OKEx

OKEx Review

What is OKEx?

OKEx is a crypto exchange which has been active since 2013 and that was previously based in Hong Kong. According to info provided directly from the exchange to us, it is now based in Malta. OKEx's “claim to fame” so to say is that it is a one-stop-shop. Here, you can do both spot trading (i.e., regular trading) and derivatives trading. OKEx also claims to be the largest crypto spot & futures exchange in the world.

US-investors

US-investors may not trade on this exchange. So if you are a US-investor and want to trade at OKEx, you’ll have to reconsider your choice of trading venue and choose one of the other top crypto exchanges. Don’t be too sad though, there are many other venues that offer the type of trading this exchange does. Use our Exchange Finder to find out which alternatives you have.

Liquidity

This exchange is regularly one of the top 5 exchanges in terms of trading volume, meaning that the cryptocurrency orders executed here are worth a significiant amount of money (rarely below 1 billion USD per day). This exchange thus offers extreme liquidity which is very advantageous for all investors trading here. On the date of first writing this review, 18 July 2019, this trading platform even had the highest 24 hour trading volume in the world: USD 2.47 billion.

The volume has grown substantially since then. On the date of last updating this review (2 December 2021), the trading volume was approx. USD 22.9 billion, according to Coinmarketcap.

Mobile Support

If you require that your exchange is also available as an app or a downloadable client for your desktop, then you have come to the right place. This exchange is available for download at both the App Store and Google Play. It is also available as a download client for both Mac and Windows.

OKEx Trading View

Different exchanges have different trading views. And there is no “this overview is the best”-view. You should yourself determine which trading view that suits you the best. What the views normally have in common is that they all show the order book or at least part of the order book, a price chart of the chosen crypto and order history. They normally also have buy and sell-boxes. Before you choose an exchange, try to have a look at the trading view so that you can see that it feels right to you. The below is a picture of the trading view at OKEx:

OKEx Fees

OKEx Trading fees

Most crypto exchanges charge two different types of trading fees: taker fees and maker fees. The taker is the person who picks up an existing order from the order book. The maker, on the other hand, is the person who creates an order that is not immediately matched against an existing order on the order book. Makers are often rewarded for creating liquidity on the platform by a lower trading fee than takers. Exchanges that do not make a distinction between takers and makers charge what we call “flat fees”. OKEx charges 0.10% for takers and 0.08% for makers.

According to the largest and most recent empirical study on crypto exchange trading fees, the average spot trading taker fee is currently 0.2181% and the average spot trading maker fee is currently 0.178%.

Compared to those average trading fees, OKEx's taker fees and maker fees are below the industry average.

OKEx Withdrawal fees

This trading platform charges a withdrawal fee amounting to 0.0005 BTC when you withdraw BTC. This is substantially below the industry average, as the industry average is 0.000812 BTC per BTC-withdrawal. This exchange’s withdrawal fees are thus roughly 40% lower than industry average.

All in all, the fees at OKEx are competitive.

Deposit Methods

Here, you can deposit through both wire transfer and credit cards. This can be helpful especially for newer crypto investors and also makes this platform a so called “entry-level exchange”, through which new crypto investors can take their first steps into the ever so exciting crypo world.