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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 0.025%
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
Symbol
Opening 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
Aptos
APT
0.02%
0.02% per 4 hours
Arbitrum
ARB
0.02%
0.02% per 4 hours
Australian Dollar
AUD
0.02%
0.02% per 4 hours
Avalanche 
AVAX
0.02%
0.02% per 4 hours
Axie infinity
AXS
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
0.02%
0.02% per 4 hours
Canadian Dollar
CAD
0.02%
0.02% 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
0.02%
0.02% 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
Internet Computer
ICP
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 DAO
LDO
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
Mina
MINA
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
OmiseGO 
OMG
0.02%
0.02% per 4 hours
PAX Gold 
PAXG
0.02%
0.02% per 4 hours
Pepe
PEPE
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
Sei
SEI
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
Shiba Inu
SHIB
0.02%
0.02% per 4 hours
Stellar Lumens
XLM
0.02%
0.02% per 4 hours
Swiss Franc 
CHF
0.02%
0.02% 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
0.025%
0.025% per 4 hours
WIF
WIF
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.