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What are the fees (opening and rollover) for trading using margin?

In addition to the margin* fees (opening and rollover) listed below, the usual trade fee will be applied to the opening and closing volume of a spot position on margin (but there is no fee for settling a spot position on margin).

Margin fees are charged based on the total value of the amount that is extended as margin to effect the margin trade. Collateral also held in the account is not deducted from that amount.

See here for a discussion on how Kraken determines which currency to use to charge the Margin Fee.

Example

If you go Long on BTC/USD:

Kraken provides the USD (used to purchase long the BTC) to open the position and thus the amount of the margin fee is based on the quantity of USD. As mentioned, the choice of currency in which the margin fee is charged is discussed here. As Kraken provided the USD, the fee rate will be 0.015%

If you go Short on BTC/USD:

Funds from our BTC margin pool are used by the client to let them short sell and thus margin fees are based on the quantity of BTC that is sold. As Kraken provided the BTC, the fee rate will be 0.010%

Currency SymbolOpening fee (for opening a position)Rollover fee (for maintaining a position, begins after 4 hours)

Aave 

AAVE

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Algorand

ALGO

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

ApeCoin

APE

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

AptosAPT

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Arbitrum

ARB

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Australian Dollar

AUD

0.015%

0.015% per 4 hours

Avalanche AVAX

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Axie infinityAXS

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Basic Attention Token BAT

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Bitcoin 

BTC

0.01%

0.01% per 4 hours

Bitcoin Cash 

BCH

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Blur

BLUR

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

British Pound

GBP

0.015%

0.015% per 4 hours

Canadian Dollar

CAD

0.015%

0.015% per 4 hours

Cardano 

ADA

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Chainlink 

Link

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Compound 

COMP

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Cosmos 

ATOM

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Curve

CRV

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

DAI 

DAI

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Dash

DASH

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Decentraland MANA

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Dogecoin 

DOGE

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

EOS 

EOS

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Ethereum 

ETH

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Ethereum Classic 

ETC

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Euro

EUR

0.015%

0.015% per 4 hours

Fantom

FTM

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Flare

FLR

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Filecoin 

FIL

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Flow 

FLOW

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Japanese Yen 

JPY

0.015%

0.015% per 4 hours

Kava 

KAVA

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Keep 

KEEP

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Kusama 

KSM

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Lido DAOLDO

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Litecoin 

LTC

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Loopring 

LRC

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

MinaMINA

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Monero 

XMR

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Nano

NANO

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

OceanOCEAN

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

OmiseGO 

OMG

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

PAX Gold 

PAXG

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Polkadot

DOT

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Polygon 

MATIC

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Ripple

XRP

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Solana 

SOL

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Siacoin 

SC

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Stellar Lumens

XLM

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Swiss Franc 

CHF

0.015%

0.015% per 4 hours

The Graph

GRT

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

The Sandbox 

SAND

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Tether

USDT

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Tezos

XTZ

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Tron 

TRX

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Uniswap 

UNI

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

USD Coin 

USDC

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

US Dollar

USD

0.015%

0.015% per 4 hours

WAVES

WAVES

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

Zcash 

ZEC

0.02%

0.02% per 4 hours

The decimal and thousands separators shown in this article may differ from the formats displayed on our trading platforms. Review our article on how we use points and commas for more information.