Cheapest perp DEX, live all-in cost from $1k to $1M on ETH, BTC and SOL
Trading| Provider | All-in cost | All-in at $100k | All-in at $1M |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aster | 0.050% | 0.058% | 0.066% |
| Gains | 0.040% | 0.040% | 0.040% |
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Astern/aGainsn/a
Aster vs Gains
Aster leads on 5 of 9 shared benchmarks, Gains on 4. Aster wins on Perp DEX volume share, live 24h notional ranked ($422.82M vs $16.40M), Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count per venue (596 vs 355), Perp DEX asset breadth (124 vs 109), Perp DEX daily volume 2026 ($568.86M vs $15.69M). Gains wins on Cheapest perp DEX, live all-in cost from $1k to $1M on ETH, BTC and SOL (0.040% vs 0.050%), Perp DEX cost invariance (1.000x vs 1.261x), Perp DEX capital efficiency (42 vs 0.770), Perp DEX price to fees (0.981x vs 31.7x). Data as of 2026-10-11 UTC.
Aster
Aster is a decentralized perps exchange (ex-ApolloX, backed by YZi Labs) on BNB Chain and other EVM networks, with a Binance-compatible API and 8 hour funding periods.
Gains
Perp DEX on Polygon, Arbitrum, Base and Solana. Pool-based execution against the gToken vaults, oracle-priced trades with synthetic leverage.
Daily perp volume, head to head
Perpetual notional per closed UTC day, the DeFiLlama day buckets, read from each venue's own data. Ribbon under the bars marks which venue printed more that day.
7d lead
Aster
$10.84B vs $139M
30d lead
Aster
$56.03B vs $1.91B
Days led, last 30
30 / 0
Aster / Gains
Current streak
90 days
Aster since Jul 13, 2026
AsterGains
UTC days, one side per trade
Aster volume ÷ Gains volume, week by week
The ratio of the two venues' seven-day perp volume, in percent; a window is shown only when both sides have every day closed. 100% is parity. The dashed line is the median of the weeks shown; the last window is the 7d tile above.
7786.7% · week to 10 Oct · median 3716.6%
Aster ÷ Gains, seven-day windows ending on the last closed day
4 Oct to 10 Oct
| Aster ÷ Gains | 7786.7% |
| vs median | +4070.1pt |
| = Aster volume | $10.84B |
| ÷ Gains volume | $139.2M |
| Window | Aster | Gains | Aster / Gains |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last closed day (Oct 10, 2026) | $569M | $15.7M | 3625% |
| Last 7 days | $10.84B | $139M | 7787% |
| Last 30 days | $56.03B | $1.91B | 2927% |
Sources: Aster, Aster fapi 1d klines quoteVolume summed over TRADING perpetual symbols. Gains, Dune view dune.gains.result_g_trade_stats_defi_llama (the DeFiLlama adapter's source): Arbitrum, Polygon, Base, MegaETH; ApeChain not included. Days where either venue has not closed are left blank rather than counted as zero. Last closed day common to both: Oct 10, 2026. Methodology and every venue on bench 266.
Side by side measurements
Perp DEX volume share, live 24h notional ranked
TradingAster
Leads$422.82M
- p99
- $560.99M
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 2,880
Gains
Trails$16.40M
- p99
- $22.50M
- rank
- #20
- samples
- 2,880
24h perp volume
Astern/aGainsn/a
Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count per venue
TradingAster
Leads596
- p99
- 597
- rank
- #1
- samples
- 2,880
Gains
Trails355
- p99
- 355
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 2,880
Active markets
Astern/aGainsn/a
Perp DEX cost invariance: all-in bps at $1M vs $1k, live slope ranked
Trading| Provider | Cost slope ($1M / $1k) | $1M fill rate |
|---|---|---|
| Aster | 1.261x | 100.0% |
| Gains | 1.000x | 100.0% |
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Perp DEX asset breadth: non-crypto markets live, stocks + indices + forex + commodities
TradingAster
Leads124
- p99
- 124
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 2,880
Gains
Trails109
- p99
- 109
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 2,880
Non-crypto markets
Astern/aGainsn/a
Counts reflect each venue's live market catalog at query time, mainnet only. The asset class comes from the venue's own metadata where it publishes one; Hyperliquid HIP-3 dexes and dYdX publish none, so their symbols are matched against the crypto markets the other venues list and a fixed table of forex, commodity and index names. Tokenized gold (PAXG, XAUT) is a crypto token and is not counted. A market counts once whether it trades 24/7 or only during exchange hours.
Perp DEX capital efficiency: active markets per $M TVL, live
TradingAster
Trails0.770
- p99
- 0.771
- rank
- #9
- samples
- 2,880
Gains
Leads42
- p99
- 42
- rank
- #1
- samples
- 2,880
Markets per $M TVL
Astern/aGainsn/a
TVL from DefiLlama /protocol/{slug} currentChainTvls, excluding staking and pool2 categories. Market count from each venue's native API (same source as the perp-active-markets bench). The ratio reflects architectural choices, not absolute liquidity: a high ratio means the venue can list many markets cheaply, not that each market has deep liquidity. Compare with perp-volume-share for the liquidity angle.
Perp DEX price to fees: what the market pays per dollar of trading fees
Trading| Provider | P/F ratio | FDV / fees | Fees 30d | Float | Open interest | Fees / OI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aster | 31.7x | 91.0x | $5.02M | 34.8% | $1.34B | 0.046x |
| Gains | 0.981x | 0.981x | $774.8K | 100.0% | $2.67M | 3.54x |
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Astern/aGainsn/a
P/F = circulating market cap (CoinGecko) / annualized fees (DeFiLlama dailyFees, trailing 30d x 365/30), on the DeFiLlama parent the token accrues from. Fees include the share paid to liquidity providers; P/S uses protocol revenue only. Low-float tokens show a much higher FDV/F than P/F. Pre-TGE venues are listed unranked with fees and OI, no ratio. A low multiple is not a recommendation.
Perp DEX daily volume 2026: Hyperliquid, Aster, Lighter, GMX, Gains, dYdX by UTC day, backfilled
Trading| Provider | Daily perp volume | Volume 30d | Share 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aster | $568.86M | $56.03B | 15.1% |
| Gains | $15.69M | $1.91B | 0.52% |
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Astern/aGainsn/a
Volume is self-reported by each venue's public data surface and counted per UTC day, one side of each trade. Perimeters differ slightly per venue and are stated in the ledger notes. A closed day can be restated by a venue for one to two days; the harness re-reads the last three days every hour. Not a measure of organic flow: incentive programs and wash trading inflate notional on every venue.
Perp DEX volume to open interest: 24h turnover per dollar of OI, live
TradingAster
Leads0.382x
- p99
- 0.507x
- rank
- #8
- samples
- 2,880
Gains
Trails6.07x
- p99
- 8.33x
- rank
- #20
- samples
- 2,880
Volume / OI (24h)
Astern/aGainsn/a
The ratio is a screen, not a verdict. Both terms are the venue's own figures (24h volume and open interest as each API reports them, in USD), so a venue that counts both legs of a fill moves its ratio without changing anything real. A very low ratio (Ostium, 0.2x) means positions held for days on thin daily volume; a very high one (Kalshi, above 40x) means a day of trading dwarfs what stays open. The bands in the methodology say what each range usually means.
Frequently asked questions
Aster vs Gains: which one is better?
Aster and Gains are compared on 9 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Aster leads on Perp DEX volume share, live 24h notional ranked. Gains leads on Cheapest perp DEX, live all-in cost from $1k to $1M on ETH, BTC and SOL. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which has the higher 24h perp volume, Aster or Gains?
On the Perp DEX volume share, live 24h notional ranked benchmark, Aster leads at $422.82M versus Gains at $16.40M. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
Which is cheaper, Aster or Gains?
On the Cheapest perp DEX, live all-in cost from $1k to $1M on ETH, BTC and SOL benchmark, Gains leads at 0.040% versus Aster at 0.050%. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Aster vs Gains comparison measured?
Every benchmark on this page uses the same open methodology, published at https://openchainbench.com/methodology. Data is CC-BY-4.0. Measurement harnesses are MIT-licensed.
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How this pair was selected
Auto-generated pairs require: both providers in the same benchmark for seven consecutive days, at least 1000 samples per provider, observable third-party search demand, and a public /products/[slug] page on OCB. Editorially curated pairs (like this one) may publish early when search demand is high and data is accruing; panels with fewer than 100 samples are shown as provisional. The full pair ledger is versioned in the public repo.