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Aster vs Lighter

Same trade, two venues, full execution cost — fee, spread and slippage measured on live BTC order books, not copied from fee pages. Numbers refresh every minute.

Lighter is cheaper right now for a $100K BTC futures trade — $27.06 less per trade (0.45 bps vs 3.16 bps).

At $100K · futuresAsterLighter
Rank of all venues#4#1
All-in cost3.16 bps0.45 bps
On a $100K trade$31.58$4.52
Fee (after discounts)3.15 bps0.00 bps
Spread0.01 bps0.09 bps
Slippage0.00 bps0.37 bps

Who wins at your size?

Fees are flat; depth is not. The cheaper venue can flip as order size grows.

SizeAsterLighterCheaper
$10K$3.16$0.24Lighter
$100K$31.58$4.52Lighter
$1M$489.48$123.92Lighter
$10M$21.2K$6.7KLighter

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