Fees

This page explains what it costs to use Pálpito and how each fee is calculated. There is a fee only when money moves: when you trade and when you withdraw. If something changes, we update this page.

Summary

What	Fee
Buy or sell in a market	Follows the formula below. Today the rate is 0 in every market.
Cancel an order that did not execute	Free
When a market resolves	Free. If your position pays, you receive the full payout.
Deposit	No Pálpito fee. The payment provider can charge its own.
Withdraw	1 USD per withdrawal. The payment provider can charge its own.
Network fees	Pálpito can cover them

Trading fee

You pay a fee only when your order executes. If you leave an order in the book and cancel it before someone takes it, you pay nothing.

The formula is:

fee = rate × number of contracts × price × (1 − price)

The result is rounded up to the cent.

The price is what one contract costs, between 0.01 and 0.99 USD. Each contract pays 1 USD if the result proves you right, so the price is also the probability the market gives to that result: a price of 0.60 is 60%.

Why the fee depends on the price

The part price × (1 − price) makes the fee highest when the result is most uncertain (a price of 0.50, or 50%) and almost zero when it is almost decided (0.01 or 0.99).

Two rates: taker and maker

Order type	When it applies	Standard rate
Taker	Your order executes immediately against orders that are already in the book.	0.07
Maker	You leave a limit order in the book and someone else executes it later.	0.0175

The maker rate is one quarter of the taker rate. This rewards people who leave orders in the book, because that lets everyone trade at better prices. Whether your order is a taker or a maker is decided when it executes, not when you create it, and it applies the same way when you buy and when you sell.

The rate can vary by market

These are the standard rates. Some markets can have a different rate. Before you confirm any order, you see the exact fee for that trade.

Pálpito partners and market makers can have their own terms, according to their program.

Examples with 100 contracts

Price (probability)	Cost of the contracts	Taker fee	Maker fee
0.01 or 0.99 (1% or 99%)	1 or 99 USD	0.07 USD	0.02 USD
0.05 or 0.95 (5% or 95%)	5 or 95 USD	0.34 USD	0.09 USD
0.10 or 0.90 (10% or 90%)	10 or 90 USD	0.63 USD	0.16 USD
0.20 or 0.80 (20% or 80%)	20 or 80 USD	1.12 USD	0.28 USD

A full example: you buy 100 contracts at 0.50 and your order executes immediately. The fee is 0.07 × 100 × 0.50 × 0.50 = 1.75 USD, on 50 USD of contracts. The fee is the same at a price and at its opposite (0.10 and 0.90).

Deposits and withdrawals

Depositing has no Pálpito fee.
Withdrawing costs 1 USD per withdrawal, with any method (bank account or crypto wallet). You see the fee before you confirm the withdrawal.
If you deposit or withdraw with a card or an external payment provider, that provider charges its own fee, separate from Pálpito's.
Your Pálpito balance is in dollars, so the withdrawal fee is taken in dollars. When you withdraw to your bank account, the money arrives in your local currency.

Network fees

Some operations require a blockchain network fee. The network sets that fee, not Pálpito. Today Pálpito can cover it as part of the service, without this being a permanent commitment. The details are in the Terms and Conditions.

Changes

We can change our fees. When we do, we update this page and, when needed, we tell you first. The fee you see before you confirm a trade is the one that applies.

Last updated: September 24, 2026