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# RISEx fees and builder fees

Understand RISEx trading fees, Proliquid builder fees, VIP discounts, and how trading costs are calculated before placing orders.

Total trading cost is the RISEx trading fee plus the Proliquid builder fee on filled orders that carry the builder code.

`total trading cost = RISEx trading fee + Proliquid builder fee`

RISEx trading fees are exchange-level fees. Proliquid builder fees are app-level fees approved during account setup and discounted by your Proliquid VIP tier. Builder fees are charged in addition to RISEx protocol fees.

## Fees at a glance

<table><thead><tr><th width="182.5">Fee</th><th>How it is calculated</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>RISEx</p><p>trading fee</p></td><td>Depends on maker or taker execution and rolling 14-day volume.</td></tr><tr><td><p>Proliquid</p><p>builder fee</p></td><td>Starts at <code>0.0200%</code> and is reduced by your Proliquid VIP discount on filled orders that carry the builder code.</td></tr><tr><td>Total fee</td><td>Sum of the RISEx fee and Proliquid builder fee when both apply.</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Proliquid VIP builder fee tiers

Proliquid VIP tiers are based on linked-wallet eligible volume. Eligible volume combines Proliquid 30-day builder-fill volume with recent Hyperliquid volume while deduping overlapping Proliquid 14-day volume. The same executed builder-fee rate is stamped on supported RISEx place orders.

| VIP tier | Linked-wallet eligible volume | Discount | Builder fee |
| -------- | ----------------------------: | -------: | ----------: |
| VIP0     |                          `$0` |     `0%` |   `0.0200%` |
| VIP1     |                  `$3,000,000` |    `15%` |   `0.0170%` |
| VIP2     |                 `$10,000,000` |    `35%` |   `0.0130%` |
| VIP3     |                 `$30,000,000` |    `55%` |   `0.0090%` |
| VIP4     |                `$100,000,000` |    `75%` |   `0.0050%` |

## VIP fee math

Proliquid starts from a `0.0200%` builder fee and applies the VIP discount:

`executed builder fee = 0.0200% * (1 - discount / 100)`

Enable Fee still approves the `0.0200%` maximum. Each place order sends the current executed rate, which cannot exceed that maximum.

## Trade cost example

For a `$10,000` perp taker trade at the official RISEx Tier 1 taker rate of `0.030%`, the RISEx trading fee is `$3.00`.

<table><thead><tr><th width="114">VIP tier</th><th width="155.375" align="right">RISEx fee</th><th width="152" align="right">Builder fee rate</th><th width="136.75" align="right">Builder fee</th><th align="right">Combined example</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>VIP0</td><td align="right"><code>$3.00</code></td><td align="right"><code>0.0200%</code></td><td align="right"><code>$2.00</code></td><td align="right"><code>$5.00</code></td></tr><tr><td>VIP4</td><td align="right"><code>$3.00</code></td><td align="right"><code>0.0050%</code></td><td align="right"><code>$0.50</code></td><td align="right"><code>$3.50</code></td></tr></tbody></table>

This example uses the official RISEx Tier 1 taker rate for illustration. Your actual RISEx fee can be lower when a higher 14-day volume tier applies.

## RISEx trading fees

RISEx publishes the official fee schedule. Tier 1 (`$0` 14-day volume) base rates are:

| Volume tier              | Base taker | Base maker |
| ------------------------ | ---------: | ---------: |
| Tier 1 (`$0` 14d volume) |   `0.030%` |   `0.010%` |

Higher 14-day volume tiers reduce those rates. Official RISEx fees can change. Use [RISEx fees](https://docs.risechain.com/docs/risex/trading/fees) as the source of truth.

## Builder-fee approval

During [wallet connection](/getting-started/connect-wallet.md), after you create the trading key, Proliquid asks you to complete the Enable Fee step. The trading key signs this approval. Your VIP tier can reduce the executed builder fee below that approved maximum on place orders.

Use the official [RISEx builder codes](https://docs.risechain.com/docs/risex/trading/builder-codes) documentation for exchange-level builder-code behavior.

For how builder-fee approval fits into the wallet connection flow, see [Security and wallet safety](/getting-started/security-and-wallet-safety.md).

> Review fees before trading large size. Small percentage differences can become meaningful when notional size or trading frequency increases.


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