculator applies the same formulas to your own entry and exit rates and adds the break-even move; this article explains where the rates come from, and the calculator does the arithmetic when the numbers are yours.

The futures ladder moves differently

The futures table is not a copy of the spot table with a different heading. It has its own levels and its own progression. Four rows from the page read on 2026-10-17 illustrate the shape:

Read the direction of travel. The maker rate falls faster than the taker rate, reaches zero at VIP 6, and turns negative at VIP 9. A negative maker fee is a rebate: the venue pays the account for resting an order that adds liquidity. The taker rate never reaches zero, because crossing the spread always removes liquidity from someone else.

What a rebate is, and what it is not

A negative maker fee reads like free money in a table. It is not. The rebate is paid because a resting order provides liquidity that someone else can trade against. To earn it you must post an order and wait, and while it waits the market can move. A maker order that would have been profitable at the moment it was placed can be filled at a worse moment, and the position can then move against you.

The rebate is also small relative to the risk it accompanies. At VIP 9 the maker rebate is 0.005% of notional. Against a position that can move several percent in a day, the rebate is a rounding effect. Treat it as a cost adjustment for a strategy you would run anyway, not as a reason to run the strategy.

How to use the table without overreading it

Three habits keep a fee table honest:

1. Take the rate from your own row. VIP levels depend on volume and holdings, and the thresholds are on the page. A rate copied from someone else’s account is someone else’s rate.
2. Check both legs. A round trip pays two fees. A strategy that enters with a limit order and exits with a market order pays one maker rate and one taker rate, not two of the same.
3. Add the spread. On a thin pair, the spread can be larger than either fee. The spread, depth and slippage guide explains how to measure it before the order.

If you trade both spot and futures, calculate each separately. The fee calculator accepts a different rate for entry and exit, which is what a maker-in, taker-out trade actually is.

The number to carry into a trade

A fee schedule is an input, not a verdict. The number worth carrying is the all-in cost of the specific trade you are about to place: your maker or taker rate on each leg, plus the spread you expect to cross, plus any funding you expect to pay while the position is open. The account modes guide covers the last of those, because isolated and cross margin change how long a position can stay open before a fee discussion becomes a liquidation discussion.

Risk note. This article reports rates published by OKX on 2026-10-17 and explains their structure. It is not investment advice, and it is not a statement that any tier is available to you: fees, thresholds and product availability depend on your account and region. Check the live fee page before relying on a number.