Moon charges three fees. An opening fee of 1% of your wager when a bet opens. A holding fee every 8 hours a bet stays open. A performance fee of at least 10% of the profit when a bet closes in the black. The referral code ACES takes 20% off the trading fees, so the opening fee falls from 1% to 0.8%. Every figure on this page comes from Moon's own help centre, checked 10 September 2026.
The opening fee: 1% of the wager, not of the exposure
Moon charges the opening fee once, when a new bet opens. The base is the wager, the money you commit. It is not the leveraged position. Moon's own example makes the point: a $1,000 wager at 10x leverage controls $10,000 of exposure, but the fee is 1% of $1,000, which is $10.
This matters more than it looks. On a leveraged product, a fee charged on exposure would grow with the leverage. On Moon it does not. A $100 wager pays $1 to open at 1x and $1 to open at 1000x. Leverage changes your risk, not the opening fee.
Moon shows the applicable fee on the wager summary before you confirm the bet. That line is the only place where a discounted rate is visible, because Moon's public pages list the standard fees only.
| Wager | Opening fee at 1% | With ACES at 0.8% | You keep |
|---|---|---|---|
| $100 | $1 | $0.80 | $0.20 |
| $1,000 | $10 | $8 | $2 |
| $10,000 | $100 | $80 | $20 |
The 0.8% row is arithmetic: 1% less 20% of 1%. Moon does not publish partner rates. Read the fee on your own wager summary to see what your account pays.
The holding fee: every 8 hours, at a rate Moon does not fix
A bet held open beyond its initial period pays a holding fee every 8 hours. Moon calls it the cost of keeping market exposure over time. The glossary uses the older name, rolling fee, for the same charge.
Moon publishes no number for it. The help centre says the rate is dynamic and moves with market conditions, the volatility of the asset, its liquidity and broader funding costs. The rate is displayed inside the platform and is added to the cost of the position as it accrues. Treat any site that quotes a fixed holding rate as guessing.
The practical rule: a short bet pays the opening fee and nothing else. A bet that runs for days pays the holding fee many times over. If you plan to hold, look at the rate on the position before you open it.
The performance fee: at least 10% of realised profit, only when you win
When a bet closes at a profit, Moon takes a performance fee. The help centre gives three rules. It is calculated on the realised profit of that bet. It is subject to a minimum of 10% of that profit. It is not charged on a losing bet.
Moon deducts the fee from the proceeds before settlement. The amount you receive is already net of it. Because the floor is 10% and the help centre gives no ceiling, the fee on a winning bet can be higher than 10%. The wager summary and the open-bet view show the fee that applies to you.
What the profit figure on screen already includes
Moon states that the profit or loss shown on an open bet is not a theoretical number. It already includes the estimated closing price from available liquidity, the performance fee that would apply, and the holding fees accrued so far. The figure is meant to be what you would receive if you closed at that moment.
That is unusual, and useful. On many platforms the displayed profit is gross, and the fees appear at settlement. On Moon the fees are in the number from the start. Final proceeds can still differ a little between viewing and execution, more so at high leverage, but the displayed figure is the honest one to plan with.
Flipping a position pays the opening fee again
A flip closes your bet and opens a new one in the opposite direction at the current price. Moon's glossary states that the 1% opening fee applies each time you flip. Two flips cost the same as opening two bets.
What the 20% discount does and does not change
The code ACES is a partner offer of 20% off Moon's trading fees. The clearest effect is on the opening fee: 1% becomes 0.8%. The saving scales with turnover. A trader who opens $10,000 of wagers a week keeps $20 a week. A trader who opens two $100 bets a month keeps 40 cents. Judge the code by your own volume, not by a single bet.
The discount does not change how leverage works, it does not touch your max loss, and it does not create a deposit bonus. Moon's help centre documents one other reward on fees: rakeback, which returns 3.5% of the fees you pay on opening, holding and profitable closing. Rakeback is covered on its own page.
A worked example, start to finish
You wager $1,000 on Bitcoin at 10x with the code. The opening fee is $8 rather than $10. You close the same day, so no holding fee accrues. The bet makes $150 of profit. The performance fee is at least $15, so you receive at most $135 of profit plus your $1,000 back, less the $8 you already paid. If the bet loses instead, you lose the wager and pay no performance fee. The loss cannot exceed the $1,000, because Moon closes the bet at the max loss price.
Run the same bet without the code and the only line that changes is the opening fee, $10 instead of $8. That is the whole value of the code, and it is real, but it is small next to the leverage decision. Get the position size right first.
This page is not for you if you bet small and rarely: two $100 bets a month save 40 cents with the code, and the holding fee never applies to a bet you close the same day. It matters if you turn over thousands a week, or hold bets for days.
Where to read the fee on your own account
- Open a bet menu and enter a wager and a leverage.
- Read the wager summary. Moon shows the applicable opening fee there before you confirm.
- Open the bet, then open its detail view. The holding rate and the accrued fees are shown on the position.
- Close a winning bet. The performance fee is already deducted from the proceeds you receive.
If your first wager summary shows 1% rather than 0.8%, the code did not attach to the account. Contact Moon support through the platform before you place the bet. The link moon.com/?c=ACES carries the code in the address, so the campaign attaches to the account created through it.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these. We link them so you can check us rather than trust us.