Tools
Calculators, not just calculators
Every tool here is linked from the Academy guide that actually needs it, not built as a standalone gimmick.
Position size calculator
Referenced from the Kraken futures guide and the position-sizing guide: work out how large a position to open given your account balance, risk tolerance, entry, and stop.
Futures / options PnL calculator
Model profit/loss and an estimated liquidation price across leverage and entry scenarios, long or short. See isolated vs. cross margin for what actually determines that liquidation price.
DCA vs. lump sum
Compare splitting a budget into a recurring-buy schedule against investing it all on day one, using real historical prices. If you'd rather automate the recurring-buy side of this, see grid bots vs. DCA bots.
Exchange fee comparison
Maker/taker fees and products side by side across every exchange covered in the Academy: for a fuller side-by-side including security and product fit, see Compare Exchanges.
| Exchange | Maker fee | Taker fee | Products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binance | Verify current tier: Binance uses a volume- and BNB-discount-based schedule | Verify current tier: Binance uses a volume- and BNB-discount-based schedule | Spot, Margin, USDT-margined futures, Coin-margined futures, Bots (grid, DCA) |
| BF Bitfinex | 0% as of a December 2025 platform-wide change; verify this remains current, since fee policy can shift again | 0% as of a December 2025 platform-wide change; verify this remains current, since fee policy can shift again | Spot, Margin, Peer-to-peer margin funding, Perpetual and dated futures, Securities and OTC block trades |
| BG Bitget | Verify current tier: Bitget uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule | Verify current tier: Bitget uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule | Spot, Margin, Perpetual futures, Copy trading, Launchpool / staking |
| BH Bithumb | Verify current tier: Bithumb runs a tiered, promotion-heavy schedule (KRW-market rates have ranged from a standard 0.25% down to 0.04% for applicants to fee events) so check the live rate and any active promotion before trading | Verify current tier: same volatility applies, Bithumb has run limited-time maker/taker promotions on top of its standard tiered schedule more than once | Spot |
| BX BitMEX | Moot given the September 2026 shutdown; historically a tiered volume-based schedule with maker rebates on major perpetual contracts. | Moot given the September 2026 shutdown; historically around 0.075% at the base tier on flagship perpetual contracts, lower with volume. | Spot, Perpetual futures, Dated futures |
| BP Bitpanda | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Spot |
| BR Bitrue | 0.098% on standard BTC/ETH/USDT pairs, 0.038% on futures (flat rate, not a volume-tiered schedule) | 0.098% on standard BTC/ETH/USDT pairs, 0.07% on futures (flat rate, not a volume-tiered schedule) | Spot, USDT-margined futures, Coin-margined futures, Margin trading, Staking and lending |
| BT Bitso | Verify current tier: Bitso uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule that varies by country and by trading pair, with USD and MXN markets pricing differently | Verify current tier: Bitso uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule that varies by country and by trading pair, with USD and MXN markets pricing differently | Spot, Staking, Stock and ETF trading (select markets, via Alpaca), Cross-border remittances (Bitso Shift) |
| BS Bitstamp | 0.30% at the lowest 30-day-volume tier, stepping down to 0.00% at the highest tier (above roughly $1 billion in monthly volume) | 0.40% at the lowest 30-day-volume tier, stepping down to roughly 0.03% at the highest tier | Spot, Staking, Perpetual futures (EU/institutional only), OTC / institutional block trading |
| BV Bitvavo | Verify current tier: Bitvavo's volume-based schedule starts around 0.1% maker at the base tier and steps down toward roughly 0.04% maker for accounts trading $5 million or more in a rolling 30-day period | Verify current tier: base-tier taker fees run around 0.1%, stepping down toward roughly 0.06% at the highest volume tier | Spot, Staking |
| BY Bybit | Verify current tier: Bybit uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule | Verify current tier: Bybit uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule | Spot, Perpetual futures, Options, Copy trading |
| Coinbase | Verify current tier: Coinbase's simple and advanced interfaces have different fee schedules | Verify current tier: Coinbase's simple and advanced interfaces have different fee schedules | Spot, Coinbase Advanced (active trading interface), Nano futures (US-regulated, via Coinbase Derivatives) |
| CK Coincheck | 0% on Coincheck Exchange order-book pairs for major coins, but most retail volume flows through the separate simple buy/sell service, which is priced into a spread rather than a visible fee: verify the current spread and order-book coverage before trading | Same structure as maker: 0% on major order-book pairs, small fees (roughly 0.05% to 0.1%) on thinner order-book pairs; verify current rates, since the simple buy/sell spread is the real cost for most users | Spot, Staking, Lending, NFT marketplace |
| CD CoinDCX | Verify current tier: CoinDCX runs separate volume-based maker/taker schedules for spot, margin, and futures (spot INR pairs have ranged roughly 0.03%-0.50%, INR-margined futures nearer 0.02%), so confirm the live rate for the specific product and market before trading | Same pattern applies: verify the current tier for your specific product, since CoinDCX's taker rates differ meaningfully across spot, margin, and futures rather than following one flat schedule | Spot, Margin, Futures, Lending |
| CC Crypto.com | Verify current tier: Crypto.com uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule that starts noticeably higher than several competitors at the base tier | Verify current tier: Crypto.com uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule that starts noticeably higher than several competitors at the base tier | Spot, Margin, Perpetual futures, Options |
| DB Deribit | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Options, Perpetual futures, Dated futures, Combo/spread orders |
| DY dYdX | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Perpetual futures (primary product), Spot (newer, limited rollout) |
| GT Gate.io | Verify current tier: Gate.io uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule | Verify current tier: Gate.io uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule | Spot, Margin, Perpetual futures, Copy trading, Launchpad (new-token offerings) |
| GM Gemini | Verify current tier: Gemini's default app and its ActiveTrader interface run different, volume-based fee schedules | Verify current tier: Gemini's default app and its ActiveTrader interface run different, volume-based fee schedules | Spot, Staking, Perpetual futures (non-US customers only, via Gemini Foundation), Institutional custody |
| HT HTX | Verify current tier: HTX uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule (roughly 0.2% at the base tier, lower for high-volume traders), with additional discounts for paying fees in HTX or TRX tokens | Verify current tier: HTX uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule (roughly 0.2% at the base tier, lower for high-volume traders), with additional discounts for paying fees in HTX or TRX tokens | Spot, Margin, Futures, Options |
| KR Kraken | Verify current tier: Kraken uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule | Verify current tier: Kraken uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule | Spot, Margin, Perpetual futures, Dated futures |
| KU KuCoin | Verify current tier: KuCoin uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule, with roughly a 20% discount for paying fees in its native KCS token | Verify current tier: KuCoin uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule, with roughly a 20% discount for paying fees in its native KCS token | Spot, Margin, Perpetual futures, Trading bots |
| LN Luno | Verify current tier: Luno uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule, historically starting around 0.1% maker and 0.25% taker at the base tier | Verify current tier: Luno uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule, historically starting around 0.1% maker and 0.25% taker at the base tier | Spot |
| MX MEXC | Verify current tier: MEXC runs frequent zero-fee and discounted-fee promotions on top of a volume-based schedule, so posted rates change often | Verify current tier: MEXC runs frequent zero-fee and discounted-fee promotions on top of a volume-based schedule, so posted rates change often | Spot, Margin, Perpetual futures, Leveraged ETFs |
| OKX | Verify current tier: OKX uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule | Verify current tier: OKX uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule | Spot, Perpetual futures, Options, Copy trading, Bots |
| PH Phemex | Verify current tier: Phemex uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule (spot starts around 0.1%/0.1%; futures maker fees are among the lowest of any major exchange, around 0.01% at entry tier) | Verify current tier: Phemex uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule (futures taker fees run above the industry average, around 0.06% at entry tier) | Spot, Margin, Perpetual futures, Copy trading, Earn / lending |
| PL Poloniex | Verify current tier: Poloniex's base spot tier runs 0.2% maker and 0.2% taker, stepping down through its Plus tiers toward 0% maker at the higher levels; futures run a separate flat schedule around 0.01% maker | Verify current tier: spot taker fees fall toward roughly 0.04% to 0.06% at the higher Plus tiers; futures taker fees run around 0.075% flat regardless of volume | Spot, Margin, Perpetual futures |
| UP Upbit | Verify current tier: Upbit's KRW pairs have run around 0.05%, and BTC/USDT crypto pairs were cut from a standard 0.25% to a promotional 0.05% in mid-2026 amid competitive pressure, so check the live rate and which promotion (if any) is active before trading | Same volatility applies here: verify current tier and any active promotional rate before trading, since Upbit has changed crypto-market fees more than once in response to fee-free competitors | Spot |
| WX WazirX | Verify current tier: WazirX's standard schedule runs 0.2% maker and 0.2% taker on spot, moving with WRX holdings and 30-day volume, or a flat monthly WazirX ZERO subscription for unlimited trades; its INR futures product runs a separate schedule around 0.02% maker | Verify current tier: same pattern as the maker fee; WazirX futures taker fees run around 0.04%, and both the spot schedule and subscription pricing have changed more than once recently | Spot, Margin, INR-settled perpetual futures, P2P |
| WB WhiteBit | Flat 0.1% spot fee for most users, with a published rebate schedule for market makers on futures; verify current tier before trading size | Flat 0.1% spot fee for most users; verify current futures schedule, as tiers and rebates change | Spot, Margin trading, Perpetual futures, Staking and lending (WhiteBit Earn) |
Pulled from the same data behind each individual exchange review. Fee schedules change frequently and often vary by account tier. Verify on the exchange itself before trading.
Trade replay simulator
Play back a coin's real price history and trade against it with $10,000 in virtual cash. See Spot Trading Explained first if you're new to order types and custody before practicing with real money.