Paradex vs OKX perpetual futures
Paradex vs OKX: Paradex UI 0 / 0; API taker 0.02% (API fee_config) fees and continuous accrual, 8h period funding; OKX regular user taker 0.05% / maker 0.02% fees and per market (from next minus current funding time; 8h default) funding. 64 assets trade on both; longs paid less funding on Paradex for 34 of 64 right now.
as of 2026-10-10 14:05 UTC. source: each exchange's docs and public API, checked hourly.
rules side by side
| Paradex | OKX | |
|---|---|---|
| markets | 66 | 500 |
| funding interval | continuous accrual, 8h period | per market (from next minus current funding time; 8h default) |
| funding cap | per market max_funding_rate (API) | per market maxFundingRate (API) |
| base fees | UI 0 / 0; API taker 0.02% (API fee_config) | regular user taker 0.05% / maker 0.02% |
| max leverage | 5-50x | 3-100x |
biggest funding gaps now (annualized)
| asset | Paradex | OKX | gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| US500 | -4.0% | +69.4% | -73.4% |
| NG | +5.5% | -38.0% | +43.5% |
| US100 | +3.7% | +39.4% | -35.8% |
| TRX | -4.9% | -21.8% | +16.9% |
| JUP | -26.2% | -9.5% | -16.7% |
| CRCL | +16.0% | +0.0% | +16.0% |
| ETHFI | -4.5% | +10.9% | -15.5% |
| HYPE | -2.9% | +10.9% | -13.9% |
| SNDK | +10.7% | +0.0% | +10.7% |
| VVV | -16.7% | -6.2% | -10.4% |
| ZEC | +10.9% | +0.7% | +10.2% |
| XPT | +8.4% | +0.0% | +8.4% |
| AAVE | +7.3% | +0.0% | +7.2% |
| ENA | +10.4% | +3.3% | +7.1% |
| MON | -23.7% | -16.9% | -6.8% |