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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| dYdX | 0.13% | 0.21% | 0.36% |
| GMX | 0.060% | 0.060% | 0.060% |
dYdX leads on 1 of 5 shared benchmarks, GMX on 4. dYdX wins on Perp DEX security track record (1,062 vs 415). GMX wins on Cheapest perp DEX, live all-in cost from $1k to $1M on ETH, BTC and SOL (0.060% vs 0.13%), Perp DEX cost invariance (1.000x vs 2.91x), Perp DEX mark price fidelity (0.0037% vs 0.018%), Perp DEX token P/E ratio 2026 (9.67x vs 28.9x).
Perp DEX on the dYdX Chain, a Cosmos SDK appchain. Orderbook with off-chain matching and onchain settlement, validators propagate orders via the mempool.
Perp DEX on Arbitrum and Avalanche. Pool-based execution against GLP and GM vaults, oracle-priced trades with no orderbook.
| Provider | All-in cost | All-in at $100k | All-in at $1M |
|---|---|---|---|
| dYdX | 0.13% | 0.21% | 0.36% |
| GMX | 0.060% | 0.060% | 0.060% |
| Provider | Cost slope ($1M / $1k) | $1M fill rate |
|---|---|---|
| dYdX | 2.91x | 100.0% |
| GMX | 1.000x | 100.0% |
dYdX
Trails0.018 %
GMX
Leads0.0037 %
Per chain
| Chain | dYdX | GMX |
|---|---|---|
| ETH | 0.019% | 0.017% |
| BTC | 0.018% | 0.0037% |
| SOL | 0.023% | 0.010% |
dYdX
Leads1,062
GMX
Trails415
This benchmark counts recorded incidents only. Absence from the registry does not prove a protocol is exploit-free: it means no incident matching the criteria (direct theft or loss of user funds via a security vulnerability) has been documented in the tracked sources as of the registry timestamp shown on each row. The registry is human-curated and updated when a new incident is confirmed. The registry date and source links are embedded in the harness.
dYdX
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GMX
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Market count reflects the Mobula perp pairs catalog at query time. Only mainnet markets are counted (testnets excluded). Asset class tags (forex, stocks, indices, commodities) are assigned by Mobula's editorial taxonomy and updated when new pairs are listed. Venues not in the Mobula catalog (Hyperliquid, GMX, dYdX, Ostium, Vertex, Paradex, Aster) are monitored separately: their catalogs are crypto-only or verified crypto-only by native API.
dYdX
Trails0.048 %
GMX
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dYdX
Trails28.9x
GMX
Leads9.67x
P/E = fully diluted valuation (CoinGecko) divided by annualized protocol revenue (DeFiLlama dailyRevenue, 30-day trailing average x365). Protocol revenue = fees accruing to the treasury or token holders, not total user fees. Tokens without a CoinGecko listing show no P/E. FDV reflects total supply at current price, not circulating supply; tokens with large unvested allocations will show inflated FDV-based P/E. Updated hourly.
dYdX and GMX are compared on 7 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. dYdX leads on Perp DEX security track record. GMX 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.
On the Perp DEX security track record benchmark, dYdX leads at 1,062 versus GMX at 415. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
On the Cheapest perp DEX, live all-in cost from $1k to $1M on ETH, BTC and SOL benchmark, GMX leads at 0.060% versus dYdX at 0.13%. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
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.
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.