Paradex Review
Low maker fee published, wider docs unreachable
of 10
Paradex publishes a base-tier maker fee of 0.3 basis points and taker of 0.045%, among the lowest maker rates here. Beyond fees, most of its documentation — funding, liquidation, audits and the core licence — could not be verified.
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Maker fee
0.3 bps (0.003%) at base tier
Taker fee
0.045% at base tier
Funding
Not verified — page returned 404
Audits
Not verified — page returned 404
Core licence
Not verified; Python SDK is MIT
Scores
Each criterion carries equal weight. The overall score is the average of these 5 scores — (6.0 + 2.0 + 2.0 + 2.0 + 2.0) ÷ 5 = 2.8.
Pros
- Base-tier maker fee published at a low 0.3 bps (0.003%)
- Taker fee published at 0.045%
- The Python SDK is MIT-licensed
Cons
- The funding-rate page returned 404
- Liquidation terms could not be reached
- The audits page returned 404 and no firm is named
- Only the Python SDK licence is confirmed, not the core protocol
A strong fee, and little else readable
Paradex publishes a base-tier maker fee of 0.3 basis points — among the lowest in this comparison — and a taker fee of 0.045%. That much is clear and competitive.
The rest could not be verified
The funding-rate page returned 404, the liquidation terms could not be reached, and the audits page returned 404 with no firm named anywhere we looked. Only the Python SDK's MIT licence is confirmed, which says nothing about the core protocol. For a perpetuals venue, funding and liquidation are not optional details — they are the mechanics that determine what a position costs and when it is closed. With them unverifiable, this entry sits near the bottom of the ranking not on a negative finding but on the absence of a readable one, and the review says so.
How it compares
Drift
Apache-2.0 core; live docs now serve a fork
Jupiter Perps
Fees documented, core program closed
Gains Network
Granular fee schedule, core licence unconfirmed
Aevo
Fees and liquidation tiers published, code unverified
Orderly Network
Apache-2.0 core with three named auditors
Ostium
MIT-licensed with six named audit reports
GMX
Imbalance-based fees, five named auditors
dYdX
AGPL-licensed core with a published liquidation cap
Hyperliquid
Hourly funding and liquidations documented in full
Sources
Scored from published primary sources rather than hands-on use. Every figure above comes from one of the pages below, on the date shown. Manufacturers change prices and specifications without notice — if something here no longer matches the source, tell us and we will correct it.
- 1.Paradex — trading fees — checked
- 2.Paradex — Python SDK licence (MIT) — checked
Frequently asked questions
What are Paradex's trading fees?
A base-tier maker fee of 0.3 basis points and a taker fee of 0.045%, per the official fees page.
Are Paradex's funding and liquidation terms documented?
We could not verify them. The funding-rate and audits pages returned 404 when checked on 24 July 2026.
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