Affiliate Rebates vs VIP vs Maker: Which Saves More?
A trader paying less in fees is doing one of three things. They climbed the exchange VIP ladder (higher 30-day volume earns a tier discount). They are placing maker orders on the book (the exchange pays a tiny rebate to add liquidity). Or they are routing through an affiliate relationship that shares a portion of the commission back to them.
The interesting question is not which one is best in isolation. It is which one moves the needle most for your actual flow. A discretionary swing trader who clicks market orders four times a week gets nothing from maker rebates. A high-volume liquidity provider at VIP 3 gets less from affiliate rebates than someone at VIP 0 doing the same volume.
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[Content draft pending. The published version will include: (1) a decision tree by trading style, (2) the exact rebate percentages from each source on Bybit, (3) how the three interact (affiliate rebates apply on top of VIP tier discounts on Bybit), (4) a side-by-side payout table at $5K, $50K, $250K monthly volume, (5) the cases where affiliate rebates outperform VIP climbing.]
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