Regular
VIP 2
VIP 4
VIP 6
VIP 8
OKX compares account assets with 30-day volume in each individual product line and applies the highest tier reached. The routes are alternatives.
The April 2026 threshold is USD 5,000,000 in 30-day futures volume, or USD 100,000 in assets. Group 1 futures fees are 0.016% maker / 0.045% taker in that notice.
No. The published framework now runs through VIP9. VIP8 requires USD 250 million in assets or USD 2 billion in 30-day futures volume.
How OKX decides which VIP tier you land in
OKX compares two qualification routes and applies the highest tier reached: account assets, or 30-day trading volume in any single product line. Spot and futures volumes are assessed as separate product lines, so they should not be added together and measured against the futures thresholds below.
The announcement describes its asset example as a 30-day asset balance, while the volume route is a rolling 30-day product-line total. If assets qualify for VIP2, spot volume for VIP3 and futures volume for VIP4, all products are charged at VIP4 rates.
That example and the thresholds below come from the OKX notice effective April 8, 2026.
Regular user through VIP9: Group 1 futures rates
The notice defines Group 1 as its listed top-ten futures pairs. These are announcement rates, not a universal spot schedule or a substitute for regional and account-specific rates on okx.com/fees.
Regular: maker 0.020% / taker 0.050%
VIP1: maker 0.016% / taker 0.045%
VIP2: maker 0.015% / taker 0.036%
VIP3: maker 0.010% / taker 0.028%
VIP4: maker 0.008% / taker 0.027%
VIP5: maker 0.005% / taker 0.026%
VIP6: maker 0.000% / taker 0.025%
VIP7: maker -0.002% / taker 0.020%
VIP8: maker -0.005% / taker 0.020%
VIP9: maker -0.005% / taker 0.015%
A negative maker rate is a liquidity rebate. Group 2 has a separate schedule, so these Group 1 figures should not be applied to every futures pair.
Asset threshold or volume threshold, whichever is closer
The futures thresholds are: VIP1 USD 5M volume or USD 100k assets; VIP2 USD 10M or USD 200k; VIP3 USD 50M or USD 2M; VIP4 USD 200M or USD 5M; VIP5 USD 600M or USD 20M; VIP6 USD 1B or USD 50M; VIP7 USD 1.5B or USD 100M; VIP8 USD 2B or USD 250M; VIP9 USD 20B or USD 500M.
For a worked qualification example, USD 100k in assets and no futures volume reaches VIP1. USD 300k in assets plus USD 400M in 30-day futures volume reaches VIP4: assets reach VIP2, futures volume reaches VIP4, and the higher tier wins.
Trading extra solely to clear a threshold adds fees, spread and execution risk. Treat the tier as an outcome of activity you already intended to do.
What maker and taker actually cost you at each tier
In the Group 1 notice, the regular-user maker/taker gap is 0.030 percentage points. At VIP8 it is 0.025 percentage points because maker is -0.005% and taker is 0.020%.
Do not generalize one side as always producing the larger saving. The step sizes differ by tier: from VIP5 to VIP6, for example, the Group 1 maker rate falls by 0.005 percentage points while taker falls by 0.001.
Order type should still be chosen from execution needs. A resting limit order may not fill; a marketable order can add spread and slippage beyond the taker fee.
A referral code does not set the VIP tier
VIP status comes from assets and 30-day product-line volume. Entering a referral code does not automatically move the account to another VIP tier.
If the logged-in fee page shows an additional offer, use only the final rate and product scope displayed for that account. This article does not promise that every account or product stacks an offer with VIP rates, and it does not assume a fixed “charge first, rebate later” accounting method.
That caution also applies to negative maker rates: whether another offer applies on top of a maker rebate must be confirmed in the account terms.
Why VIP8 is no longer the top published tier
The November 2025 framework update expanded the public VIP ladder from eight to nine tiers. The 2026 notice then added asset qualification routes for VIP7 through VIP9.
VIP9 requires USD 500 million in assets or USD 20 billion in 30-day futures volume. Its published Group 1 futures rate is -0.005% maker / 0.015% taker.
OKX provides relationship-manager channels for institutional and VIP clients, but the public notices do not support the old article's separate five-level table above VIP8. Any bespoke institutional terms belong to the client's current agreement.
Round-trip cost on one position, worked out at four tiers
Assume both opening and closing notional are 10k USDT and both fills are taker. Fee = one-way notional × one-way rate × 2. If the closing notional changes with price or position size, calculate each side separately.
Regular: 10k × 0.05% × 2 = 10 USDT total fee.
VIP1: 10k × 0.045% × 2 = 9 USDT.
VIP3: 10k × 0.028% × 2 = 5.6 USDT.
VIP5: 10k × 0.026% × 2 = 5.2 USDT.
VIP8: 10k × 0.020% × 2 = 4 USDT.
If both fills are maker, regular costs 10k × 0.020% × 2 = 4 USDT, VIP3 costs 2 USDT, and VIP8 produces -1 USDT because 10k × -0.005% × 2 = -1. The formula uses notional, not margin; leverage does not divide the fee base.
For the official source, OKX's fees and VIP tier page has the current thresholds and maker/taker schedule. From here, the natural next read is the perp fee and funding piece, which folds the fee table into a full carrying-cost model.