Get paid for the volume you already trade
A layered rewards program that pays you for trading, for inviting other traders, and for climbing the leaderboard — with transparent on-chain accounting and weekly payouts.
Trading platforms should share upside with their power users
High-frequency traders on Solana generate the fees, the order flow, and the social visibility that makes a venue worth using. Most platforms internalise all of that and redistribute none. Axiom's rewards program is built on the opposite premise: a meaningful share of every fee Axiom earns flows back to the traders who generated it, to the referrers who brought them in, and to the leaderboard performers whose alpha attracts the next cohort. The result is a compounding loop where the most active community members benefit most.
The program has three independent surfaces that stack: trader rewards(volume-tiered fee rebates and trading-points accruals), referral rewards(multi-level commissions on the activity of users you bring), and leaderboard seasons (periodic competitions with prize pools, badges, and recognition).
What you can earn, where it comes from
Volume fee rebates
Every trade earns a rebate on the platform fee. Higher 30-day rolling volume unlocks higher rebate tiers, capped only by the published schedule.
Trading points
Every fill accrues points scaled by volume, retention, and venue diversity. Points convert into program rewards on a published schedule.
Direct referrals
Earn a percentage of the fees paid by every user who signs up through your link, for the lifetime of their account.
Sub-referrals
Earn a smaller percentage on users referred by your direct referrals — a second-level commission that rewards community building.
Seasonal leaderboards
Compete on volume, PnL, or themed criteria over multi-week seasons. Top finishers split published prize pools and earn permanent badges.
Tier benefits
Higher tiers unlock priority support, beta-feature access, and exclusive invitations to research drops and partner events.
Quest campaigns
Time-bound campaigns reward specific behaviours — first perp trade of a season, completing a multi-step workflow, or trying a new market.
Partner boosts
Periodic boosts from ecosystem partners stack on top of base rewards for trading specific tokens, venues, or pairs.
Transparent accounting
Every rebate, every referral commission, every prize payout is visible in your Rewards dashboard with full audit trail.
The mechanics, in detail
Volume tiers
Your 30-day rolling notional volume across spot and perpetual markets determines your current tier. Each tier publishes a fee rebate rate, expressed as a percentage of the platform fee on every fill. As your volume grows, your effective fee falls — and the tier upgrade is automatic the moment your rolling window crosses the threshold. There is no minimum stake, no token lock, and no manual claim to be on the lowest-tier rebate schedule.
Trading points
Points are separate from fee rebates. Every fill accrues a point allocation that scales with notional, then is modified by behavior signals: retention (consistent activity is worth more than burst activity), venue diversity (trading more than one market type broadens your contribution), and engagement (using advanced features such as limit orders and stop losses). Points convert into program rewards on a published schedule at the end of each season.
Referrals
Every user has a personal referral code. Anyone who signs up through your code is permanently attributed to you, and you earn a published percentage of the platform fees they pay — for as long as they trade. That direct cohort also generates a smaller second-level commission: when your referrals refer others, you earn a (smaller) percentage of those downstream fees too. This caps at two levels by design to keep the program honest and avoid pyramid dynamics.
Seasonal leaderboards
Each season runs for a fixed window with published prize pools and entry criteria. Common formats include total notional volume traded, realized PnL, and themed challenges (best PnL on a specific market, fastest sniper of new mints, deepest delta-neutral funding harvest). Final standings are computed from indexed on-chain fills — there is no manual reporting and no opportunity to fudge the numbers.
Payouts
Fee rebates accrue continuously and settle on a weekly cadence. Referral commissions settle on the same weekly schedule. Leaderboard prizes settle at the end of the season, with a brief verification window for ties. All payouts are denominated in USDC by default; you can opt to receive them in SOL or in supported program tokens, where available.
What this looks like for real traders
The active scalper. A trader running 5–10 million dollars of monthly notional sits in a mid-tier volume bracket. Their effective platform fee drops by a meaningful percentage, and their weekly rebate payout meaningfully offsets infrastructure costs (RPC, watch-only services, etc.). Combined with trading points, they accumulate enough for a top-quartile season finish without any referral activity at all.
The alpha caller. A trader with a public following promotes their referral link in their stream and to their community. Even modest adoption — a few hundred active referees — generates ongoing weekly commissions that scale linearly with the cohort's activity. The same trader's own fills feed into trader rewards, stacking the two streams.
The community builder. Someone who refers other prominent traders, who in turn refer their own followers, sees compounding second-level commissions. Combined with seasonal participation, the program rewards the work of growing the ecosystem rather than just personal volume.
How payouts are computed and verified
Every reward you receive is reconstructible from public on-chain data and your Axiom account state. The Rewards dashboard shows the inputs to every payout: which trades contributed, which referees generated which commissions, which leaderboard placement earned which prize. You can export the full ledger at any time and verify the math yourself — or hand it to your accountant for tax reporting.
We publish the rebate schedule, the points conversion formula, the referral percentages, and the leaderboard criteria for each season. Any change is announced in advance and applies prospectively; we do not retroactively reduce earned rewards. When we run a partner-boosted campaign, the boost rate and the eligibility window are published before the campaign opens.
What we will not pay for
Programs of this kind attract abuse: wash trading to inflate volume, self-referrals to harvest commissions, sybil attacks across many wallets. We monitor for these patterns and exclude clearly inauthentic activity from rewards. The rules are simple: economically meaningful trades count; round-trip wash trades and circular volume between linked wallets do not. Self-referral and referral-to-self-controlled-wallets are excluded by attribution heuristics and manual review.
We err on the side of paying out when intent is ambiguous. We err on the side of clawback and account suspension when intent is unambiguously fraudulent. The goal is a program that compounds value for real traders without being eaten by farms.
Common questions
Do I need to opt in?
No. Every active Axiom user accrues volume rebates and trading points automatically. Referral activity requires you to share your code, and seasonal leaderboards opt you in automatically once you meet the entry criteria.
How are referrals attributed?
By the unique code on your link or by direct entry of your code during sign-up. Once attributed, the relationship is permanent for that account.
Are payouts taxable events?
In most jurisdictions, rewards and rebates are taxable income on receipt. The Rewards dashboard provides exportable ledgers; consult a tax professional in your jurisdiction.
Can the program change?
Yes — we publish material changes in advance and apply them prospectively. Earned rewards under the prior schedule are honored.
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