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.trade | 0.040% | 0.043% | 0.043% |
| Paradex | 0.047% | 1.85% | 7.00% |
gains.trade vs Paradex
gains.trade leads on all 5 live benchmarks. gains.trade wins on Cheapest perp DEX, live all-in cost from $1k to $1M on ETH, BTC and SOL (0.040% vs 0.047%), Perp DEX volume share, live 24h notional ranked ($37.94M vs $17.98M), Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count across 14 venues (360 vs 62), Perp DEX mark price fidelity (0.015% vs 0.018%).
gains.trade
Perp DEX on Polygon, Arbitrum, Base and Solana. Pool-based execution against the gToken vaults, oracle-priced trades with synthetic leverage.
Paradex
Paradex is a perps-focused L2 exchange built on Starknet tech, with USD-settled perpetuals and funding accrued continuously over an 8 hour period.
Side by side measurements
Perp DEX volume share, live 24h notional ranked
Tradinggains.trade
Leads$37.94M
- p99
- $42.35M
- rank
- #11
- samples
- 2,880
Paradex
Trails$17.98M
- p99
- $21.16M
- rank
- #14
- samples
- 2,880
Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count across 14 venues
Tradinggains.trade
Leads360
- p99
- 360
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 2,880
Paradex
Trails62
- p99
- 62
- rank
- #13
- samples
- 2,880
Perp DEX mark price fidelity: deviation from CEX spot reference, live
Tradinggains.trade
Leads0.015 %
- p99
- 0.074%
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 2,880
Paradex
Trails0.018 %
- p99
- 0.074%
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 2,880
Per chain
| Chain | gains.trade | Paradex |
|---|---|---|
| ETH | 0.015% | 0.021% |
| BTC | 0.015% | 0.018% |
| SOL | 0.019% | 0.029% |
Perp DEX security track record: days without a recorded exploit, live
Tradinggains.trade
Leads1,728
- p99
- 1,728
- rank
- #1
- samples
- 2,880
Paradex
Trails1,059
- p99
- 1,059
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 2,880
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.
Perp DEX liquidation rate: 24h liquidated notional as % of open interest, live
Tradinggains.trade
No data in window
Paradex
Trails0.13 %
- p99
- 0.21%
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 2,880
Frequently asked questions
gains.trade vs Paradex: which one is better?
gains.trade and Paradex are compared on 6 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 cheaper, gains.trade or Paradex?
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 Paradex at 0.047%. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the gains.trade vs Paradex 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
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.