Axiom Trade fee calculator: worked examples

This page works as an Axiom Trade fee calculator on paper: one formula, then the results for five trade sizes at every cashback tier. It assumes you already know how the fee is built. If you do not, the Axiom Trade fees explainer covers the 1% base fee, the tiers and the network settings.

Every dollar figure below is our arithmetic from the percentages in Axiom's fee documentation, checked on September 17, 2026. None of it is a quote from Axiom.

The formula behind this Axiom Trade fee calculator

The fee Axiom keeps on a spot trade is the trade value multiplied by your tier's net rate. The net rate is the 1% base fee minus the cashback share, which the docs publish for seven tiers.

• Net fee = trade value × net rate (0.95% at Wood, 0.75% at Champion).
• Round trip = fee on the buy + fee on the sell, each on its own trade value.
• Network costs = priority fee + bribe per trade, fixed amounts in SOL that do not scale with trade size.

The volume needed to reach each tier is not published, so a new account should use the Wood row. The docs say cashback applies to Solana, BNB Chain and Ethereum trades; fee levels on the newer chains are not documented, so these sums may not hold there.

How much does Axiom charge on $50 to $5,000 trades?

At the Wood tier Axiom keeps $0.475 on a $50 trade and $47.50 on a $5,000 trade; at Champion it keeps $0.375 and $37.50. The full grid is below. Each cell is the trade size multiplied by the net rate in the second column.

The gap between the first and last tier is 0.20% of the trade: $0.10 on $50, $2.00 on $1,000 and $10.00 on $5,000. Fractions of a cent are shown so you can check the sums; cashback is paid in SOL, so expect small rounding differences.

What is the Axiom fee on 100 dollars?

On a $100 trade, a Wood-tier account pays a net $0.95. Here is the sum in full.

1. Base fee. $100 × 1% = $1.00.
2. Cashback. Wood returns 5% of that fee: $1.00 × 5% = $0.05, paid in SOL.
3. Net fee. $1.00 − $0.05 = $0.95, which is the same as $100 × 0.95%.

Run the same three lines for Champion, which returns 25%: $1.00 base, $0.25 back, $0.75 net.

What does an Axiom round trip cost?

A round trip costs two fees, one on the buy and one on the sell. If you sell at the same value you bought, that is 1.9% of the trade value at Wood (0.95% × 2) and 1.5% at Champion (0.75% × 2).

Real round trips rarely end at the same value, and the sell fee follows the value sold. Buy $500 at Wood and sell when the position is worth $800: $4.75 + ($800 × 0.95% = $7.60) = $12.35. Sell the same position at $300 instead: $4.75 + ($300 × 0.95% = $2.85) = $7.60. The fee is smaller on a losing trade, but it is still charged. Axiom's portfolio figures include fees in PnL, as described on the Axiom portfolio page.

What do network costs add at the default settings?

At Axiom's documented Solana defaults, network costs add 0.002 SOL per trade: a 0.001 SOL priority fee plus a 0.001 SOL bribe. A round trip is two trades, so 0.004 SOL. Ten round trips come to 0.04 SOL.

These are fixed amounts, so their weight depends on trade size. To turn them into dollars, multiply by the SOL price on the day. Purely as an illustration, at a hypothetical $100 per SOL, 0.002 SOL is $0.20. Against a $50 trade that is 0.4% on top of the $0.475 Wood fee, for $0.675 in total. Against a $5,000 trade it is 0.004%.

If you raise the priority fee or bribe, redo the sum with your own numbers. Presets are covered in the Axiom priority fee guide.

What would the 10% referral discount change?

Axiom's docs say users who sign up through a referral link receive a 10% discount on trading fees. They do not document how that discount stacks with tier cashback, or how long it lasts, so the figures in this section are a labelled illustration and nothing more.

Neither reading is confirmed by Axiom. On either, the discount is worth between $0.75 and $1.00 per $1,000 traded in these examples. Codes that promise 20% or 30% off contradict the docs. The official terms are on our Axiom Trade invite code page.

What do perpetuals cost at 0.01%?

For perpetuals the docs state that "Axiom takes a 0.01% fee per transaction". On a $1,000 position that is $0.10 to open and $0.10 to close, so $0.20 for the pair. On $5,000 it is $0.50 each way; on $50,000 it is $5.00 each way.

Two cautions apply. First, Hyperliquid's own trading fees come on top, are set by Hyperliquid, and are not included in these sums. Second, we have assumed the percentage applies to the position size rather than to your margin; the docs do not spell this out. With leverage, the position is larger than the money you put in, and so is any fee charged on it. Leverage of up to 50x also magnifies losses, as the Axiom Hyperliquid guide explains.

What these fee examples leave out

These examples cover only what is published as a percentage or a default. Several real costs are not documented and are not estimated here.

• Tier thresholds. Not published, so we cannot tell you when you leave the Wood row.
• Newer chains. Fee and cashback levels on Base, Robinhood Chain, Ink and Arc are not documented.
• Perps withdrawal. Converting Hyperliquid USDC back to Solana USDC takes about five minutes per the docs; the cost is not specified.
• Slippage and price impact. Not fees, often larger than fees on thin pools.

If the confirmation screen for a trade disagrees with this page, trust the screen.

Sources: Axiom docs: Fees, Axiom docs: Solana fees, Axiom docs: Referral program, Axiom docs: Perpetuals. Checked September 17, 2026. All dollar figures are our own arithmetic.