Sometimes people notice that:

Even though everyone is trading on the same platform, why does someone else’s fee for a single trade look lower than mine?

Actually, trading fees are not exactly the same for all accounts; they usually depend on the following factors.

First, the order type is different.

Many people are used to placing market buy orders and market sell orders. These types of orders usually fall under Taker, meaning they actively take liquidity by consuming the existing orders on the order book.

And some people use limit orders; if their orders actually enter the order book and wait to be filled, then they may belong to Maker.

The fee rates for Maker and Taker may be different by nature, so even if two people trade the exact same amount, the final fee charged may not be the same.

According to Binance’s official calculation examples for USDT-margined contracts, ordinary users’ Maker and Taker use different fee rates.

Second, your account level is different.

Binance has different VIP levels.

As conditions such as trading volume and BNB holdings change, the corresponding fee tier of an account may also change.

So when you see some users with relatively large trading volumes paying lower fees, it doesn’t necessarily mean they used some special method. It could simply be because their account tier is different. Binance’s currently public fee rate table also shows that Maker/Taker rates differ across different VIP levels.

Third, whether BNB fee deductions are enabled.

This is very easy to overlook.

Some people have already enabled paying fees with BNB, while others keep using the default method, so there will be differences in the actual charges.

Under current official rules, paying spot and leverage trading fees with BNB can receive corresponding discounts, and contract trading also has corresponding benefits.

Fourth, whether the account has any other fee-rebate/fee-advantage entitlements.

For example, certain trading-pair stage promotional fee activities, VIP programs, invite-related cashback entitlements, etc., may all affect the final actual trading cost.

So don’t just look at how much was deducted in someone else’s screenshots—it's better to directly compare your actual fee rate.

Fifth, your trading frequency may be higher than others’.

Fees may look like only a few ten-thousandths at first glance, but what’s easy to overlook is:

Opening a position is counted once, and closing a position usually needs to be counted again.

If you open and close positions dozens of times frequently in a day, the accumulated trading amount may far exceed the principal.

For example, having only 10,000 USDT in capital doesn’t mean you’re only charged fees based on 10,000 USDT each month. After frequent trading, your cumulative trading amount may reach several hundred thousand or even several million USDT.

This is also why some people may not lose much according to their direction prediction, but their account balance keeps slowly decreasing.

Also pay attention to:

Trading fees ≠ funding rates.

If you’re trading perpetual contracts, trading fees and funding rates are two different types of costs. It’s best to check them separately and not lump everything into “trading fees.”

If you feel your fees are clearly higher than others’, you can first check:

① Maker or Taker

② Current fee tier

③ Whether BNB fee deduction is enabled

④ Whether there are any fee discount/advantage entitlements

⑤ Total trading volume accumulated in the last 30 days

⑥ Whether you’ve included the funding rate as well

In many cases, it’s not that the platform “deducts more”—it’s that your account conditions and trading methods are simply different.

The more trading次数, the more it’s worth calculating fees carefully.

Do you usually specifically check your fee records?