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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gains | 0.040% | 0.040% | 0.040% |
| GMX | 0.060% | 0.060% | 0.060% |
Gains leads on 6 of 11 shared benchmarks, GMX on 4 (1 tied). Gains wins on Cheapest perp DEX, live all-in cost from $1k to $1M on ETH, BTC and SOL (0.040% vs 0.060%), Perp DEX mark price fidelity (0.057% vs 0.058%), Perp DEX security track record (1,772 vs 456), Perp DEX asset breadth (109 vs 8). GMX wins on Perp DEX volume share, live 24h notional ranked ($72.38M vs $18.26M), Perp AMM volume share, live 24h notional ranked ($72.38M vs $18.26M), Perp DEX daily volume 2026 ($67.63M vs $15.19M), Perp DEX volume to open interest (1.332x vs 7.68x). Data as of 2026-10-08 UTC.
Perp DEX on Polygon, Arbitrum, Base and Solana. Pool-based execution against the gToken vaults, oracle-priced trades with synthetic leverage.
Perp DEX on Arbitrum and Avalanche. Pool-based execution against GLP and GM vaults, oracle-priced trades with no orderbook.
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
GMX
$108M vs $250M
30d lead
Gains
$1.98B vs $1.40B
Days led, last 30
17 / 13
Gains / GMX
Current streak
8 days
GMX since Sep 30, 2026
UTC days, one side per trade
Gains volume ÷ GMX 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.
43.1% · week to 7 Oct · median 52.4%
Gains ÷ GMX, seven-day windows ending on the last closed day
1 Oct to 7 Oct
| Gains ÷ GMX | 43.1% |
| vs median | -9.3pt |
| = Gains volume | $107.7M |
| ÷ GMX volume | $249.7M |
| Window | Gains | GMX | Gains / GMX |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last closed day (Oct 7, 2026) | $15.2M | $67.6M | 22% |
| Last 7 days | $108M | $250M | 43% |
| Last 30 days | $1.98B | $1.40B | 141% |
Sources: Gains, Dune view dune.gains.result_g_trade_stats_defi_llama (the DeFiLlama adapter's source): Arbitrum, Polygon, Base, MegaETH; ApeChain not included. GMX, GMX V2 synthetics squids, marginVolumeUsd (perps only, swaps excluded), Arbitrum + Avalanche + Botanix + MegaETH. Days where either venue has not closed are left blank rather than counted as zero. Last closed day common to both: Oct 7, 2026. Methodology and every venue on bench 266.
| Provider | All-in cost | All-in at $100k | All-in at $1M |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gains | 0.040% | 0.040% | 0.040% |
| GMX | 0.060% | 0.060% | 0.060% |
Gains
Trails$18.26M
GMX
Leads$72.38M
| Provider | Cost slope ($1M / $1k) | $1M fill rate |
|---|---|---|
| Gains | 1.000x | 100.0% |
| GMX | 1.000x | 100.0% |
Gains
Leads0.057 %
GMX
Trails0.058 %
Per chain
| Chain | Gains | GMX |
|---|---|---|
| ETH | 0.057% | 0.058% |
| BTC | 0.055% | 0.058% |
| SOL | 0.052% | 0.056% |
Gains
Leads1,772
GMX
Trails456
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.
Gains
Leads109
GMX
Trails8
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.
Gains
Trails$18.26M
GMX
Leads$72.38M
Gains
Leads1.272x
GMX
Trails4.72x
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.
| Provider | P/F ratio | FDV / fees | P/S | Fees 30d | Revenue 30d | Float | Open interest | Fees / OI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gains | 0.957x | 0.957x | 1.272x | $800.3K | $601.8K | 100.0% | $2.56M | 3.80x |
| GMX | 1.300x | 1.300x | 4.72x | $5.42M | $1.49M | 100.0% | $54.42M | 1.212x |
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.
| Provider | Daily perp volume | Volume 30d | Share 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gains | $15.19M | $1.98B | 0.53% |
| GMX | $67.63M | $1.40B | 0.38% |
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.
Gains
Trails7.68x
GMX
Leads1.332x
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.
Gains and GMX are compared on 11 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Gains leads on Cheapest perp DEX, live all-in cost from $1k to $1M on ETH, BTC and SOL. GMX leads on Perp DEX volume share, live 24h notional ranked. See the live table on this page for every metric.
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 GMX at 0.060%. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
On the Perp DEX volume share, live 24h notional ranked benchmark, GMX leads at $72.38M versus Gains at $18.26M. 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.
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