# axiom fees: what a round trip costs

Axiom's platform fee starts at 1% of the trade. Signing up through a referral link takes 10% off it.

That 1% is Axiom's starting platform fee. It is not Solana gas and it is not the pool's price impact. Priority fee is separate and you set it yourself. A round trip on a $1,000 position, buy and sell, is about $20 in platform fees before any discount, plus gas, plus whatever the pool took in slippage.

| on a $1,000 fill | |
|---|---|
| fee without the code | $10.00 |
| fee with the code | $9.00 |
| you keep | $1.00 |

Program math from the sources below, not a quote. Rates move; check the date on this page before you size.

## the number, written out

| On a $1,000 fill | No referral | Referral attached |
|---|---|---|
| Platform fee (1% start) | $10.00 | **$9.00** |
| What you keep | n/a | $1.00 |

The 10% discount comes off the 1% start, so the fee on that fill drops from $10.00 to $9.00.

## the 1% is not the last word

Axiom also pays cashback in SOL out of its own trading fee, and it states the resulting net rate per tier: 0.95% at the lowest tier with 0.05% back, up to 0.75% with 0.25% back at the top. So Axiom's own floor is 0.95%, not 1%, and the table above is the number before that rebate.

Axiom doesn't say how cashback and the referral discount combine. The [fee tier table](/axiom/fee-tiers/) has the full ladder.

## what a referral doesn't change

- Your [priority fee](/axiom/solana-priority-fee/), your [Jito tip](/axiom/jito-tip/) or the pool's price impact. It only cuts Axiom's fee.
- Anything on Photon or Hyperliquid. Those have their own codes.

## check it on your next trade

Place a small trade and read the fee line on the confirmation. Cashback tiers also move the rate, so if it looks off, the [code-attached page](/axiom/code-attached/) has the check.

The link below is our referral link. Already on Axiom without a code? Open a new account through it ([how](/axiom/referral/)) and send your SOL across.

> **code apebrief.** Open Axiom through https://go.apebrief.com/axiom/fees-inline?src=md&asset=axiom%2Ffees&cta=after-resolution and paste the code where the signup shows a code field. Signing up through this link takes 10% off your Axiom trading fees, which signing up without one does not. We get a commission from Axiom, which helps support our work, at no extra cost to you.

## related questions

- **Axiom referral code, which one is real?** The official program is a 10% fee cut for you, attached at signup through a link. Pages that print a bigger discount are not citing Axiom docs.
- **Did the Axiom code attach?** Axiom attaches a referral when you sign up through a referral link, and offers no documented way to add one later or confirm it on screen.
- **What does Axiom actually charge?** Platform fee starts at 1% of the fill, plus priority you set, plus impact. A referral is a fee cut on the account if the field shows the code. Gas is separate.
- **Where is deposit on Axiom?** Click the labelled Deposit button in the top bar, not an arrow. It opens a panel titled Exchange, and its Deposit tab shows the address of the wallet Axiom generated for your account. Send SOL there, on Solana. Your old wallet's balance is not your Axiom balance.

## how we know: every number on this page

- Axiom platform fee used throughout its own referral worked example **1%** (https://docs.axiom.trade/getting-started/referral-program), checked 2026-08-24
- referee discount for signing up through a referral **10%** (https://docs.axiom.trade/getting-started/referral-program), checked 2026-08-24
- derived: platform fee on a $1,000 fill at the 1% start **10.00** (derived: 1,000 x 0.01 = 10.00), checked 2026-08-24
- derived: both legs of a $1,000 round trip at the 1% start **20** (derived: 10.00 on the buy + 10.00 on the sell = 20.00, before gas and price impact), checked 2026-08-24
- derived: same fill with the referee discount applied **9.00** (derived: 10.00 x 0.90 = 9.00), checked 2026-08-24
- derived: what the discount saves the reader on that fill **1.00** (derived: 10.00 - 9.00 = 1.00), checked 2026-08-24
- Axiom pays cashback in SOL against its trading fee, and its own fee page states the resulting net rate per tier **0.95%** (https://docs.axiom.trade/getting-started/fees/axiom-fees), checked 2026-08-28
- the only attachment mechanism Axiom documents is signing up through a referral link; the page describes no referee-side code field, no post-signup entry, no retroactive attachment and no cookie, wallet or device behaviour **signup** (https://docs.axiom.trade/getting-started/referral-program), checked 2026-09-16

## next

- [Did the Axiom code attach?](https://apebrief.com/axiom/code-attached/): Axiom attaches a referral at signup, through a referral link. That is the only mechanism it describes.
- [Axiom referral code, which one is real?](https://apebrief.com/axiom/referral/): Axiom attaches a referral at signup: sign up through a referral link, and the Sign Up box has a text field labelled Invite code (optional).
- [what a jito tip is, and how it differs from a priority fee](https://apebrief.com/axiom/jito-tip/): A Jito tip is SOL you pay to a validator running Jito so it picks up your transaction or bundle.
- [how to add wallets and move SOL between them on axiom](https://apebrief.com/axiom/wallets/): Your wallets are on Portfolio's Wallets tab.
- [Are Axiom perps just Hyperliquid?](https://apebrief.com/vs/axiom-hyperliquid/): Hyperliquid directly if the fee decides it: Axiom's Perpetuals screen trades on Hyperliquid, and Axiom adds 0.01% per transaction on top of Hyperliquid's own fee.

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