Stock Perpetual and Spot Trading Fee Review: How Much Might It Cost to Place a $10,000 Order?

November 9th, according to TradingBeats' compilation of public fee rates across platforms, based on a single-sided transaction of $10,000 for a regular account, there are significant differences in trading fees between stock perpetual contracts and stock spot trading.

For stock perpetual contracts, Binance's current promotional period maker fee is 0, with a taker fee of approximately $4; trade.xyz on Hyperliquid, in markets where Growth Mode is enabled, has a maker fee of approximately $0.3 and a taker fee of approximately $0.9, while under standard mode they are $3 and $9 respectively.

Lighter Standard account regular orders and Paradex Retail orders both have maker and taker fees of 0; Aster RWA market has a maker fee of 0 and a taker fee of approximately $1.25.

For stock spot and tokenized stocks, Binance's stock account charges based on a 0.1% fee spread, corresponding to a cost of approximately $10 for a $10,000 transaction. Among traditional brokers, based on purchasing 100 shares at $100 per share, Futu Hong Kong's fixed fee is approximately $2.29, including commission, platform fee, and settlement fee; Interactive Brokers (IBKR Pro) fixed commission is approximately $1.

Among other platforms, according to incomplete statistics, Backpack's stock account charges no commission or platform fee; xStocks traded through a regular Kraken Pro account has a maker fee of 0; some transactions on Ondo through Binance Wallet are exempt from platform service fees.

The above are publicly disclosed trading fee rates and spread costs across platforms, and do not uniformly include funding fees, execution spreads, slippage, and Gas fees.