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# Trading Fees

Current maker and taker fees for Everstrike perpetual and spot markets.

Everstrike currently charges `0.00%` maker and taker fees for perpetual options, perpetual futures, and spot.

### Fee schedule

| Product Type        | Taker Fee | Maker Fee |
| ------------------- | --------- | --------- |
| Perpetual Options\* | 0.00%     | 0.00%     |
| Perpetual Futures   | 0.00%     | 0.00%     |
| Spot                | 0.00%     | 0.00%     |

### Maker and taker fees

* A **maker** order adds liquidity to the order book.
* A **taker** order matches available liquidity immediately.

### Perpetual options fee cap

Perpetual options trading fees are charged as a percentage of the underlier. The fee can never exceed `12.5%` of the option's [Mark Price](/trading/mark-price.md).

The underlier is the option contract's underlying asset.