Bybit trading fees: maker vs taker, Post-Only, and what a trade really costs
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Short answer
On Bybit perpetual and futures contracts, a regular (non-VIP) account pays 0.055% of the order value as a taker and 0.02% as a maker.
The fee is charged on the full order value, not on your margin. $10,000 of trading costs $5.50 at the taker rate or $2.00 at the maker rate, whatever leverage you use.
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How Bybit calculates the fee
Trading fee = order value × fee rate. For USDT and USDC contracts, order value is quantity × executed price. A fee is charged on every executed order, so opening a position and closing it are two fees.1
Bybit’s own example: 10 BTC bought at 8,000 USDT is an order value of 80,000 USDT. Filled as a taker, that costs 44 USDT. Filled as a maker, it costs 16 USDT.1
Maker and taker
You’re a taker when your order fills immediately against orders already in the book, which is what a market order does. You’re a maker when your limit order rests in the book and someone else fills it.
A limit order isn’t automatically a maker order. If its price crosses the book, it fills at once and pays the taker rate.2
Which order types end up on which rate is covered in Bybit order types compared.
Post-Only: staying on the maker rate
Post-Only is an option you can add to a Limit or Conditional Limit order, in both spot and derivatives trading. If the order would fill immediately, Bybit cancels it instead of letting it execute as a taker.2
Bybit’s example: you place a buy limit at 9,000 USD, but the best ask has already dropped to 8,995 USD. Without Post-Only the order fills straight away and may pay the taker fee. With Post-Only it is cancelled.2
The trade-off is that a cancelled or unfilled order means no position. If the price moves away, you miss the trade.
Rates for a regular account
| Product | Taker | Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Perpetual and futures contracts | 0.055% | 0.02% |
| Spot | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Pre-Market perpetuals | 0.1% | 0.04% |
| Innovation Zone perpetuals | 0.11% | 0.04% |
| Spot Adventure Zone and xStocks | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Options | 0.03% | 0.02% |
Why leverage makes the fee feel bigger
Leverage doesn’t change the rate. It changes how much of your own money the fee represents, because the fee is charged on the whole position.
Bybit’s order cost example: a long of 1 BTC at 50,000 USDT with 10x leverage needs 5,000 USDT of initial margin. The fee to open is 27.5 USDT and the estimated fee to close is 24.75 USDT, for a total order cost of 5,052.25 USDT.4 That opening fee is 0.55% of the margin.
The fee to open, as a share of your own margin:
| Leverage | Taker | Maker |
|---|---|---|
| 1x | 0.055% | 0.02% |
| 5x | 0.275% | 0.1% |
| 10x | 0.55% | 0.2% |
| 25x | 1.375% | 0.5% |
| 50x | 2.75% | 1% |
What $10,000 of trading costs
| One order | Open and close | |
|---|---|---|
| Taker both times | $5.50 | $11.00 |
| Maker both times | $2.00 | $4.00 |
To run your own numbers by order type, leverage or VIP level, use the Bybit fee calculator.
Do VIP levels help?
VIP levels lower the rates. You qualify by meeting any one of Bybit’s criteria, and levels are refreshed daily at 7:00 AM UTC.3
| Level | Assets | Volume | Taker | Maker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIP 1 | $100K | $10M | 0.04% | 0.018% |
| VIP 2 | $250K | $25M | 0.0375% | 0.016% |
| VIP 3 | $500K | $50M | 0.035% | 0.014% |
| VIP 4 | $1M | $100M | 0.032% | 0.012% |
| VIP 5 | $2M | $250M | 0.032% | 0.01% |
| Supreme VIP | none | $500M | 0.03% | 0% |
One thing the table shows: a regular account’s maker rate (0.02%) is lower than the taker rate at every VIP level, including Supreme VIP (0.03%).
What this page doesn’t cover
Funding fees on perpetual contracts are separate from trading fees and aren’t covered here. Expiry contracts can carry a settlement fee: Bybit lists 0.05% of order value for inverse expiry contracts and none for USDT expiry contracts.1
Questions people ask
Is Bybit’s fee charged on margin or on position size?
On the order value, which is quantity × executed price for USDT and USDC contracts.1 Margin isn’t part of the formula.
Does a limit order always get the maker rate?
No. A limit order that fills immediately is a taker order. Post-Only prevents that by cancelling the order instead.2
What are Bybit’s spot trading fees?
0.1% for both maker and taker on a regular account.3
What we couldn’t confirm
- Where the Post-Only option sits in the current website and app order panels. Bybit’s Post-Only article doesn’t show it. We’ll add a recorded walkthrough.
- Regional rates. Bybit says rates may vary by region, but its public table shows base rates only.
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