How to Reduce Your Hyperliquid Trading Fees: The 4% + 10% Stack
Three levers lower what you pay per trade on Hyperliquid — a 4% referral discount, HYPE staking tiers up to 40%, and your 14-day volume tier — plus the free maker habit.
Every trade on Hyperliquid costs you a little, and most traders pay more than they need to. Lowering your fees isn't a secret — it comes down to three levers you can pull, plus one free habit. This guide shows each one, how much it saves, and how they stack.
A referral code gives a 4% discount on your first $25M of volume. Staking HYPE gives a larger, ongoing discount — up to 40% — with no volume cap. The two stack multiplicatively, and trading as a maker (limit orders) is cheaper still.
What you actually pay (the base rate)
Hyperliquid charges separate maker and taker fees on perps, and slightly higher fees on spot. At the base tier, perps are 0.015% maker / 0.045% taker, and spot is 0.040% maker / 0.070% taker. Two quirks matter: perps and spot share one fee tier, and spot volume counts double toward it.
Market | Maker | Taker |
|---|---|---|
Perps | 0.015% | 0.045% |
Spot | 0.040% | 0.070% |
The three levers, in order
Apply a referral discount (fastest). Using a referral code gives you a 4% discount on your fees for your first $25M of volume. Apply it before your first trade. It doesn't apply to vault or sub-account trades.
Stake HYPE for a tier discount (the biggest lever). Staking HYPE unlocks an ongoing fee discount with no volume cap — from 5% at 10 HYPE up to 40% at 500,000 HYPE. The Bronze tier (100 HYPE) is 10%.
Grow into volume tiers (automatic). Fees drop as your rolling 14-day volume rises, assessed daily in UTC. You don't do anything but trade normally — just don't manufacture volume to chase a tier.
The HYPE staking discount tiers
Tier | HYPE staked | Fee discount |
|---|---|---|
Wood | >10 | 5% |
Bronze | >100 | 10% |
Silver | >1,000 | 15% |
Gold | >10,000 | 20% |
Platinum | >100,000 | 30% |
Diamond | >500,000 | 40% |
How the discounts stack
The levers multiply, they don't add. Bronze staking takes the perp taker rate from 0.045% to 0.0405% (10% off). A referral code then multiplies that by 0.96, landing near 0.0389%. Stack volume tiers on top and an active trader can push taker fees into the 0.014–0.018% range — competitive with the deepest CEX VIP tiers.
The free lever: trade as a maker
Maker (resting limit) orders cost less than taker (market) orders, and at higher maker volume they can even earn a rebate. If you're not in a hurry, posting a limit order instead of crossing the spread is the cheapest habit you can build. See market vs limit orders.
How to check your real rate
Open your fee or account screen in the app and confirm three things: your referral shows active, your staking tier reflects the discount, and your volume tier matches your activity. If the referral isn't applied, check that you entered the code before your first trade; if staking isn't counting, confirm the HYPE is actually staked, not just held in your wallet.
Common mistakes
Treating the referral code as the main saver. It helps, but staking is the larger ongoing lever.
Wash trading to reach a volume tier. You'll pay more in fees and risk than the tier saves.
Always using market orders. Taker fees add up; use limit orders when timing allows.
Staking without understanding the lockup. There's a 7-day unstaking (unbonding) period and real HYPE price exposure — size it as an investment decision.
Where to go next
If you're new, start with the deposit walkthrough and apply your referral code before your first trade. Already trading toward rewards? See our Season 2 airdrop guide. Fees and tiers are set by Hyperliquid and can change, so confirm the latest in the official app.
Further Reading
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HyperEVM Onboarding: Wallet, Gas, and Core-to-EVM Transfers
HyperEVM is not a separate chain you bridge to, it is the EVM half of Hyperliquid's single state. How to add the network, get HYPE for gas, and move assets between HyperCore and HyperEVM safely, including the one address that destroys your tokens.
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