BingX Standard vs Perpetual Futures 2026: Fees, Spread, 45% Rebate

BingX Standard Futures charge a single 0.045% fee, taken only when you close. Perpetual Futures charge on both the open and the close, at 0.02% maker and 0.05% taker for regular users. A market-in, market-out trade therefore costs 0.045% in fees on Standard Futures and 0.10% on Perpetual Futures. Standard Futures add a spread that moves with the long/short ratio (BingX lists a daily average of 0.04% for BTC/USDT as a reference), have no limit orders, and BingX only publishes VIP discounts for Perpetual Futures (BingX Help Center, checked 2026-10-22).

This guide is based on BingX's fee schedule, its comparison page for the two products and its margin-mode articles. It covers how the two differ, how the fee and the spread are charged, funding and liquidation rules, what the same trade costs on each, and how the 45% rebate fits in. Sign up for BingX with our referral code FEEOTTER and 45% of your trading fees come back, all paid automatically by BingX, with no UID binding. A 0.10% market-in, market-out perpetual trade drops to 0.055% after the rebate.

Quick answer

• Fees only: Standard Futures cost 0.045% per trade, less than the 0.10% of a perpetual market-in, market-out trade and more than the 0.04% of a perpetual trade with maker orders on both sides.
• With the spread: Standard Futures fill at a price that includes a spread. With BingX's 0.04% BTC/USDT reference that is about 0.085%, between a perpetual maker-in, taker-out trade (0.07%) and a market-in, market-out trade (0.10%).
• After the rebate: the rebate only covers trading fees, not the spread. A perpetual market-in, market-out trade nets 0.055%; Standard Futures net about 0.025% plus the spread. Once the spread is above roughly 0.03%, the perpetual market trade is cheaper.
• Features: limit orders, maker fees, VIP discounts, API, grid bots, signal trading and demo trading exist only on Perpetual Futures.
• Standard Futures suit: beginners who want every order managed separately, use market orders anyway and don't want to count two fees.

Side-by-side comparison

Sources: BingX Comparison of Perpetual Futures & Standard Futures (2024-11-15) and How to Get Started With Futures Trading (leverage range), checked 2026-10-22. The comparison page also says Standard Futures offer commodities, forex, index and other non-crypto pairs in some regions. The actual maximum leverage depends on the pair; the order page is what counts.

How the fee is charged: once vs twice

Standard Futures: per the BingX Fee Schedule and Standard Futures FAQs on Fee Schedule, the list rate is 0.075%, currently discounted to 0.045%, for both your own trades and copy trades. The fee is trade volume × fee rate, charged once: recorded when you open and deducted when you close.

Perpetual Futures: per the Perpetual Futures Fee Schedule, taker 0.05% and maker 0.02%, charged on the open and again on the close. VIP users pay less; see BingX VIP fee tiers.

The 0.045% on Standard Futures covers the whole round trip, while the 0.05% on Perpetual Futures is per side, so a market-in, market-out trade pays it twice. Compare on the same basis: a perpetual round trip costs 0.04% (maker both sides), 0.07% (maker in, taker out) or 0.10% (taker both sides). Standard Futures have no limit orders, so the maker rate is not available there.

BingX: for Standard Futures, the trading fee is 0.045%; these fees are unilaterally applied and will only be incurred when closing positions. For Perpetual Futures, trading fees are applied when opening or closing positions. (A Quick Comparison Between Perpetual Futures and Standard Futures)

That 2021 comparison page also gives 0.0375% for Standard Futures copy trading. The current fee schedule says 0.045%, and we go with the fee schedule.

The Standard Futures spread: a cost on top of the fee

Standard Futures don't fill at the last traded price; they fill at a price with a spread added. From the BingX Fee Schedule:

• Formula: long price = current price × (1 + spread ratio); short price = current price × (1 − spread ratio).
• Which side pays more: the spread follows the long/short ratio. When longs outnumber shorts, the buying spread is larger, and vice versa.
• Reference values: daily average 0.04% for BTC/USDT and ETH/USDT, 0.1% for most other major coins. BingX says these are for reference and the actual spread applies; the table still lists old pairs such as LUNA, so it has not been updated in a long time.
• Large orders: for users with large positions, high-frequency trading or several accounts, the spread is adjusted accordingly. Closes fill at the actual market price, and BingX does not guarantee execution at the index price.
• Copy trading: when a lead trader places an order, the spread is calculated on the combined volume of the trader and all copiers.

Before you open, the order page shows an "Est. Filled Price". Its gap to the last price is the spread on that order. The official pages don't say whether a separate spread is added on the close; they only say closes fill at the actual market price.

Funding: both products have it

• Timing: every 8 hours on both, at 00:00, 08:00 and 16:00 (UTC+8), and only if you hold a position at that moment.
• Standard Futures: on isolated orders, funding accumulates and is settled when you close; on cross orders it is deducted at each funding time (Standard Futures isolated and cross margin). On commodity, forex and index pairs, the long and short funding rates can differ.
• Perpetual Futures: taken from position margin in isolated mode and from the balance in cross mode; the rate formula is capped at ±0.3% (Perpetual Futures Fee Schedule).

Funding passes between longs and shorts, not to the exchange. It isn't a trading fee, so the rebate doesn't cover it.

How liquidation differs

• Perpetual Futures: BingX's dual-price mechanism liquidates only when both the mark price and the last price reach the level, which is meant to stop liquidations caused by price anomalies. Formulas and the insurance fund are in the BingX futures guide.
• Standard Futures, isolated: each order stands alone, and a loss to the liquidation point closes only that order. BingX's estimated liquidation price formula includes trading fees, funding and an "adjustment factor".
• Standard Futures, cross: margin rate = equity ÷ Σ(order margin × adjustment factor) − 1. At 0% liquidation is triggered, all positions are closed together and you can lose the whole account balance. BingX's example: with a 10% adjustment factor and 15 USDT of order margin, liquidation comes when equity falls to 1.5 USDT.

Sources: Standard Futures isolated and cross margin and the comparison page, checked 2026-10-22.

Worked example: one BTC trade on each

Our own example: 1,000 USDT margin at 10x, a 10,000 USDT BTC/USDT long, opened and then closed, VIP 0, account registered with code FEEOTTER (BingX refunds 45% of fees). The spread uses BingX's 0.04% reference and will vary in practice; BingX gives no figure for slippage on perpetual market orders, so it is left out.

Figures in USDT. Without a rebate, Standard Futures cost 4.5 + 4 = 8.5 against 10 for a perpetual market round trip, so Standard is slightly cheaper. With the rebate the order flips, because the rebate only refunds fees and never touches the Standard Futures spread. The break-even: before the rebate, Standard Futures beat a perpetual market round trip while the spread is under 0.055%; after it, the spread has to be under about 0.03% (0.055% − 0.045% × 55%). Check the gap between the Est. Filled Price and the last price before you trade and you'll know which one is cheaper for that order.

Holding time doesn't change the trading fee, but it does change funding, and both products pay funding. The fee comparison is the same for short and long holds.

How the 45% rebate applies to each

BingX's referral program tutorial says the referrer receives a portion of the referee's "trading fees (including spot and futures trading)", and the referee receives a trading fee rebate. The page doesn't separate Standard Futures from Perpetual Futures; the detailed rules are in the in-app terms. Register with our code FEEOTTER and 45% is refunded automatically by BingX to your BingX account. You don't bind a UID at Fee Otter.

• Perpetual Futures: fees on both the open and the close count. Taker 0.05% becomes 0.0275% after the rebate, maker 0.02% becomes 0.011%.
• Standard Futures: 0.045% becomes 0.02475%. The official pages don't name Standard Futures separately as rebate-eligible, so check your rebate records after your first trade.
• Not covered: the spread, funding and any margin left after liquidation are not trading fees.
• VIP: per the BingX VIP Club page, Standard Futures volume counts toward the futures volume for VIP levels; the VIP fee table only lists Perpetual Futures. VIP discounts and the rebate stack.

Which one should you use?

• Standard Futures: you only use market orders, want each of several orders to carry its own stop, want coin-margined contracts or the commodity and forex pairs available in some regions, and don't want to count two fees.
• Perpetual Futures: you place limit orders, want VIP rates, run grid bots or signal trading, connect via API, or want to practise in demo trading first. High-volume traders should almost always be on perpetuals.
• Copy trading: the fee schedule lists 0.045% for Standard Futures copy trades; perpetual copy trading follows perpetual rates. See the BingX copy trading guide.

To try Standard Futures, BingX's tutorial walks through these steps:

1. 1

   Pick a pair

   for example BTC/USDT.
2. 2

   Pick margin mode and direction

   isolated or cross, long or short.
3. 3

   Pick order type and leverage

   market or trigger order, then leverage; read BingX's risk disclosure before using high leverage.
4. 4

   Transfer margin

   move USDT or a coin such as BTC or ETH from the Fund Account to the Standard Futures account and enter the margin amount.
5. 5

   Set TP/SL and place the order

   add TP/SL under advanced settings, tap Long or Short, then check the order under "Orders".

Source: How to Get Started With Futures Trading, checked 2026-10-22.

Restricted regions

BingX's Disclaimer lists jurisdictions whose customers it does not seek or accept, including Afghanistan, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, the Central African Republic, Mainland China, Cuba, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hong Kong, Iran, Laos, Macau, Myanmar, the Netherlands, North Korea, Panama, Singapore, Somalia, the United Kingdom, the United States (including all territories), and the Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine. It says the list is "not limited to" these, may change and may differ by service (checked 2026-10-22). The commodity and forex pairs on Standard Futures are only offered "in certain regions". For licensing by country, see the exchange licenses comparison.

Risk

Both products are leveraged, and leverage magnifies losses. In Standard Futures cross mode every position shares the account balance; when the margin rate hits 0% they are all liquidated together and you can lose the whole balance. An isolated order can lose its full margin. The Standard Futures spread can widen in one-sided or thin markets, and BingX's table only gives reference values.

FAQ

What is the difference between BingX Standard Futures and Perpetual Futures?

Standard Futures charge 0.045% once, add a spread, offer only market and trigger orders and manage each order separately. Perpetual Futures charge maker 0.02% or taker 0.05% on both open and close and support limit orders, VIP rates, API, grid bots and demo trading.

What is the BingX Standard Futures fee?

0.045% (list rate 0.075%), recorded on the open and deducted on the close, charged once. Copy trades also pay 0.045%.

Are Standard Futures cheaper than Perpetual Futures?

Against a perpetual market round trip (0.10%), Standard Futures are cheaper on fees alone. The spread (0.04% reference for BTC) narrows the gap, and after the rebate a perpetual market round trip nets 0.055% versus about 0.025% plus the spread on Standard. If you use maker orders, perpetuals are cheaper.

Do Standard Futures earn the rebate?

BingX's referral program refers to spot and futures trading fees without listing Standard Futures separately. After registering with FEEOTTER, check your rebate records after your first Standard Futures trade. The spread and funding are not covered.

Do VIP rates apply to Standard Futures?

BingX's VIP fee table lists only Perpetual Futures and gives no VIP rate for Standard Futures. Standard Futures volume does count toward the futures volume for VIP levels.

Can I use the API or grid bots on Standard Futures?

No. BingX's comparison page says API trading, grid trading, signal trading and demo trading are only available on Perpetual Futures.

Further reading

• BingX futures guide
• BingX fee rebate guide
• BingX VIP fee tiers
• Perpetual fees after rebate: the effective rate
• How much maker-only trading saves

Based on BingX Help Center pages (fee schedule, Standard Futures fee FAQ, the comparison pages, margin-mode article, futures tutorial and referral program tutorial), checked 2026-10-22. For information only, not investment advice. Futures and leveraged trading can lose your entire margin in a short time. Fees, spreads, leverage and funding rules are set by BingX and may change; the official pages and the order page are what count. The spread in the example is BingX's reference value, not an actual fill. Rebate rates are set by the exchange and may change; see the Fee Otter rebate rates page.

Data verified: 2026-10-22