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Taker fee

The fee charged when your order executes immediately against a resting order. It is the higher of the two fee sides on every venue, including this one.

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Related terms

  • Maker fee The fee charged when your order rests on the book and is filled by someone else. On Hyperliquid it is roughly a third of the taker fee at the entry tier and reaches zero at higher tiers.
  • Fee tier The band your trading fees fall into, set by your rolling fourteen-day weighted volume. Spot volume counts double toward it.
  • Post-only order An order flag, shown as ALO, that rejects the order if it would execute immediately. It guarantees you pay the maker fee rather than the taker fee.

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