How much are trading fees really costing you?

Most traders never add it up. Fees are charged on the full position size — leverage included — on every entry and exit.

Your margin per trade (USD) Leverage (x) Trades per day Fee per side (%) Typical standard rates: 0.10% spot, 0.05% futures taker, 0.02% futures maker. Check your exchange's current fee schedule.

Fees per round trip–

…as % of your margin–

Fees per month (30 days)–

Why this matters

At 10x leverage, a 0.05% fee is charged on ten times your margin, twice per trade. That turns a “tiny” fee into roughly 1% of your margin every round trip — before the trade has moved at all. Our indicator backtests show the same thing: several strategies that were profitable before fees became losing strategies after them.

The two things you control: trade less often, and pay a lower fee rate.