Maker and taker fees

A maker fee is charged when your order rests on the book and adds liquidity; a taker fee when it fills against a resting order. Both are a percent of notional, so leverage multiplies them. A limit order at the top of the book is usually maker; the Mochatrade fee table.

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In the help centreLearn what a perpetual contract is on Mochatrade
  • Limit orderA limit order buys or sells only at your price or better. You control the price, the market decides whether you trade…
  • LiquidityLiquidity is how much you can trade without moving the price: a tight spread and deep size at each level. US…
  • Round-trip trading costRound-trip cost is everything a trade costs from entry to exit: the spread twice, the fee twice, slippage, and funding…
  • ROE (return on equity in trading)ROE in trading is your profit or loss as a percent of the margin you posted, not of the position. At 10x a 1% move is…
  • Funding rateThe funding rate is the periodic payment between longs and shorts that keeps a perpetual near the real price: above…
  • Notional valueNotional value is the full size of a position, price times quantity, whatever margin backs it: ₹50,000 of exposure on…

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