Cheapest perp DEX, live all-in cost from $1k to $1M on ETH, BTC and SOL
Trading| Provider | All-in at $100k | All-in at $1M |
|---|---|---|
| gains.trade | 0.043% | 0.043% |
| GMX | 0.060% | 0.060% |
gains.trade vs GMX
gains.trade leads on 2 of 4 shared benchmarks, GMX on 0 (2 tied). gains.trade 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 security track record: days without a recorded exploit, live (1,711 vs 395).
gains.trade
Perp DEX on Polygon, Arbitrum, Base and Solana. Pool-based execution against the gToken vaults, oracle-priced trades with synthetic leverage.
GMX
Perp DEX on Arbitrum and Avalanche. Pool-based execution against GLP and GM vaults, oracle-priced trades with no orderbook.
Side by side measurements
Perp DEX cost invariance: all-in bps at $1M vs $1k, live slope ranked
Trading| Provider | $1M fill rate |
|---|---|
| gains.trade | 100.0% |
| GMX | 100.0% |
Perp DEX mark price fidelity: deviation from CEX spot reference, live
Tradinggains.trade
0.069 %
- p99
- 0.097%
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 5,756
GMX
0.069 %
- p99
- 0.097%
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 5,756
Per chain
| Chain | gains.trade | GMX |
|---|---|---|
| ETH | 0.064% | 0.064% |
| BTC | 0.071% | 0.071% |
| SOL | 0.068% | 0.068% |
Perp DEX security track record: days without a recorded exploit, live
Tradinggains.trade
Leads1,711
- p99
- 1,711
- rank
- #1
- samples
- 5,757
GMX
Trails395
- p99
- 395
- rank
- #6
- samples
- 5,757
Perp DEX asset breadth: non-crypto markets live, forex + stocks + indices + commodities
Tradinggains.trade
Leads110
- p99
- 110
- rank
- #1
GMX
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Frequently asked questions
gains.trade vs GMX: which one is better?
gains.trade and GMX are compared on 5 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. gains.trade 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 is faster on cheapest perp dex, live all-in cost from $1k to $1m on eth, btc and sol, gains.trade or GMX?
On the Cheapest perp DEX, live all-in cost from $1k to $1M on ETH, BTC and SOL benchmark, gains.trade leads at 0.040% versus GMX at 0.060%. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the gains.trade vs GMX 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.
How this pair was selected
A pair is published when all four conditions hold. Both providers run in the same OpenChainBench benchmark for at least seven consecutive days. Each provider has at least 1000 samples in the measurement window. The head to head query has observable third party search demand. Both providers have a public /products/[slug] page on OCB. The full pair ledger is versioned in the public repo so the methodology is externally verifiable.