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 | 0.10% | 0.11% | 0.15% |
| LIT | 0.0017% | 0.010% | 0.033% |
dYdX leads on 3 of 8 shared benchmarks, LIT on 5. dYdX wins on Perp DEX cost invariance (1.467x vs 6.77x), Perp DEX mark price fidelity (0.032% vs 0.045%), Perp DEX token P/E ratio 2026 (32.2x vs 88.9x). LIT wins on Cheapest perp DEX, live all-in cost from $1k to $1M on ETH, BTC and SOL (0.0017% vs 0.10%), Perp DEX volume share, live 24h notional ranked ($1.30B vs $12.65M), Perp DEX funding stability, 24h stddev of ETH funding ranked (0.0091% vs 0.028%), Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count across 14 venues (217 vs 78).
Perp DEX on the dYdX Chain, a Cosmos SDK appchain. Orderbook with off-chain matching and onchain settlement, validators propagate orders via the mempool.
Onchain perp DEX with a fully onchain orderbook on a zkSync rollup. ZK proofs verify matching, no off-chain sequencer for trade execution.
| Provider | All-in cost | All-in at $100k | All-in at $1M |
|---|---|---|---|
| dYdX | 0.10% | 0.11% | 0.15% |
| LIT | 0.0017% | 0.010% | 0.033% |
dYdX
Trails$12.65M
LIT
Leads$1.30B
dYdX
Trails0.028 %
LIT
Leads0.0091 %
Stability is not directionality. A venue with persistently positive but tight-banded funding ranks better here than one that flips between positive and negative every settlement, even if the second venue offers better average carry. Read alongside perp-funding for direction and average level.
dYdX
Trails78
LIT
Leads217
| Provider | Cost slope ($1M / $1k) | $1M fill rate |
|---|---|---|
| dYdX | 1.467x | 100.0% |
| LIT | 6.77x | 100.0% |
dYdX
Leads0.032 %
LIT
Trails0.045 %
Per chain
| Chain | dYdX | LIT |
|---|---|---|
| ETH | 0.033% | 0.045% |
| BTC | 0.032% | 0.045% |
| SOL | 0.033% | 0.047% |
dYdX
Trails1,080
LIT
Leads1,172
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
No data in window
LIT
Leads40
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
Trails0.66 %
LIT
No data in window
dYdX
Leads32.2x
LIT
Trails88.9x
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 LIT are compared on 10 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. dYdX leads on Perp DEX cost invariance. LIT 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 cost invariance benchmark, dYdX leads at 1.467x versus LIT at 6.77x. 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, LIT leads at 0.0017% versus dYdX at 0.10%. 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.