Updated Rules checked 2026-10-11
On Gate (formerly Gate.io), regular users (VIP 0) pay 0.1% on spot for both Maker and Taker, and Maker 0.02% / Taker 0.05% on USDT perpetual futures. Turning on GT deduction for spot gives you a 10% discount, bringing the rate down to 0.09%. GT deduction only applies to spot; it can’t be used for futures.
For accounts registered with the referral code KEVINXYZ, Gate returns 20% of the fee to your spot account after each trade, so what you actually pay is a bit lower than the fee table.
This guide brings together spot, futures, VIP thresholds, GT deduction, Points, funding rates and withdrawal fees. Every number comes with an official source, and we work through the math for you.
The rates below were checked against Gate’s official pages on 2026-10-11 and are provided for reference.
Key points:
1. For regular Gate users (VIP 0), spot fees are 0.1% for both Maker and Taker, and USDT perpetual futures are Maker 0.02% and Taker 0.05% (checked against the official fee page on 2026-10-11).
2. Turning on GT deduction for spot takes 10% off, bringing it to 0.09%; it doesn’t apply to futures. Paying spot fees with Points is a fixed 0.2%, twice what VIP 0 pays directly.
3. When Gate calculates 30-day trading volume for VIP tiers, futures volume counts at only 40%; VIP 1 and VIP 2 have the same futures rates as VIP 0.
4. Futures fees are calculated on position value: with 1,000 USDT of margin at 10x, opening and closing as a Taker costs 10 USDT in total.
5. Checked on 2026-10-12, the cheapest USDT withdrawal on Gate is on Aptos (0.04 USDT); BEP20 costs 0.5 USDT and TRC20 1.5 USDT.
How much does Gate charge for spot and futures?
| Market | Maker | Taker | With platform-token discount | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spot | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.09% / 0.09% | 10% off with GT deduction on; falls back to the VIP rate automatically when GT runs short |
| USDT perpetual futures | 0.02% | 0.05% | Not applicable | Calculated on position value; funding rate applies separately |
| BTC perpetual futures (coin-margined) | 0.015% | 0.05% | Not applicable | Settled in BTC |
| USDT delivery futures | -0.015% | 0.016% | Not applicable | Plus a 0.015% delivery fee; no funding fee |
The spot and GT deduction rates come from the “Spot fees” table on Gate’s fee page; the USDT perpetual, BTC perpetual and delivery futures rates are from the “Futures fees” tab on the same page (checked 2026-10-11). The delivery fee for delivery futures follows Gate’s explanation of futures fees. The Maker rate on delivery futures is negative, which means a resting order that fills pays nothing and instead receives a small payment.
What’s the difference between Maker and Taker?
Here’s how Gate’s fee page defines them: a Maker places an order at a set price that doesn’t immediately fill against an existing order on the order book, and instead joins the order list to wait for a fill. A Taker places an order that fills right away against an order already on the book. Market orders are always Taker.
Take the BTC/USDT perpetual as an example. BTC is at 100,000 USDT. If you place a limit buy at 99,500 USDT and wait for the price to drop before it fills, you pay the Maker rate of 0.02%. If you buy at market and fill instantly, you pay the Taker rate of 0.05%. On the same 10,000 USDT fill, a Maker pays 2 USDT and a Taker pays 5 USDT, 2.5 times as much. On spot, VIP 0 Maker and Taker are both 0.1%, so resting orders don’t save you anything on spot fees; the two rates only start to differ from VIP 4 up. For the gap between Maker and Taker rates across 13 exchanges, see Maker vs Taker fees.
How much are Gate spot fees?
| Item | VIP 0 | With GT deduction |
|---|---|---|
| Maker / Taker | 0.1% / 0.1% | 0.09% / 0.09% |
| Buy 1,000 USDT of BTC | 1 USDT | 0.9 USDT worth of GT |
| 100,000 USDT traded per month | 100 USDT | 90 USDT |
The formula follows Gate’s guide to calculating spot fees: trading fee = trade amount × fee rate, where the trade amount is the fill price times the quantity. Gate’s own example sells 2 ETH at 2,000 USDT, for a trade amount of 4,000 USDT; at the VIP 0 Taker rate of 0.1%, the fee is 4 USDT.
How the fee is deducted: with GT deduction on, the system pays fees with GT first; when your GT balance runs short, it automatically falls back to the VIP rate and charges the usual way (Gate’s fee page). Without GT deduction, the official help pages don’t say whether a buy is charged in the coin you receive or in USDT. Each fill record shows the fee currency, so you can check it there.
Points need extra care. Points are fee credits you get from platform promotions, and 1 Point = 1 USD, but spot fees paid with Points use a fixed rate of 0.2% for both Maker and Taker (Gate’s fee page). On a 1,000 USDT fill, that’s 2 Points, or 2 USD, twice the 1 USDT you’d pay directly at VIP 0. Gate states that GT deduction and Points can’t be combined, and that when you choose to use the VIP rate, no Points or GT are deducted on top.
What are Gate futures fees based on?
| Item | Maker | Taker |
|---|---|---|
| USDT perpetual VIP 0 rate | 0.02% | 0.05% |
| Open 10,000 USDT | 2 USDT | 5 USDT |
| Open + close 10,000 USDT | 4 USDT | 10 USDT |
Gate’s explanation of futures fees states that futures fees are only charged when you open, close or reduce a position; unfilled or cancelled orders cost nothing. The formula is “fee = position value × (Maker / Taker rate)”. It’s based on position value and has nothing to do with leverage, and the fee is taken from the position margin. For how notional value is calculated, with worked examples for 13 exchanges, see how futures fees are calculated.
Fees are calculated on position value, not margin. With 1,000 USDT of margin at 10x, the position value is 1,000 × 10 = 10,000 USDT. Opening as Taker costs 10,000 × 0.05% = 5 USDT, and closing costs another 5 USDT, so the round trip is 10 USDT, or 1% of your margin. If you open and close as Maker, it’s 10,000 × 0.02% × 2 = 4 USDT.
With the same 1,000 USDT of margin at 20x, a Taker round trip costs 20 USDT, or 2% of your margin, paid before the price has even moved. The higher the leverage and the more often you trade in and out, the larger the share of your capital that goes to fees. And if the price moves against you, a leveraged position may also be liquidated, wiping out all of your margin. Before opening a position, you can estimate the liquidation price with the liquidation price calculator and add up fees and funding together with the perpetual futures cost calculator.
Futures Taker orders can be paid two ways: at the VIP rate, or with Points. Gate’s fee page states that when your futures account has a Points balance, Points are used first by default, with a base Taker rate of 0.075% and an effective rate as low as 0.0225%; the actual discount depends on the counterparty’s negative Maker rate and the cost of the Points. You can only use one of the two methods. Maker orders always use the VIP rate and can’t be paid with Points.
Also, starting 2026-08-13 Gate launched 9 USD1-margined perpetual contracts, including BTC, ETH and SOL. During the limited-time promotion, VIP 0 to VIP 16 pay 0 fees on Maker orders and get 25% off Taker fees; for example, the VIP 0 Taker rate on BTCUSD1 is 0.0375%. The promotion runs until the platform announces otherwise (Gate’s USD1 perpetual announcement). These contracts are margined in USD1, and they’re a different market from USDT perpetuals.
How do Gate VIP tiers work?
| Tier | Assets (USD) | 14-day average GT | 30-day volume (USD) | Spot Maker / Taker | USDT perpetual Maker / Taker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIP 0 | — | — | — | 0.1% / 0.1% | 0.02% / 0.05% |
| VIP 1 | 2,000 | 50 | 60,000 | 0.099% / 0.099% | 0.02% / 0.05% |
| VIP 2 | 4,000 | 200 | 120,000 | 0.098% / 0.098% | 0.02% / 0.05% |
| VIP 3 | 10,000 | 500 | 240,000 | 0.097% / 0.097% | 0.02% / 0.048% |
| VIP 4 | 20,000 | 1,000 | 500,000 | 0.095% / 0.096% | 0.02% / 0.048% |
| VIP 5 | 40,000 | 2,000 | 1,000,000 | 0.09% / 0.095% | 0.02% / 0.045% |
| VIP 6 | 100,000 | 5,000 | 3,000,000 | 0.085% / 0.09% | 0.018% / 0.042% |
| VIP 7 | 200,000 | 10,000 | 8,000,000 | 0.08% / 0.085% | 0.016% / 0.0375% |
| VIP 8 | 400,000 | 20,000 | 20,000,000 | 0.075% / 0.08% | 0.014% / 0.035% |
| VIP 9 | 1,000,000 | 50,000 | 50,000,000 | 0.07% / 0.075% | 0.012% / 0.032% |
| VIP 10 | 2,000,000 | 100,000 | 100,000,000 | 0.04% / 0.058% | 0.01% / 0.03% |
| VIP 11 | 4,000,000 | 200,000 | 120,000,000 | 0.03% / 0.045% | 0.008% / 0.028% |
Thresholds follow the “VIP thresholds and fees” table on Gate’s VIP page, and rates follow Gate’s fee page (checked 2026-10-11). Meeting any one of the three criteria (assets, 14-day average GT or 30-day volume) is enough to move up. Regular users can reach VIP 14 at most; VIP 15 and VIP 16, or accounts where API trading makes up 60% or more of volume, are moved to institutional status.
- How volume is counted: 30-day total volume = spot (including Convert) + stocks + futures (USDT perpetual, BTC perpetual, USDT delivery) × 40% + USD1 futures × 20% + options × 20% + CFDs × 10%, and copy trading volume counts too. Futures count at only 40%, so 300,000 USDT of futures volume a month counts as just 120,000 USDT.
- How assets are counted: each coin is multiplied by a coefficient based on its market cap rank; for example, GT has a coefficient of 1, and coins ranked 51 to 120 by market cap have 0.8. Assets in CFD accounts and locked airdrop rewards don’t count.
- How fast it updates: once you meet a threshold, the system is expected to update your tier within 3 hours.
- Tier protection: if you moved up through 30-day volume, you keep the tier for 60 days, after which it drops one level every 15 days; tiers reached through assets or GT get no protection.
The table shows that low VIP tiers do almost nothing for futures: VIP 1 and VIP 2 have the same futures rates as VIP 0, the Taker rate only drops from 0.05% to 0.048% at VIP 3, and only reaches 0.045% at VIP 5. As calculated above, 300,000 USDT of futures a month counts as only 120,000, which is exactly VIP 2, and your futures rates don’t change at all. To reach VIP 5 through volume, you’d need 2,500,000 USDT of futures volume in 30 days.
The GT route has a lower bar. On 2026-10-11 GT traded at about 11.01 USDT on Gate, so the 2,000 GT needed for VIP 5 is about 22,000 USDT, almost half the 40,000 USD asset threshold; the 500 GT for VIP 3 is about 5,500 USDT. The GT price changes every day, and holding GT means taking on its price swings.
How VIP relates to rebates: the FAQ on Gate’s fee page states that users at VIP 11 and above no longer generate inviter rebates. The invitee’s rebate is a share the affiliate partner gives from their own rebate (Gate’s rebate ratio adjustment announcement), so that part goes away too. For a comparison across exchanges, see does your referral rebate survive a VIP upgrade.
How much can you save by paying fees with GT?
- How big the discount is: VIP 0 spot drops from 0.1% to 0.09%, a 10% discount. GT deduction rates for VIP 1 to VIP 9 are also lower than the VIP rates, but from VIP 10 on, the GT deduction rate is the same as the VIP rate, with no extra discount (Gate’s fee page).
- What it covers: Gate’s official definition is “using GT to deduct spot trading fees”; it doesn’t apply to futures.
- How to turn it on: Gate’s API documentation says GT deduction is turned on in the personal center; the official help pages don’t give the exact steps on the website or in the app.
- When GT runs short: it automatically falls back to the VIP rate; GT deduction and Points can’t be used at the same time.
How much GT deduction saves: with 100,000 USDT of spot volume a month, fees drop from 100 USDT to 90 USDT, a saving of 10 USDT a month. The discount is only 10%, smaller than the platform-token discounts at many exchanges. If you’d be buying GT only for the discount, first check whether the fees you save make up for GT’s price swings. It’s more worthwhile if you already plan to hold GT to reach a VIP tier and turn on deduction along the way.
How are rebates calculated after GT deduction? Gate calculates rebates on trading fees, but it hasn’t stated officially whether fees paid with GT count toward the rebate, or whether the rebate uses the amount before or after the deduction.
Does the funding rate count as a trading fee?
According to Gate’s explanation of funding rates, funding fees are paid only between longs and shorts, and the exchange doesn’t collect them. When the rate is positive, longs pay shorts; when it’s negative, shorts pay longs. The formula is “funding fee = position value × funding rate”. For settlement intervals and rate caps across 13 exchanges, see what the funding rate is.
- Settlement times: contracts on an 8-hour cycle settle at 00:00, 08:00 and 16:00 (UTC), which is 08:00, 16:00 and 24:00 Taiwan time; some contracts run on a 4-hour cycle.
- The cycle can shorten automatically: if the funding rate hits its upper or lower limit at settlement, the cycle automatically switches to 1 hour, without prior notice; after 16 consecutive settlements with an absolute rate below 0.025%, it automatically switches back to 4 hours.
- Baseline: the base interest rate for crypto contracts is 0.03%, which works out to 0.01% per 8 hours; live and historical rates are on Gate’s funding rate page.
An example: a 10,000 USDT long with a funding rate of +0.01% pays 10,000 × 0.01% = 1 USDT per settlement, or 3 USDT a day for three settlements. Hold it for 4 days and that adds up to 12 USDT, already more than the 10 USDT in Taker fees for opening and closing. If the cycle shortens to 1 hour while the rate stays high, the cost builds up even faster. Funding fees aren’t trading fees, so they earn no rebate; delivery futures have no funding fee.
Do deposits, withdrawals, Convert and P2P cost anything?
- Deposits: the “Deposit & withdrawal” tab on Gate’s fee page lists crypto deposit fees as 0; the only cost is the withdrawal fee charged by the sending side.
- Withdrawals: these vary by coin and network, and the full list is on the same tab. Checked 2026-10-11: USDT costs 0.05 USDT on Arbitrum One, 0.3 USDT on TON, 0.5 USDT each on BEP20 and Solana, 1 USDT on ERC20 and 1.5 USDT on TRC20 (the TRC20 minimum withdrawal is 10 USDT, 1 USDT on other networks); BTC on the Bitcoin mainnet is 0.00003 BTC.
- Convert: Gate’s Convert page states that it charges no trading fees of any kind, and the quote on the preview screen is the fill price. But the same page also states that Convert prices differ from the spot order book: when buying, the Convert price is slightly higher than spot, and when selling, slightly lower, so the cost is already built into the quote.
- P2P: Gate’s P2P guide says it currently offers zero-commission P2P trading; prices are quoted by merchants, and your bank or payment provider may charge its own fees.
For a single USDT withdrawal, TRC20 and Arbitrum One differ by 1.45 USDT. Still, you need to pick a network the receiving side also supports; choose the wrong one and the funds may not arrive. A low fee doesn’t mean every chain will work.
USDT withdrawal fees: checked again on 2026-10-12, Gate charges 0.04 USDT for USDT on Aptos, 0.05 USDT each on Polygon and Arbitrum One, 0.05 USDT on Plasma, 0.3 USDT on TON, 0.5 USDT each on BEP20 and Solana, 1 USDT on ERC20 and 1.5 USDT on TRC20; withdrawals on Optimism were suspended that day. TRC20 has a minimum of 10 USDT per withdrawal and other networks 1 USDT, and TON requires a Memo. For fees by network on 13 exchanges, see USDT withdrawal fees compared.
How do I check my own fee tier?
- Your personal rates: log in and open Gate’s fee page; the “Fee overview” at the top shows your current rates. Gate’s VIP page also states that your 30-day total volume and assets can both be checked on the fee page.
- VIP thresholds: Gate’s VIP page lists the asset, GT and volume thresholds for each tier.
- What you were actually charged: each fill record shows the fee amount and currency.
- App: the official help pages don’t say where this is in the app menus.
What do you actually pay after a referral code rebate?
Since 2023-04-20, invitees on Gate no longer get a fee discount; they get a “post-trade rebate” instead. You pay fees at the normal rate when you trade, and after the trade completes the system automatically sends the rebate to the invitee’s spot account. At some times it may be delayed by 1–2 hours. Rebate records are under “Wallet → Bill details → Operation type → Rebate” (Gate’s invitee rebate announcement, published in 2023, so the menu names may have changed). The rebate is calculated on fees, not on trade amount. There is no rebate in these cases:
- Fiat trades (Gate’s referral rules).
- Users at VIP 11 and above (Gate’s fee page).
Rebates from an affiliate partner’s referral code have no time limit unless the invitation relationship is removed (Gate’s affiliate FAQ). The referral code has to be entered at sign-up, and we couldn’t find an official way to add one afterward. If you’ve already registered, see the Gate referral code switch guide.
Estimate: USDT perpetual futures (Taker 0.05%)
| Monthly volume | Fees (0.05%) | Auto rebate (20%) | Net fees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 USDT | 5 USDT | 1 USDT | 4 USDT |
| 100,000 USDT | 50 USDT | 10 USDT | 40 USDT |
| 1,000,000 USDT | 500 USDT | 100 USDT | 400 USDT |
Example at a futures fee rate of 0.05% and the current 20% automatic rebate (rate updated 2026-10-23). Your exchange statement prevails.
Estimate: spot (0.1%)
| Monthly volume | Fees (0.1%) | Auto rebate (20%) | Net fees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 USDT | 10 USDT | 2 USDT | 8 USDT |
| 100,000 USDT | 100 USDT | 20 USDT | 80 USDT |
| 1,000,000 USDT | 1,000 USDT | 200 USDT | 800 USDT |
Example at a spot fee rate of 0.1% and the current 20% automatic rebate (rate updated 2026-10-23). Your exchange statement prevails.
Take a trader with 300,000 USDT of futures volume a month: all Taker, fees come to 300,000 × 0.05% = 150 USDT; all Maker, 300,000 × 0.02% = 60 USDT. Enter your volume in the estimates above to see what you actually pay after the rebate. The rebate returns a percentage of your fees, so if you switch from Taker to Maker first and then collect the rebate, the two effects multiply.
For the referral code and how to sign up, see Gate referral code; for each exchange’s real fee rate after the rebate, see actual trading fees after referral rebates. For the official VIP 0 rates of 13 exchanges ranked from lowest to highest, see lowest-fee crypto exchanges ranked.
How can you save on Gate fees?
Ranked by how much a typical retail trader (mostly futures, 300,000 USDT of volume a month) can save:
- Use resting orders on futures where you can: switching from Taker 0.05% to Maker 0.02% cuts fees on 300,000 USDT a month from 150 USDT to 60 USDT, saving 90 USDT, the most of any method here. The trade-off is that a resting order may not fill, and when you need to get in or out quickly you’ll still have to take.
- Sign up with a referral code that comes with a rebate: the rebate returns a percentage of your fees, so the more you trade, the more you get back, and you don’t have to change how you trade. It can only be linked at sign-up; use the estimates above to see the amount.
- Reach a higher VIP tier with GT or assets: a 14-day average of 2,000 GT, or 40,000 USD in assets, gets you VIP 5, which lowers the futures Taker rate from 0.05% to 0.045%, saving 15 USDT a month on 300,000 USDT all as Taker. The saving is small, so if you don’t have idle funds, there’s no need to buy GT or park money on the exchange just for the tier.
- Turn on GT deduction for spot: spot fees get 10% off, saving 10 USDT a month on 100,000 USDT of spot volume; it doesn’t apply to futures. Also, if you have Points, check how fees are being charged: the spot Points rate of 0.2% is higher than VIP 0.
- Use Convert less and choose the right withdrawal network: Convert charges no fee but has a spread, so for larger amounts a spot limit order makes the cost clearer. For USDT withdrawals, pick a network the receiving side supports that also has a low fee, e.g. 0.05 USDT on Arbitrum One versus 1.5 USDT on TRC20 (checked 2026-10-11).
FAQ
What are Gate’s fees?
For regular Gate users (VIP 0), spot fees are 0.1% each for Maker and Taker, and USDT perpetual futures are Maker 0.02% and Taker 0.05%. GT deduction lowers spot to 0.09%; the higher your VIP tier, the lower your rates, and at VIP 14, the highest tier for regular users, spot is 0.008% / 0.023%.
How are Gate fees deducted?
With GT deduction on, spot fees are paid with GT first, and if GT runs short it falls back to the VIP rate. Futures fees are taken from the position margin, once when you open and once when you close. Your fill records show how much was charged on each trade and in which coin.
Where can I see my Gate fees?
After logging in, open Gate’s fee page. The “Fee overview” at the top shows the rates that currently apply to you, and your 30-day total trading volume and assets are on the same page. The thresholds for each tier are listed on Gate’s VIP page; your fill records show how much was actually charged on each trade and in which coin.
How are Gate futures fees calculated?
Futures fee = position value × fee rate. It has nothing to do with leverage and isn’t based on margin. With 1,000 USDT of margin at 10x, the position value is 10,000 USDT, and as Taker you pay 5 USDT to open and 5 USDT to close, 10 USDT in total; if a perpetual position is held across a settlement time, funding fees apply on top.
How much does Gate charge for withdrawals?
Gate’s withdrawal fees depend on the coin and network, and deposits are free. As of 2026-10-11, USDT costs 0.05 USDT on Arbitrum One, 0.5 USDT on BEP20, 1 USDT on ERC20 and 1.5 USDT on TRC20, and BTC on the Bitcoin mainnet is 0.00003 BTC; the full list is on the “Deposit & withdrawal” tab of Gate’s fee page.
How much does Gate charge to withdraw USDT?
Checked on 2026-10-12, withdrawing USDT from Gate costs 0.04 USDT on Aptos, 0.05 USDT on Arbitrum One, 0.5 USDT on BEP20, 1 USDT on ERC20 and 1.5 USDT on TRC20. The fee is fixed per withdrawal regardless of the amount and changes with network conditions, so go by what the page shows before you withdraw; for a comparison of 13 exchanges, see USDT withdrawal fees compared.
Is paying fees with GT worth it?
It only helps on spot, with a 10% discount, from 0.1% to 0.09%. With 100,000 USDT of spot volume a month you save 10 USDT a month, and it doesn’t apply to futures at all; if you mostly trade futures it won’t help much, and you also take on GT’s price swings while you hold it.
Can I use a referral code rebate and GT deduction together?
Gate doesn’t say the two can’t be combined, so you can turn both on. But it hasn’t stated officially how the rebate is calculated on fees paid with GT, or whether it uses the amount before or after the deduction; you can check what actually arrives in the rebate records under your bill details.
If your rebate hasn’t arrived, see what to do if your rebate hasn’t arrived; for when rebates can be cancelled, see can rebates be cancelled?; for the difference between “commission” and “rebate”, see referrer commission vs. invitee rebate, with definitions in the rebate glossary. Whether each exchange lets you add a code after signing up is covered in can you add a referral code after signing up?, and every exchange’s referral code and automatic fee rebate are in exchange referral codes roundup.