FEES & SAVINGS
What Arcus Charges, Tier by Tier
Perpetuals are in beta, so taker fees are half the standard rate and most maker fees are zero. Here is the full schedule, both versions, with what you pay on spot, deposits and withdrawals.
Arcus Fee Quick Reference
Perp taker (beta)
0.0225%
$2.25 per $10K trade
Perp maker (beta)
0%
Base through Platinum tiers
Stock Token spot
0%
No Arcus fee; you pay the spread
After the beta: 0.045% taker / 0.015% maker at the base tier · Deposits and withdrawals: no Arcus fee
Referral: Arcus shows 5% off trading fees for users who join with a code such as ARCUSGUIDE
What Arcus charges
Arcus uses a maker-taker model on perpetuals. A taker order fills against the book and pays the taker rate; a maker order rests on the book and pays the maker rate, or earns a rebate at the top two tiers. On July 20, 2026 Arcus halved taker fees for the beta, and on August 4 it set maker fees to zero for tiers Base through Platinum. That puts a $10,000 taker trade at $2.25 and a maker fill at nothing.
Stock Tokens are different. They trade spot through quotes from market makers, and Arcus takes no fee on them. Your cost is the spread inside the quote, which widens when US exchanges are closed. Arcus also charges no fee of its own to deposit or withdraw, and no gas to place or cancel perp orders.
Fee Quick Reference
Base tier, verified October 2, 2026
Perpetual fee tiers
Your tier is set by rolling 30-day perps volume across all markets and changes automatically. Arcus widened the window from 14 to 30 days on July 22, 2026. Volume from sub-accounts under one master wallet counts together.
| Tier | 30-day volume from | Maker (beta, live) | Taker (beta, live) | Maker (standard) | Taker (standard) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | $0 | 0% | 0.0225% | 0.015% | 0.045% |
| Bronze | $5M | 0% | 0.019% | 0.012% | 0.038% |
| Silver | $20M | 0% | 0.016% | 0.008% | 0.032% |
| Gold | $100M | 0% | 0.0135% | 0.004% | 0.027% |
| Platinum | $400M | 0% | 0.0115% | 0% | 0.023% |
| VIP | $1B | -0.002% | 0.010% | -0.002% | 0.020% |
| Max | $3B | -0.003% | 0.0095% | -0.003% | 0.019% |
Beta rates from api.arcus.xyz/v1/feetiers (rates in parts per million: 225 = 0.0225%), read October 2, 2026. Standard rates and tier names from the Arcus help center fee tier table and the Arcus referral post. Negative maker rates are rebates credited to your collateral. Before any referral discount.
Worked example: a $10,000 taker trade
| Account | Taker rate | Fee on $10,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Base tier, beta | 0.0225% | $2.25 |
| Base tier, beta, with the 5% referral discount | 0.021375% | $2.14 |
| Base tier, standard (after beta) | 0.045% | $4.50 |
| Base tier, standard, with the 5% referral discount | 0.04275% | $4.28 |
| Gold tier ($100M+), beta | 0.0135% | $1.35 |
Arithmetic from the tier table above. The 5% is Arcus's own figure: the app shows referred users "5% off on all trading fees". Price your own trade with the fee calculator.
How Arcus fees compare
At beta rates, Arcus has the lowest base taker fee among order-book perp venues that charge one. Venues that charge nothing at the base level are cheaper still, and Lighter, the largest perps venue on Robinhood Chain, is one of them. Fees are also only part of the cost: on thinner books, slippage on a large order can outweigh the fee difference. The Hyperliquid, Lighter and dYdX Chain comparisons go further.
| Venue | Base taker | Base maker | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arcus (beta, live) | 0.0225% | 0% | Half of Hyperliquid base; maker 0% at tiers 0 to 4 |
| Extended | 0.025% | 0% | RWA perps 0.010% taker |
| Aster | 0.040% | 0% | RWA perps cut to 0.0125% taker in September 2026 |
| Hyperliquid | 0.045% | 0.015% | Tiers use 14-day volume; far deeper books |
| Arcus (standard, after beta) | 0.045% | 0.015% | Same as Hyperliquid base; no end date announced for the beta |
| dYdX Chain | 0.050% | 0.010% | Separate from Arcus; keeps running |
| Lighter (Standard) | 0% | 0% | Cheaper than Arcus; 300 ms taker delay |
| Lighter (Plus) | 0.005% | 0.005% | Cheaper than Arcus beta taker; same 300 ms taker delay |
Base-tier perpetual fees from each venue's official fee documentation (linked in the first column), read October 2, 2026, before referral, staking and volume discounts. Lighter's separate Robinhood Chain exchange also charges 0% on Standard accounts.
Costs that are not trading fees
- Funding. Paid between longs and shorts every hour, not to Arcus. The base rate is 0.01% per eight hours on crypto and SOFR plus 0.5% a year on equity, index and commodity perps. The funding rates tool shows the live rate per market.
- Deposits. Arcus charges nothing, but the on-ramp may. Per the help center, cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay cost about 2.1% and SEPA about 0.5%, with a minimum of around $3.
- Network fees on spot. Arcus pages disagree. The blog and docs say most swaps are gasless; the help center says to keep a small amount of ETH on Robinhood Chain. Keeping a little ETH covers both cases.
- pTokens. Some of the older pToken vaults charge a 0.25% deposit fee; newer ones charge none. The pTokens guide lists which.
The referral discount
Join with a referral code and Arcus applies its referral discount, which the app shows as 5% off all trading fees. The code has to go on early, before your 30-day volume passes Arcus's cutoff, and it cannot be swapped later. A referral code does not unlock perps; that takes an invite code or a waitlist slot. This site earns a share of the fees paid by readers who use code ARCUSGUIDE; the referral page explains how.
Frequently Asked Questions
During the beta, Arcus perpetuals cost 0.0225% taker and 0% maker at the base tier, falling to 0.0095% taker and a 0.003% maker rebate at the top tier. Standard rates after the beta are 0.045% taker and 0.015% maker at the base tier. Stock Token spot trades carry no Arcus fee. Rates read from the Arcus fee tier API on October 2, 2026.
Your tier is set by rolling 30-day perpetuals volume across all markets and moves automatically. There are seven tiers, from Base at $0 to Max at $3 billion. Volume from sub-accounts under one master wallet counts together.
Arcus has not announced a date. It says traders will hear about the end of the beta in advance through its X account and website. When it ends, base-tier rates return to 0.045% taker and 0.015% maker.
Arcus shows referred users a discount of 5% off trading fees, and its API changelog from July 22, 2026 describes a 5% referral fee discount for referred users. The code has to be added early, before your 30-day volume passes the cutoff, and cannot be changed later. ArcusGuide earns a share of fees from users who join with its code.
Arcus charges no trading fee on Stock Tokens. The cost is the market maker spread built into each quote, which is usually wider outside US market hours. Arcus pages disagree on network fees: the blog and docs say most swaps are gasless, while the help center says to keep a little ETH on Robinhood Chain.
Arcus charges no deposit or withdrawal fee of its own. Third parties can: card and Apple Pay deposits through Fun cost about 2.1% and SEPA about 0.5%, according to the Arcus help center, and bridging costs are shown before you confirm.
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