Fee schedule
A fee schedule is the official table where an exchange publishes its trading fee rates — maker and taker, per market type, per tier. It is the single source of truth for what you are charged.
Every centralized exchange maintains a fee schedule page listing its rates: spot maker/taker, futures maker/taker, and usually a ladder of discounted tiers unlocked by 30-day trading volume, asset holdings, or VIP status. The schedule also notes special cases — promotional rates, fee currencies, and products with separate pricing.
Reading one correctly takes care. The headline "from" rate is usually the best tier, not the default; the base tier is what a new account actually pays. Rates also differ by product — futures fees are typically far lower per unit of notional than spot fees, which is one reason futures volume dominates.
Schedules change, which is why loweef records a verification date for every rate it displays and re-checks them — stale fee data is the fastest way to mislead a cost comparison. Rebates are calculated on the fees you actually pay under the live schedule, so a rate change flows through to payback automatically.
Current futures fees across exchanges →