Bitunix Fees 2026: Futures Costs, Funding, Copy-Trading Share & Withdrawal Fees
Bitunix advertises relatively low trading fees, particularly for futures. However, the maker or taker percentage shown on the fee page is only one part of the actual cost of using the exchange.
A futures trader can pay a fee when opening a position, another fee when closing it, and funding payments while the position remains open. Copy traders can also owe part of their realized profit to a lead trader. Crypto withdrawals have network-specific fees, while card purchases, fiat deposits, and third-party payment services use separate pricing structures.
Leverage creates another common misunderstanding. Bitunix calculates futures trading fees from position value, not simply from the margin placed into the trade. A user with 100 USDT of margin controlling a 5,000 USDT position is therefore paying fees based on the larger position.
This Bitunix fees guide reviews what users actually pay in 2026, how futures and funding costs are calculated, how VIP discounts work, what copy trading costs, and why the cheapest-looking option is not always the cheapest overall.
Bitunix Fees: Quick Summary
For a standard VIP 0 account, Bitunix currently publishes the following base rates:
Spot maker fee: 0.0800%
Spot taker fee: 0.1000%
Futures maker fee: 0.0200%
Futures taker fee: 0.0600%
Bitunix uses VIP levels from VIP 0 through VIP 8. Higher levels can reduce both spot and futures fees.
At VIP 8, Bitunix currently lists:
Spot maker: 0.0048%
Spot taker: 0.0180%
Futures maker: 0.0000%
Futures taker: 0.0260%
Qualification depends on trading volume or qualifying account balance. Users should check their current VIP status inside Bitunix because rates and requirements can change.
Other important costs include:
Futures opening fee
Futures closing fee
Perpetual funding payments
Copy-trading profit sharing
Blockchain withdrawal fees
Card purchase fees
Third-party payment charges
Possible fiat deposit fees
Spread and execution slippage
Bitunix does not charge an ordinary on-chain crypto deposit fee.
Bitunix Convert also advertises zero explicit conversion fees and no execution slippage, but it uses a quoted-price model rather than the spot order book, so the quoted conversion rate can differ from the visible spot-market price.
Bitunix Maker and Taker Fees Explained
Bitunix uses the maker/taker model for both spot and futures trading.
The difference depends on what your order does to the order book.
Maker Order
A maker order adds liquidity.
This usually happens when a limit order is placed at a price that does not execute immediately.
For example:
BTC is trading around 100,000 USDT.
You place a limit buy at 99,000 USDT.
The order remains on the book.
If another trader later trades against it, your order generally receives maker treatment.
Maker fees are lower because the order provided liquidity.
Taker Order
A taker order removes existing liquidity.
Common examples include:
Market orders
Limit orders that execute immediately
A marketable limit order that matches existing orders
Taker fees are higher because the trade consumes liquidity already available in the order book.
Bitunix specifically identifies market orders and immediately executing limit orders as common taker situations.
Does a Limit Order Always Pay the Maker Fee?
No.
This is a common mistake.
“Limit order” and “maker order” do not mean the same thing.
Suppose BTC asks are available at 100,000 USDT.
You submit a limit buy at 100,100 USDT.
Your order can immediately match the existing 100,000 USDT sell orders.
Even though you selected a limit order, you removed liquidity.
It can therefore be treated as a taker trade.
For maker treatment, the order generally needs to enter the order book without immediately matching an existing order.
Bitunix Spot Trading Fees
Bitunix’s standard VIP 0 spot rates are currently:
Maker: 0.0800%
Taker: 0.1000%
The fee decreases at higher VIP levels.
A simple spot-fee calculation is:
Trading Fee = Trade Value × Fee Rate
For example:
Spot trade value: 1,000 USDT
VIP 0 taker rate: 0.10%
Estimated trading fee: 1 USDT
A 10,000 USDT taker trade would cost approximately:
10 USDT
A 10,000 USDT maker trade at the VIP 0 rate of 0.08% would cost approximately:
8 USDT
The exact amount depends on the executed trade value rather than merely the size originally entered into an order.
Partially filled orders generate fees based on the quantity that actually executes.
Current Bitunix VIP Fee Levels
Bitunix currently publishes the following fee schedule:
VIP 0
Spot maker: 0.0800%
Spot taker: 0.1000%
Futures maker: 0.0200%
Futures taker: 0.0600%
VIP 1
Spot maker: 0.0700%
Spot taker: 0.0900%
Futures maker: 0.0200%
Futures taker: 0.0500%
VIP 2
Spot maker: 0.0600%
Spot taker: 0.0800%
Futures maker: 0.0160%
Futures taker: 0.0500%
VIP 3
Spot maker: 0.0350%
Spot taker: 0.0600%
Futures maker: 0.0140%
Futures taker: 0.0400%
VIP 4
Spot maker: 0.0200%
Spot taker: 0.0500%
Futures maker: 0.0120%
Futures taker: 0.0375%
VIP 5
Spot maker: 0.0150%
Spot taker: 0.0450%
Futures maker: 0.0100%
Futures taker: 0.0350%
VIP 6
Spot maker: 0.0125%
Spot taker: 0.0375%
Futures maker: 0.0080%
Futures taker: 0.0315%
VIP 7
Spot maker: 0.0100%
Spot taker: 0.0325%
Futures maker: 0.0060%
Futures taker: 0.0300%
VIP 8
Spot maker: 0.0048%
Spot taker: 0.0180%
Futures maker: 0.0000%
Futures taker: 0.0260%
These were the published rates when this guide was reviewed. Bitunix can update its fee structure, so the live fee page and the fee rate shown inside the user’s account should take priority.
How Bitunix VIP Levels Work
Bitunix can assign VIP levels using qualifying activity such as:
30-day spot trading volume
30-day futures trading volume
Account balance
Users do not necessarily need to satisfy every criterion simultaneously. Bitunix displays qualifying alternatives on its current VIP fee page.
The exchange also currently allows qualifying VIP users from other exchanges to apply for a Bitunix VIP level by providing evidence of their trading volume.
VIP status matters most to active traders.
Reducing a futures taker fee from 0.0600% to 0.0300% may appear small, but the difference becomes significant when a trader repeatedly opens and closes large notional positions.
Bitunix Futures Trading Fees
Standard VIP 0 futures rates are currently:
Maker: 0.0200%
Taker: 0.0600%
Bitunix charges a trading fee when a futures position is opened and another fee when it is closed.
The opening fee is calculated approximately as:
Opening Price × Position Size × Applicable Fee Rate
The closing fee is calculated approximately as:
Closing Price × Position Size × Applicable Fee Rate
Total trading cost for the completed futures trade is therefore:
Opening Fee + Closing Fee
This is one reason traders should not calculate a futures fee only once.
A position has both an entry and an exit.
Bitunix Futures Fee Example
Suppose:
BTC entry price: 100,000 USDT
Position size: 0.1 BTC
Position value: 10,000 USDT
VIP level: VIP 0
Order type: Taker
Taker rate: 0.0600%
Opening fee:
10,000 × 0.06% = 6 USDT
Suppose BTC is later closed at 102,000 USDT.
Closing position value:
10,200 USDT
Closing fee:
10,200 × 0.06% = 6.12 USDT
Total trading fee:
12.12 USDT
This does not yet include funding payments or slippage.
The trader’s economic result must therefore account for more than the price difference between entry and exit.
Why Bitunix Futures Fees Are Charged Twice
Opening a futures position is one executed transaction.
Closing the position is another.
Each trade interacts with Bitunix’s order book and therefore has its own maker or taker classification.
For example:
Entry: Taker
Exit: Taker
Both sides pay the taker rate.
But it could instead be:
Entry: Maker
Exit: Taker
The entry and exit would then use different fee rates.
Traders should therefore think about round-trip costs rather than only the entry fee.
Bitunix Round-Trip Futures Cost
For a simplified position where entry and exit values are similar:
VIP 0 maker entry + maker exit:
Approximately 0.04% of notional turnover
VIP 0 taker entry + taker exit:
Approximately 0.12% of notional turnover
Maker entry + taker exit:
Approximately 0.08%
These are simplified estimates because the actual closing position value can differ from the opening value.
A trader who repeatedly enters with market orders and exits with market orders will therefore accumulate significantly more trading costs than one who consistently qualifies for maker execution.
Does Bitunix Charge Futures Fees on Margin or Position Size?
Position size.
This is one of the most important Bitunix fee concepts.
Bitunix explicitly states that futures fees are calculated using position size, not simply the margin committed to the position.
Suppose:
Margin: 100 USDT
Leverage: 50x
Position value: approximately 5,000 USDT
VIP 0 taker fee: 0.06%
Opening fee is based on approximately 5,000 USDT of exposure.
It is not calculated from only the 100 USDT margin.
Estimated opening fee:
5,000 × 0.06% = 3 USDT
If the trader later closes the entire position as a taker at approximately the same notional value:
Another approximately 3 USDT could be charged.
Total round-trip trading fee:
Approximately 6 USDT
Relative to the original 100 USDT margin, that is substantial.
Does Higher Leverage Increase Bitunix Fees?
Leverage itself is not a separate fee.
However, using leverage often allows a trader to create a larger position from the same amount of margin.
Because Bitunix calculates trading fees from position size, a larger leveraged position produces a larger absolute trading fee.
Consider the same 100 USDT margin:
At 5x leverage:
Approximate position: 500 USDT
VIP 0 taker opening fee:
0.30 USDT
At 50x leverage:
Approximate position: 5,000 USDT
VIP 0 taker opening fee:
3 USDT
At 100x leverage:
Approximate position: 10,000 USDT
VIP 0 taker opening fee:
6 USDT
The fee rate has not changed.
The notional exposure has.
This is why high leverage can make trading fees surprisingly large relative to the cash margin supporting the position.
Can Trading Fees Affect Bitunix Liquidation?
Yes.
Trading costs reduce account equity.
On a low-leverage position with a large margin buffer, a small fee may have little effect.
On a highly leveraged position, however, the available margin buffer can already be very small.
Opening fees, closing costs,s and funding payments can therefore contribute to the overall reduction in equity.
They should not be ignored when calculating liquidation risk.
For detailed liquidation mechanics, see our Bitunix Futures Guide 2026: Leverage, Margin, Liquidation, TP/SL & Order Problems.
Bitunix Funding Fees Explained
Perpetual futures do not have a normal expiry date.
Bitunix therefore uses funding payments to help keep perpetual-contract prices aligned with the underlying reference market.
The funding payment is exchanged between long and short traders.
It should not be understood in the same way as a normal trading fee collected simply for executing an order.
Bitunix states:
When the funding rate is positive, longs pay shorts.
When the funding rate is negative, shorts pay longs.
This means funding can either:
Cost you money
or
Pay you money
depending on your position direction and the current funding rate.
Bitunix Funding Formula
A simplified funding calculation is:
Funding Payment = Position Value × Funding Rate
Bitunix’s more detailed contract documentation defines the calculation using net position, contract value, settlement price, and the applicable funding rate.
For a practical example:
Position value: 20,000 USDT
Funding rate: 0.01%
Estimated funding payment:
2 USDT
If the rate is positive and the trader is long:
The long side generally pays approximately 2 USDT.
If the trader is short:
The short side generally receives funding, subject to the platform’s settlement calculation.
What Time Does Bitunix Charge Funding?
Bitunix says funding is normally settled every eight hours.
The standard schedule is:
00:00 UTC
08:00 UTC
16:00 UTC
However, Bitunix can change the funding interval for individual contracts according to market conditions.
The Bitunix API also exposes a contract-specific funding interval and next funding time, confirming that the interval is a property of the individual futures market rather than something users should assume is permanently eight hours for every contract.
Do You Pay Funding If You Close Before the Funding Time?
No, according to Bitunix’s standard funding explanation.
A trader only pays or receives funding if the position remains open at the funding settlement moment.
If the position is closed before that point, no funding payment applies for that settlement.
For example:
Next funding: 16:00 UTC
Position opened: 14:00 UTC
Position closed: 15:55 UTC
The position is not open at 16:00.
No 16:00 funding payment should apply.
However, opening a position purely to avoid or collect funding also introduces:
Trading fees
Slippage
Market risk
There is therefore no guaranteed cost advantage.
Can You Pay Funding More Than Once?
Yes.
A perpetual position can remain open through several settlement periods.
Suppose funding is settled every eight hours and a trader holds a position for 48 hours.
The position may cross six funding settlements.
Each one uses the funding rate applicable at that settlement time.
This means the total funding cost cannot be reliably estimated by looking only at the rate displayed when the position is first opened.
Funding changes.
An apparently low rate can also become meaningful when applied repeatedly to a large leveraged position.
Bitunix Funding Example Over Several Periods
Suppose:
Position value: 50,000 USDT
Average positive funding rate: 0.01%
Trader is long
Approximate payment per settlement:
5 USDT
If the position remains open through six identical settlements:
Approximate total:
30 USDT
But actual funding rates can change between settlement periods.
One period might be:
0.01%
Another:
0.005%
Another:
-0.003%
The trader should therefore inspect each contract’s live funding information instead of assuming one constant rate.
Can Bitunix Funding Reduce Available Margin?
Yes.
Bitunix states that in cross-margin mode, funding payments are deducted from the futures account balance.
In isolated mode, funding is also normally taken from the futures balance. If the available balance is insufficient, Bitunix may cancel open orders to free funds, and under certain circumstances the cost can affect the position itself.
Funding can therefore contribute indirectly to liquidation risk.
A trader may see the market remain almost unchanged but still experience a decline in available equity because of repeated funding payments.
Why Is Bitunix Funding So High on Some Altcoins?
Funding reflects the relationship between perpetual-contract positioning and the underlying market.
When traders heavily favor one side of a contract, the funding mechanism can become more expensive for that side.
Highly speculative altcoins may experience:
More extreme long/short imbalance
Greater volatility
Thinner liquidity
Larger futures premiums or discounts
Funding can therefore become significantly larger than on BTC or ETH.
Bitunix can also change funding intervals for certain pairs in response to market conditions.
A low maker/taker rate does not make a futures trade inexpensive if the trader holds an aggressively funded position for a long time.
Trading Fee vs Funding Fee
These are different costs.
Trading Fee
Triggered when an order executes.
Paid when entering or exiting.
Depends primarily on position value, maker/taker status, and VIP rate.
Funding Payment
Occurs only at designated funding timestamps.
Applies to perpetual futures positions that remain open at those times.
Depends on position value, direction,n and funding rate.
Can be paid or received.
A trader can therefore pay:
Opening fee
Funding payment
Funding payment
Funding payment
Closing fee
all on one futures position.
That is why evaluating only “Bitunix futures fee = 0.06%” can seriously underestimate actual cost.
Bitunix Copy Trading Fees
Bitunix Copy Trading uses futures contracts.
Followers therefore remain subject to standard Bitunix futures trading fees.
Current Copy Trading Rules also state that Bitunix does not charge an additional Copy Trading service fee.
However, followers can still face several costs:
Normal futures trading fees
Funding payments
Lead-trader profit sharing
Execution slippage
The absence of an additional “service fee” does not therefore mean copy trading has no cost.
Bitunix Copy-Trading Profit Sharing
Bitunix currently lists a default lead-trader profit-sharing ratio of 10%.
The exact applicable ratio should be checked on the specific lead trader or strategy before copying.
Profit sharing is based on eligible realized positive results during the settlement period.
Bitunix defines the pending amount broadly as:
Maximum of:
Realized Profit During the Period × Profit-Sharing Ratio
or zero.
This means a negative settlement-period result does not produce a positive profit-sharing payment.
Bitunix Copy-Trading Profit-Sharing Example
Suppose a follower generates:
Weekly realized profit: 500 USDT
Lead-trader share: 10%
Estimated profit sharing:
50 USDT
Follower remaining realized profit before considering other applicable costs:
450 USDT
But the follower may also have paid:
Futures opening fees
Futures closing fees
Funding
Slippage
Therefore, the amount retained from the strategy can be lower than simply subtracting 10% from the headline trading PnL.
When Does Bitunix Settle Copy-Trading Profit Sharing?
Bitunix’s current rules use a weekly settlement.
The standard period runs from Monday through Sunday, with settlement scheduled around Monday at 00:00 UTC.
Bitunix can freeze an estimated profit-sharing amount before final settlement.
This has an important effect.
The reserved amount reduces the capital Bitunix treats as available for additional copy orders.
Current rules define Copy Trader Available Balance as:
Futures Available Balance minus Estimated Profit Sharing.
A user can therefore have money visible in the futures account but still have a copied order fail because part of the balance is reserved for pending profit sharing.
What Happens If Profit Sharing Would Cause Liquidation?
Bitunix has a specific protection for this situation.
If completing the scheduled profit-sharing payment would cause an open copied position to be liquidated, the settlement can be postponed to the next settlement period.
The postponed amount is then considered with the subsequent period’s results.
This does not make copy trading safe from liquidation.
It only changes the timing of the profit-share deduction.
Does Bitunix Copy Trading Charge an Extra Service Fee?
Current July 2026 Copy Trading Rules say no additional Copy Trading service fee is charged.
The trades are charged according to normal futures fee rates.
Therefore:
Copy Trading service fee: currently none listed
Futures trading fees: yes
Funding: possible
Lead-trader profit sharing: yes on eligible positive results
Slippage: possible
For a detailed explanation of why copied results differ and why orders fail, see our Bitunix Copy Trading Guide 2026.
Bitunix Deposit and Withdrawal Fees
Bitunix Deposit Fees
Bitunix currently says normal on-chain cryptocurrency deposits do not carry a Bitunix deposit fee.
However, this does not mean moving crypto to Bitunix is necessarily free.
The sender may still pay:
Blockchain gas
Sending-wallet fee
Withdrawal fee charged by another exchange
For example:
You withdraw USDT from Exchange A to Bitunix.
Bitunix deposit fee:
0
Exchange A withdrawal/network fee:
1 USDT
You still incur a 1 USDT cost before the funds arrive.
This fee belongs to the sending side rather than Bitunix.
Bitunix Withdrawal Fees
On-chain withdrawals are different.
Bitunix charges a network-related withdrawal fee according to the cryptocurrency and blockchain selected.
The exchange maintains a table containing:
Minimum deposit
Minimum withdrawal
Maximum withdrawal
Withdrawal fee
for supported asset/network combinations.
However, Bitunix explicitly says the fee displayed on the live withdrawal page should be treated as the final applicable fee.
This is important because withdrawal costs can change.
Why Bitunix Withdrawal Fees Differ by Network
The same cryptocurrency can operate on several networks.
For example:
USDT on Ethereum
USDT on TRON
USDT on BNB Smart Chain
USDT on Arbitrum
The blockchain economics differ.
As a result, the Bitunix withdrawal fee can also differ substantially.
Bitunix’s current fee table shows this clearly across supported multi-network assets. For example, the listed network-specific fee for the same asset can vary greatly between Ethereum and BNB Smart Chain.
Users should therefore choose a withdrawal network by considering both:
Fee
Compatibility
The cheapest network is useless if the destination does not support it.
Is the Bitunix Withdrawal Fee a Percentage?
Not necessarily.
Crypto withdrawal fees are usually shown as a specific quantity of the asset for the chosen network rather than simply applying the trading-fee percentage.
For example, the withdrawal interface displays:
Coin
Network
Minimum withdrawal
Network fee
Amount received
The exact values depend on the selected asset and network.
This means a fixed network fee has a much larger percentage impact on a small withdrawal than on a large one.
Example:
Withdrawal: 10 USDT
Fee: 1 USDT
Effective cost: 10%
Withdrawal: 1,000 USDT
Same 1 USDT fee
Effective cost: 0.1%
Users making frequent small withdrawals should pay particular attention to network costs.
Are Bitunix Internal Transfers Free?
Bitunix’s withdrawal interface currently shows “No fee” for internal transfers between Bitunix users.
An internal transfer can use information such as:
Mobile number
UID
Because the transaction takes place inside Bitunix rather than being sent over a public blockchain, no ordinary blockchain network fee is required.
However, internal transfers only work when the recipient also uses Bitunix.
They cannot replace an on-chain withdrawal to a self-custody wallet or another exchange.
Why Did My Bitunix Withdrawal Fee Change?
Possible reasons include:
Network congestion
Bitunix wallet-management conditions
Blockchain gas changes
Asset price changes
Different withdrawal network
Updated platform fee settings
Bitunix specifically tells users to rely on the fee displayed at the point of withdrawal rather than an old static fee table.
This means screenshots from older reviews can become inaccurate.
Always check the final amount immediately before confirming the withdrawal.
Minimum Bitunix Withdrawal Amount
Each asset and network can also have a minimum withdrawal requirement.
This minimum is independent of the network fee.
For example, a selected network might show:
Minimum withdrawal: X tokens
Network fee: Y tokens
The user must satisfy the minimum amount and also account for the withdrawal fee.
Bitunix publishes reference minimum and maximum amounts but again says the live withdrawal page provides the applicable values.
Bitunix Fiat and Payment Fees
Bitunix Credit and Debit Card Fees
Bitunix supports direct crypto purchases using credit and debit cards in eligible regions.
Its current Buy Crypto page lists card-purchase fees in a range of approximately:
1.8% to 3.5%
The page also currently shows card transactions with a minimum of approximately $15 equivalent and a maximum of $10,000 equivalent per transaction.
These costs are much higher than normal spot trading fees.
For comparison:
1,000 USDT equivalent spot taker trade at 0.10%:
Approximately 1 USDT trading fee
1,000 USD card purchase at a hypothetical 2.5% card fee:
Approximately 25 USD
The two services solve different problems.
A card purchase provides fiat on-ramp convenience.
Spot trading exchanges crypto already available inside the account.
Users should therefore not compare them as though they are the same transaction type.
Can Your Bank Charge Additional Card Fees?
Potentially.
Even when Bitunix displays a purchase fee, the card issuer can separately classify a cryptocurrency transaction according to its own policies.
Possible external charges can include:
Foreign exchange conversion
Cash-advance treatment
International transaction charges
Bank processing fees
These costs are imposed by the bank or card provider rather than necessarily by Bitunix.
Users should review the final payment quote and their card issuer’s terms before confirming.
Bitunix Fiat Deposit Fees
Bitunix currently offers several fiat-deposit methods in supported regions.
According to the current Buy Crypto page, listed examples include:
EUR via SEPA: 0 platform fee shown
BRL via PIX: 0
IDR via QRIS: 0.50%
VND via VietQR: 0
PHP via QRPH: 0
MXN via SPEI: 0
Availability depends on region and can change.
A “0” platform fee also does not guarantee that the user’s bank or payment provider will impose no external charge.
Always inspect the final quote.
Bitunix Third-Party Payment Fees
Bitunix integrates with external payment providers for additional crypto purchases.
Its current Buy Crypto page says:
Third-party payment fees vary by provider.
Limits vary.
Processing times vary.
Supported fiat and cryptocurrencies vary.
This is an important distinction.
A price shown by:
MoonPay
or another external provider
is not necessarily the same as Bitunix’s spot-market price or card-purchase rate.
Before confirming a third-party purchase, compare:
Crypto amount received
Fiat amount paid
Displayed provider fee
Quoted exchange rate
Bank charges
The total effective cost can be more useful than the advertised fee percentage.
Bitunix P2P Fees
Bitunix’s current Buy Crypto page does not advertise one universal P2P fee.
Instead, P2P conditions vary between merchants.
Users should therefore evaluate:
Merchant price
Payment method
Quoted USDT rate
Transaction limits
Merchant completion statistics
The apparent absence of a separate visible platform fee does not mean P2P always provides the cheapest effective exchange rate.
A merchant can incorporate its compensation into the quoted buy or sell price.
Bitunix Convert, Spread and Slippage Costs
Bitunix Convert Fees
Bitunix currently advertises its Convert service as:
Zero fee
No slippage
However, Bitunix also explains that Convert does not use the traditional spot order-matching model.
Instead, the platform gives the user a quote.
Bitunix specifically notes that the quoted conversion price can differ from the spot-market price.
This distinction is important.
“Zero fee” does not necessarily mean:
“The economic conversion rate is identical to the spot order book.”
Example:
Spot market implies BTC can be purchased at one price.
Convert displays a slightly different quote.
The user pays no separate transaction-fee line.
But the quote itself determines how much BTC is received.
Before using Convert for a large amount, compare:
Convert quote
Current spot-market price
Expected spot trading fee
Then decide which route produces the better overall result.
Does Bitunix Charge a Spread?
Spot order-book trading does not normally charge a separate line item called a spread.
However, every live order book has a bid-ask spread.
For example:
Best bid: 100,000
Best ask: 100,020
Spread:
20 USDT
A market buyer interacts with the ask.
A market seller interacts with the bid.
The spread therefore creates an execution cost even though it is not recorded as a separate Bitunix commission.
The effect becomes larger in:
Low-liquidity markets
Newly listed tokens
Highly volatile periods
Large orders
This is one reason total execution cost can exceed the maker/taker fee.
Bitunix Slippage Costs
Slippage is another cost that does not appear in the fee schedule.
Suppose BTC is shown at:
100,000 USDT
A large market buy executes at an average of:
100,100 USDT
The difference between expected and actual fill price becomes an economic cost.
Bitunix trading fees are then calculated on top of the executed transaction.
Slippage tends to increase when:
Order size is large
Order-book depth is low
Market volatility is high
Spread widens
Many traders move in the same direction
For some traders, especially those trading illiquid altcoins, slippage can cost considerably more than the published fee.
Bitunix Futures: Trading Fee vs Slippage vs Funding
Consider a trader opening a leveraged futures position.
Potential cost 1:
Opening trading fee
Potential cost 2:
Entry slippage
Potential cost 3:
Funding while position remains open
Potential cost 4:
Closing trading fee
Potential cost 5:
Exit slippage
Therefore:
Actual Futures Cost ≠ Maker/Taker Fee Alone
A strategy should be profitable enough to overcome all applicable transaction costs.
This becomes particularly important for scalping.
A strategy targeting a very small price movement can appear profitable before costs but become unprofitable after:
0.06% taker entry
0.06% taker exit
Spread
Slippage
Funding where applicable
How Bitunix Fees Affect Scalping
Suppose a trader is trying to capture a 0.20% movement.
VIP 0 taker round-trip trading cost is roughly 0.12% when entry and exit notionals are similar.
That leaves only about:
0.08%
before considering:
Slippage
Spread
Funding
The gross target may therefore be much larger than the actual net return.
This is why high-frequency traders tend to care heavily about:
Maker execution
VIP discounts
Liquidity
Spread
Order type
A low headline futures fee does not automatically make every small-target strategy economical.
Bitunix Fees and High Leverage
High leverage can make fee percentages psychologically misleading.
Suppose:
Personal margin: 100 USDT
Position: 10,000 USDT
VIP 0 taker opening fee:
6 USDT
That 6 USDT represents:
0.06% of position size
but
6% of the original 100 USDT margin.
If the same approximate notional position is closed as a taker:
another approximately 6 USDT can apply.
The round-trip trading cost becomes roughly 12 USDT before funding and slippage.
Relative to 100 USDT of margin:
about 12%
This does not mean Bitunix charges a 12% futures fee.
It demonstrates how leverage changes the fee’s importance relative to margin.
Bitunix Fee Deductions and Promotional Discounts
Are Bitunix Fees Deducted From Profit?
Trading fees are charged when eligible trades execute.
They do not wait to see whether the trade ultimately makes a profit.
A losing position still pays trading fees.
A break-even position can become a net loss after costs.
Likewise:
Gross PnL
and
Net PnL
are different.
A trader may see a market movement that created 20 USDT in gross profit but retain less after:
Opening fee
Closing fee
Funding
Other costs
Fee analysis should therefore focus on net results.
Does Bitunix Charge Fees on Cancelled Orders?
Trading fees generally apply to executed transactions.
If a limit order is cancelled before any part of it fills, there is no executed trade on which to charge the ordinary maker/taker trading fee.
If the order was partially filled before cancellation, fees can apply to the executed portion.
This distinction is important for scaled orders and partially filled limit orders.
Does Bitunix Charge Fees on Liquidation?
Liquidation creates financial costs beyond an ordinary voluntary exit.
The exact liquidation mechanics depend on the contract and position risk.
A trader should not assume the estimated maker/taker closing cost is the only possible consequence of reaching liquidation.
Liquidation can involve forced position reduction, adverse execution, and loss of margin.
For this reason, liquidation-related costs are better evaluated as part of futures risk rather than as a normal fee-discount strategy.
See our Bitunix Futures Guide 2026 for the platform’s staged liquidation and risk-tier mechanism.
Bitunix Fee Discount Vouchers
Bitunix distributes promotional Fee Discount Vouchers that can reduce eligible futures trading fees.
A voucher can specify:
Discount percentage
Maximum discount amount
Supported trading pairs
Validity period
The benefit ends when either:
The deduction quota is exhausted
or
The voucher expires.
These vouchers are not cash and cannot themselves be withdrawn.
Can Bitunix Futures Bonus Pay Trading Fees?
Yes, under applicable bonus conditions.
Bitunix Futures Bonus can offset eligible trading fees according to the specific bonus deduction ratio.
However, if a qualifying Fee Discount Voucher is also active, Bitunix applies the fee discount first before calculating the portion potentially covered by the Futures Bonus.
Because promotional rules vary by voucher, users should not treat bonuses as permanent fee reductions.
How to Reduce Bitunix Trading Fees
Use Maker Orders When Appropriate
Maker rates are lower at every currently published VIP level.
However, do not force a maker order merely to save fees when execution risk is more important.
A limit order may never fill.
Increase VIP Level Through Genuine Trading Activity
Higher VIP levels reduce fees.
Active traders should compare their current 30-day volume and balance with Bitunix’s VIP criteria.
Check Whether You Qualify Through Another Exchange
Bitunix currently allows qualifying VIP traders from other exchanges to apply for a corresponding Bitunix VIP status using evidence of external trading activity.
Use Eligible Fee Discount Vouchers
Promotional fee vouchers can temporarily reduce qualifying futures fees.
Monitor Funding
A lower trading fee cannot compensate for consistently expensive funding on a large position.
Avoid Unnecessary Entry and Exit
Every executed futures round trip creates more transaction costs.
Compare Withdrawal Networks
Where several supported networks are available, fees can differ substantially.
But always prioritize destination compatibility over the cheapest fee.
Compare Convert With Spot
Convert has no explicit transaction fee, but the quote can differ from the spot-market price.
Compare the actual crypto received.
Compare Fiat On-Ramp Options
A card purchase at 1.8%–3.5% may be considerably more expensive than a zero-fee fiat deposit route available in the user’s country.
Keep Cost Records
Active traders should track:
Trading fees
Funding
Withdrawal fees
Profit sharing
Slippage
Rather than estimating performance only from gross PnL.
Bitunix “Hidden Fees”: Are There Any?
It is more accurate to distinguish between published platform fees and costs users may overlook.
Bitunix publicly lists its maker/taker and withdrawal rates.
However, several costs can be missed if a trader looks only at the main fee table.
These include:
Opening and closing futures fees
Repeated funding
Bid-ask spread
Slippage
Copy-trading profit sharing
Card purchase fees
Third-party provider charges
Quoted-price differences in Convert
Bank fees
Network withdrawal fees
Promotional voucher expiration
These are not all “hidden fees” charged secretly by Bitunix.
Some are market costs.
Some are payments to other traders.
Some are third-party charges.
Some are differences between quoted and order-book prices.
Calling all of them hidden fees would therefore be misleading.
The better term is:
Total cost of using Bitunix.
Bitunix Fee Examples
Bitunix Fee Example: Spot Trader
Suppose a VIP 0 user buys:
10,000 USDT worth of BTC
using taker execution.
Buy fee:
10 USDT
Later, the user sells 10,500 USDT worth of BTC as another taker trade.
Sell fee:
10.50 USDT
Total trading fees:
20.50 USDT
The trader’s gross price profit might be:
500 USDT
But trading fees reduce the result to approximately:
479.50 USDT
before considering withdrawal or other costs.
Bitunix Fee Example: Futures Trader
Suppose:
Margin: 500 USDT
Leverage: 20x
Approximate futures position:
10,000 USDT
VIP 0 taker entry:
6 USDT
Position later closes at approximately the same notional value.
VIP 0 taker exit:
Approximately 6 USDT
Total trading fees:
Approximately 12 USDT
If the trader also pays:
2 USDT funding
and experiences:
3 USDT combined slippage
Total transaction-related cost becomes:
Approximately 17 USDT
This is why calculating only the opening fee would significantly underestimate the real trade cost.
Bitunix Fee Example: Copy Trader
Suppose:
Follower weekly gross realized trading profit: 500 USDT
Profit-sharing ratio: 10%
Profit sharing:
50 USDT
Suppose trading fees and funding over the week total:
25 USDT
Simplified net after those costs:
425 USDT
This is only an illustration.
Actual results depend on:
Individual trades
Maker/taker classification
Funding rates
Profit-sharing rules
Slippage
Open positions at settlement
Bitunix’s current rules state that standard futures fees apply to copied trades and no additional Copy Trading service fee is separately charged.
Bitunix Fee Example: Crypto Withdrawal
Suppose a user wants to withdraw USDT.
Network A shows:
Lower fee
Network B shows:
Higher fee
The lower-fee network appears more attractive.
But if the receiving exchange supports only Network B, choosing Network A could create a deposit-recovery problem or loss of funds.
The correct order of priority is:
Confirm supported destination network.
Compare compatible withdrawal options.
Compare fees.
Check minimum withdrawal.
Confirm final amount received.
Never choose a withdrawal network based only on cost.
Bitunix Fee Example: Card vs Fiat Deposit
Suppose a user wants to add the equivalent of 1,000 USD.
Card route:
If the fee is 2.5%, the cost would be approximately 25 USD.
Eligible zero-fee fiat deposit route:
Bitunix platform deposit fee could be 0.
The user could then buy crypto through the appropriate platform method.
However, this comparison can still be affected by:
Bank charges
Exchange rates
Availability
Processing time
The card can be faster, while the bank method can be cheaper.
Bitunix currently publishes card fees in a 1.8%–3.5% range, while several supported fiat deposit methods show zero platform fees.
Common Bitunix Fee Mistakes
Looking only at the futures maker/taker rate.
Forgetting that futures are charged at entry and exit.
Calculating the futures fee from margin instead of position value.
Assuming leverage itself is a separate fee.
Ignoring funding when holding perpetual futures.
Assuming funding is always paid by longs.
Holding a position across several funding periods without recalculating costs.
Assuming Copy Trading is free because there is no separate service fee.
Ignoring the lead trader’s profit-sharing ratio.
Forgetting that estimated profit sharing can reduce available copy-trading margin.
Assuming a cryptocurrency deposit and withdrawal have the same fee rules.
Bitunix deposits are generally free from a platform deposit fee, while withdrawals can carry network charges.
Using the cheapest withdrawal network without checking destination compatibility.
Treating Convert’s “0 fee” claim as proof that its quote is identical to the spot-market price.
Using a card without comparing its 1.8%–3.5% fee with other available fiat routes.
Calling spread and slippage platform commissions.
Ignoring the fee impact of frequent high-leverage trading.
Depending on an old withdrawal-fee table instead of checking the live withdrawal screen.
Bitunix Fees Checklist Before a Futures Trade
Check your current VIP level.
Check your maker and taker rate.
Calculate notional position value.
Do not calculate the fee only from margin.
Estimate the opening fee.
Estimate the expected closing fee.
Check the current funding rate.
Check the next funding time.
Estimate how many funding periods the position may cross.
Inspect bid-ask spread.
Check order-book liquidity.
Consider expected slippage.
For copy trading, check the lead trader’s profit-sharing percentage.
Calculate costs against the size of the expected profit target.
If costs consume a large percentage of the strategy’s target, reconsider the trade structure.
Bitunix Fees Checklist Before Withdrawal
Select the correct cryptocurrency.
Select only a network supported by the destination.
Check the current Bitunix network fee.
Check the minimum withdrawal.
Check the final amount the destination should receive.
Compare compatible networks.
Do not depend on an old fee screenshot.
For transfers to another Bitunix user, consider whether an internal transfer is appropriate because Bitunix currently displays no network fee for internal transfers.
Bitunix Fees: Final Assessment
Bitunix’s headline trading rates are competitive, especially for perpetual futures.
A standard VIP 0 user currently pays:
0.08% maker / 0.10% taker for spot
and
0.02% maker / 0.06% taker for futures.
Higher VIP levels progressively reduce these rates, with the current VIP 8 schedule reaching 0% futures maker and 0.026% futures taker.
However, the headline rate alone does not describe the actual cost of trading.
Futures fees apply when a position is opened and again when it is closed. They are calculated from position value rather than only the trader’s margin. This makes transaction costs particularly important when high leverage is used.
Perpetual futures can also generate funding payments.
Bitunix normally settles funding every eight hours at 00:00, 08:0,0 and 16:00 UTC, although individual contracts can use different intervals. Positive funding generally means longs pay shorts; negative funding reverses the direction.
Copy Trading adds another layer.
Bitunix’s current rules say normal futures trading fees apply and no separate Copy Trading service fee is charged. However, the default lead-trader profit-sharing ratio is currently 10%, and copied positions can still incur funding and execution costs.
On-chain crypto deposits currently carry no Bitunix platform deposit fee, although the sender may pay network or withdrawal costs elsewhere.
On-chain withdrawals do carry network-specific fees. These vary by cryptocurrency and blockchain, and Bitunix says the fee displayed on the live withdrawal screen should be treated as the final applicable amount.
Fiat costs are different again.
Bitunix currently lists card-purchase fees of roughly 1.8%–3.5%, while several supported fiat deposit rails show zero Bitunix platform fees. P2P and third-party provider charges vary by merchant or service provider.
Bitunix Convert advertises zero explicit transaction fees and no slippage, but it uses a quoted-price model. The conversion quote can differ from the spot order-book price, so users should compare the amount received rather than looking only for a visible commission.
The best way to evaluate Bitunix costs is therefore to calculate the complete transaction rather than asking only:
“What is the trading fee?”
For futures:
Opening fee + Closing fee + Funding + Spread/Slippage
For Copy Trading:
Futures costs + Funding + Profit Sharing + Execution differences
For crypto withdrawals:
Network fee + Minimum withdrawal + Network compatibility
For fiat purchases:
Payment fee + Exchange rate + Possible external provider or bank charges
That gives a much more realistic picture of what using Bitunix actually costs.
For detailed leverage and liquidation mechanics, see our Bitunix Futures Guide 2026.
For Copy Trading execution and failed-order problems, see our Bitunix Copy Trading Guide 2026.
For network fees, frozen funds, and withdrawal restrictions, see our Bitunix Withdrawal Problems 2026 guide.
For Futures Bonuses and Fee Discount Vouchers, see our Bitunix Bonus and Rewards Guide 2026.
This guide is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not financial, investment, legal,t x or trading advice.