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Hyperliquid Builder Fees Explained: What You Actually Pay

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When you trade on Hyperliquid through a third-party frontend, you pay two fees: the exchange fee and a builder fee. Most traders don't understand the builder fee — or how much it varies between frontends.

Here's what you actually pay, and how to keep it low.

The Exchange Fee

Hyperliquid charges a maker/taker fee from its published schedule. At the base tier (before any volume discount):

• Maker: 0.015% (you provide liquidity)
• Taker: 0.045% (you take liquidity)

Higher 14-day volume moves you to lower tiers, and HIP-3 markets (such as equity and gold perps) are priced by their own schedule. Whatever your tier, the exchange fee is the same regardless of which frontend you use — check the current table in the Hyperliquid docs.

The Builder Fee

When you trade through a third-party frontend (not the native Hyperliquid UI), the frontend operator can add a builder fee on top of the exchange fee.

This fee is:

• Configurable by the frontend. Each frontend sets its own rate.
• Paid to the frontend operator. It's how third-party frontends fund development.
• Visible before you confirm. You can see the total fee before placing a trade.

Hyperliquid caps builder fees at 0.1% on perps. In practice most frontends charge somewhere between 0% and 0.05%, and a few charge more.

What Does Trending Charge?

Trending charges a 0.02% builder fee — among the lowest in the ecosystem.

On a $10,000 trade:

• Exchange fee (taker): $3.50
• Builder fee (Trending): $2.00
• Total: $5.50

For comparison, some frontends charge 0.05% builder fees, which would be $5.00 extra on the same trade — more than double what Trending charges.

Why Builder Fees Matter

On small trades, the difference is negligible. On larger or more frequent trades, it adds up.

If you trade $100,000 per day:

• At 0.02% builder fee: $20/day
• At 0.05% builder fee: $50/day
• Difference: $30/day, ~$900/month

Over a year, choosing a lower-fee frontend saves you thousands — with identical execution, since all frontends route to the same Hyperliquid liquidity.

How to Check Your Builder Fee

Before placing a trade on any frontend:

1. Look at the fee display in the order confirmation
2. Check if it shows a builder fee separately
3. Compare with the native Hyperliquid UI (which has no builder fee)

If the frontend doesn't show the builder fee clearly, that's a red flag.

The Bottom Line

Builder fees are the price of using a third-party frontend. They fund the development of alternatives to the native UI — which is how the Hyperliquid ecosystem grows.

The key is transparency. A good frontend shows you the fee upfront and keeps it low. Trending charges 0.02% — and you can verify it on-chain, since every builder fee is publicly recorded on Hyperliquid.

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