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Extended Exchange alternatives: cheaper and similar options (Oct 2026)

Why look beyond Extended

• US, UK, Canadian and Hong Kong residents are among the restricted persons, and VPN use is forbidden.
• It moved settlement from Starknet to Arc on 22 October 2026; USDT and wBTC are no longer supported.
• A partial-liquidation bug took the exchange down for about an hour after the October 2025 crash, according to its CEO.
• Most of the long-tail markets are RFQ markets filled from market-maker quotes rather than the order book.

Extended alternatives for US traders →

Cheaper than Extended

Lighter 0%, Paradex 0%, trade.xyz 0.018% — against Extended at 0.05% per round trip. Platform fee only; spreads and network fees are extra.

The alternatives

1. Lighter

   Perp DEXSelf-custody

   Ethereum · 0% round trip · US: not available

   Non-US, non-UK retail perps traders who want zero trading fees and can accept slower taker execution than paid accounts.

   + The default Standard account charges 0% maker and 0% taker on perps and spot.

   Open Lighter — 10% fee rebate

2. Paradex

   Perp DEXSelf-custody

   Paradex · 0% round trip · US: not available

   Non-US traders who place orders manually through a web UI and want zero-fee perps plus options from one margin account.

   + Retail orders pay 0% maker and 0% taker on perps, spot and options.

   Open Paradex — 5% XP bonus · Extended vs Paradex

3. trade.xyz

   Perp DEXSelf-custody

   Hyperliquid · 0.018% round trip · US: not available

   Traders outside the US, UK and Canada who want leveraged, round-the-clock exposure to stocks, indices, commodities, FX and pre-IPO companies from a self-custodied Hyperliquid account.

   + Growth-mode markets cost 0.009% taker and 0.003% maker at the base tier, a tenth of the standard HIP-3 rate.

   Open trade.xyz — 4% off fees

4. Ondo Perps

   CEXPerps

   Ethereum · Arbitrum · 0.05% round trip · US: not available

   Traders outside the US, Canada and Panama who want leveraged 24/7 exposure to US stocks, indices and commodities, especially holders of Ondo tokenized stocks who want to post them as margin.

   + Perps cost 0.025% taker and 0.01% maker under the current promotion, and a referral code takes 5% off that.

   Open Ondo Perps — 5% off fees

5. Reya

   Perp DEXSelf-custody

   Reya Network · 0.06% round trip · US: not available

   Traders outside the US who want low taker fees on an on-chain order book for crypto and 24/7 US stock and index perps.

   + Taker fees start at 0.03% and fall to 0.02% with 30-day volume, and maker orders pay 0%.

   Open Reya — 10% off fees

6. Ostium

   Perp DEXSelf-custody

   Arbitrum · 0.06% round trip · US: not available

   Traders who want onchain leveraged exposure to stocks, forex, commodities and indices from a self-custodied wallet, outside the US.

   + Covers 75 pairs across stocks, ETFs, commodities, indices, forex and crypto, which most crypto perp venues do not list.

   Open Ostium — points boost

7. Gains Network

   Perp DEXSelf-custody

   Arbitrum · Base · Polygon · Solana · 0.07% round trip · US: not available

   Traders outside the US who want high-leverage, oracle-priced perps on crypto, forex, stocks and commodities from their own wallet on Arbitrum, Base, Polygon or Solana.

   + About 180 active pairs across crypto, forex, stocks, indices and commodities, with up to 1000x on forex majors, 250x on gold and silver and 200x on BTC and ETH.

   Open Gains Network — code dexsheet

8. Aster

   Perp DEXSelf-custody

   Aster Chain · BNB Chain · Arbitrum · 0.08% round trip · US: not available

   Non-US, non-UK traders who want zero maker fees on order-book perps, very high leverage modes, or privacy-shielded orders.

   + Maker fees are 0% at every VIP tier on order-book perps since February 2026.

   Open Aster — code fED65f

Cost compared

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