Binance is one of the world's largest crypto exchanges and uses a maker-taker fee model for spot trading. Understanding how Binance structures its fees helps you minimize costs whether you are a casual trader or a high-frequency participant.
Base Fee Rate
The standard base trading fee on Binance is 0.10% for both maker and taker orders at the lowest volume tier. This is already competitive, but the fee can be reduced substantially through volume-based discounts and the BNB fee discount.
BNB Discount
Traders who hold Binance Coin (BNB) in their account can elect to pay trading fees using BNB. This provides a 25% reduction on all trading fees. So a 0.10% taker fee becomes effectively 0.075% — meaningful savings for active traders.
Volume-Based Tiers
Binance reduces fees based on your 30-day trading volume and BNB holdings. High-volume traders and market makers can unlock very low rates. On select trading pairs, Binance has offered zero maker fees, meaning makers pay nothing and sometimes even receive a small rebate.
Enabling "Post Only" mode on limit orders on Binance ensures your order goes into the book as a maker order and will not accidentally execute as a taker.
Post Only Mode
Binance offers a Post Only option when placing limit orders. When enabled, the order is guaranteed to rest in the order book and earn the maker fee rate. If the price is already at or beyond your limit, the order is cancelled rather than executing as a taker. This is a useful tool for traders who want to guarantee the lower maker rate.
Futures Fees on Binance
Binance Futures has its own fee schedule, typically with lower rates than spot trading. Maker fees for futures can be as low as 0.02% for high-volume traders, with taker fees around 0.04%–0.05%.
Very useful explanation. I switched to Post Only mode on Binance after reading something similar and my monthly fee spend dropped noticeably.
Great breakdown of how maker and taker fees work. Using limit orders has definitely helped me reduce costs.
This is the clearest explanation of the maker-taker model I have come across. The table comparing order types is especially helpful.
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