The Deribit Introducing Brokers (IB) Program enables qualified partners to offer Deribit's derivatives products (options, futures, and perpetuals) to their end clients under a transparent, exchange-managed fee structure. IBs maintain the direct relationships with their clients while Deribit handles all trade execution, fee collection, margining, and settlement.
The IB pricing model consists of three components:
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Exchange fees (Deribit trading fees)
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Revenue share (a rebate of an agreed percentage of the exchange fees)
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Add-on fee (IB trading fees)
All trades on Deribit are subject to the same published fee schedule. This applies whether the trade is executed via an IB or via a direct user of the Deribit platform. There is no separate IB fee tier. This ensures regulatory compliance, transparent pricing across all participants, and eliminates fee arbitrage between venues.
IBs earn a rebate on the trading fees paid by their end clients. The rebate is calculated as a percentage of the Deribit exchange fee and is credited daily to the IB's main account.
The exact rebate percentage is agreed upon during onboarding and can involve volume commitments.
Passing on a proportion of rebates to retail clients is permitted. However, to avoid having a detrimental effect on Deribit market structure, revenue share rebates may not be passed on to market makers or institutional clients.
IBs can configure a per-subaccount add-on fee that will be charged to end clients. The add-on fee is an additional charge to the end client, on top of the standard exchange fee. IBs have full flexibility to set different add-on levels per subaccount, enabling tiered pricing for their own client base.
Deribit collects this add-on fee on behalf of the IB and credits it daily to the IB's main account. To prevent excessive client costs, the add-on fee is capped at 200% of the underlying exchange fee.
The following example illustrates how the pricing works in practice. Note that actual fees vary by instrument, maker/taker status, and fee VIP tier. The figures used in this example are for illustration only.
Let’s assume that the IB:
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is on the best fee tier of VIP6, (see here for more information on fee tiers)
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has a fee rebate of 25%, and
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has an add-on fee of 0.5x the exchange fee.
A client of the IB then trades an option, which for the fee tier of VIP6 has an exchange fee of 1 bps. Then:
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The exchange fee is 1.00 bps
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The 25% rebate is equal to 0.25 bps
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The add-on fee is 0.50 bps
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The revenue for the IB is 0.75 bps (0.25 bps rebate + 0.50 bps add-on)
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The total cost to the client is 1.50 bps (1.00 bps exchange fee + 0.50 bps IB add-on)
The client is charged 1.50 bps at the moment of the trade. The IB receives 0.75 bps into their main account with the next daily payment.
IBs can request a fee trial. A fee trial will temporarily place them on a better fee tier, which they will then retain if they manage to achieve the requirements. This will be useful for example if an IB is confident they will be able to attain a higher fee tier than they are currently on.
Fee trials can only be requested once per fee tier.
An IB can immediately qualify for VIP1 by holding 250k USDC in their Deribit account.
IBs in eligible jurisdictions qualify for USDC rewards, depending on the custodizing entity. For example, any client onboarding with Deribit FZE, would get 3.4% annualized (rates vary, correct as of April 3rd 2026) based on their daily minimum USDC equity, paid out once a month.
The best way to join the introducing brokers program is to contact your Deribit account manager directly. If you do not yet have an account manager, please contact support@deribit.com indicating that you are interested in becoming an introducing broker, and the support staff will forward you to the correct person.