How to pay trading fees with GT on Gate.io? (Fee Discount)

GT Balance Verification and Minimum Threshold

1. Log in to your Gate.io account and navigate to the Assets section to verify your GT balance.

2. Ensure your GT holdings meet or exceed the minimum requirement of 100 GT, which is the baseline for activating fee discount eligibility.

3. Confirm that the GT tokens are held in your spot wallet, not in a futures or margin sub-account, as only spot-held GT qualifies for automatic deduction.

4. Check the timestamp of your latest GT deposit—system snapshots occur daily at UTC 00:00, and balances recorded at that moment determine eligibility for the next 24-hour cycle.

Enabling GT Fee Deduction in Settings

1. Go to Settings → Trading Fee Settings from the top navigation bar.

2. Locate the toggle labeled “Use GT to Pay Trading Fees” and switch it to ON.

3. A green confirmation banner will appear stating “GT fee deduction enabled”, indicating the system has registered your preference.

4. No manual confirmation or OTP is required—the setting applies globally across all spot trading pairs and takes effect immediately upon activation.

Real-Time Fee Display During Order Placement

1. When placing a limit or market order on any spot trading interface, the Order Preview panel appears before submission.

2. This panel explicitly shows two values: “Fee (before GT discount)” and “Fee (after GT discount)”, both denominated in the quote currency (e.g., USDT).

3. The discounted amount reflects the current tiered rate based on your GT balance—no separate calculation is needed by the user.

4. If GT deduction is active but insufficient for full coverage, the remainder is charged in the base quote asset, and the preview displays the split clearly.

VIP Level Enhancement via GT Holding

1. Your VIP level is recalculated every 24 hours using a composite metric: GT balance snapshot + 30-day cumulative trading volume.

2. Holding more than 10,000 GT qualifies you for VIP Level 3, reducing the base maker/taker fee to 0.015% for most major pairs.

3. The system does not require manual upgrade requests—VIP status updates automatically after the UTC 00:00 snapshot if thresholds are met.

4. GT used for fee deduction still counts toward VIP eligibility; no token is “consumed” during discount application—it remains fully transferable and stakable.

Making Use of GT with Invitation Code Synergy

1. Enter the invitation code GATEVIPO in Personal Center → Invite Friends → My Invitation Code field.

2. Upon successful activation, a permanent 20% additional discount applies to the remaining fee after GT deduction.

3. This secondary reduction is applied server-side and reflected in the final “Fee (after GT & invite discount)” line in the order preview.

4. The invite discount stacks multiplicatively—not additively—with GT-based reductions, resulting in deeper net cost compression per trade.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1: Does GT used for fee deduction get locked or frozen?No. GT remains fully liquid and accessible at all times. Deduction occurs only at the moment of trade execution and does not impose holding locks.

Q2: Can GT be used to pay fees on futures or margin trades?No. GT fee deduction is restricted to spot trading only. Futures and margin transactions follow separate fee structures and do not support GT offset.

Q3: What happens if my GT balance drops below 100 GT mid-day?The deduction remains active until the next UTC 00:00 snapshot. If the balance falls below threshold at snapshot time, the feature deactivates for the following day.

Q4: Is GT deduction applied to both maker and taker orders?Yes. The GT discount applies uniformly to all spot order types—limit, market, stop-limit—as long as GT deduction is enabled and balance requirements are satisfied.