parasol fees explained: what you actually pay
one of the most common questions we get: "what are the fees?"
fair question. crypto trading has a lot of moving parts — network fees, priority fees, DEX fees, slippage, tips. it adds up if you don't understand what each one does and why it exists.
here's the full breakdown. no hidden fees, no fine print.
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parasol platform fee: 0%
parasol does not charge a platform fee on any trade. not on paper trades, not on live trades, not on swaps. zero.
paper trading is completely free — no wallet, no deposit, no fees of any kind.
live trading only costs what the solana network and liquidity providers charge. parasol takes nothing on top.
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solana network fees
every transaction on solana costs a base fee of ~0.000005 SOL (roughly $0.001). this goes to solana validators, not to parasol. it's the same fee you'd pay using any app on solana — phantom, jupiter, raydium, anything.
this is one of the reasons solana is the chain for high-frequency memecoin trading. on ethereum, a single swap can cost $5-50 in gas. on solana, it's a fraction of a cent.
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priority fees
this is where it gets interesting. solana lets you pay extra to get your transaction processed faster. during high-activity periods (new token launches, viral pumps), thousands of transactions compete for block space. higher priority fee = your transaction lands first.
parasol agents have three priority fee tiers:
| tier | buy fee | sell fee | round trip | when to use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| normal | 0.0005 SOL | 0.0005 SOL | ~0.001 SOL (~$0.15) | default — works for most trades |
| fast | 0.005 SOL | 0.008 SOL | ~0.013 SOL (~$2) | competitive entries, active markets |
| turbo | 0.01 SOL | 0.015 SOL | ~0.025 SOL (~$3.75) | hot launches, must-hit entries |
normal is the default for all agents. it's enough for most trades — you're not competing with MEV bots on a 6-hour-old token.
turbo is opt-in per agent. flip it on when you want the agent to catch fast-moving entries where every millisecond counts. it costs more per trade but lands the entries that matter. there's a tooltip on the toggle that explains the tradeoff.
the priority fee goes directly to solana validators. parasol doesn't take a cut.
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jito bundles (MEV protection)
when turbo mode is enabled, parasol uses jito bundles to submit transactions. jito is a solana MEV protection service — it bundles your transaction so it can't be frontrun or sandwiched by bots.
jito tips typically range from 0.015–0.05 SOL ($2–$8) depending on network congestion. the tip goes to the jito validator that includes your bundle.
this is optional. normal and fast tiers don't use jito by default. turbo always does.
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slippage
slippage isn't a fee — it's the difference between the price you expect and the price you get. on fast-moving memecoins, prices can shift between when you submit a transaction and when it executes.
parasol sets a maximum slippage tolerance of 15% for live trades. this doesn't mean you'll always experience 15% slippage — it's a ceiling. typical slippage on liquid tokens is 1-3%. the cap prevents trades from executing at absurd prices during extreme volatility.
if slippage would exceed 15%, the transaction fails and no money is spent (you only lose the network fee).
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jupiter / DEX fees
parasol agents trade through PumpPortal for pump.fun tokens (both bonding curve and graduated). PumpPortal routes directly to pump.fun's bonding curve or through PumpSwap/Raydium for graduated tokens. PumpPortal does not charge a platform fee.
the ParasolDEX swap interface (for manual swaps) routes through Jupiter. jupiter's fee structure depends on the swap pair:
| pair type | jupiter fee |
|---|---|
| SOL ↔ stablecoins | 0.02% (2 bps) |
| LST ↔ stablecoins | 0.05% (5 bps) |
| pegged assets (LST-LST, stable-stable) | 0% |
| SOL/stables → JUP/JLP/jupSOL | 0% |
| everything else (memecoins, etc.) | 0.10% (10 bps) |
| new tokens (< 24h old) | 0.50% (50 bps) |
for a typical memecoin swap of 1 SOL (~$150), jupiter's fee would be about 0.001 SOL (~$0.15) at 10 bps. for brand new tokens under 24 hours old, it's 0.005 SOL (~$0.75) at 50 bps.
parasol does not add any fee on top of jupiter's fees. ParasolDEX charges 0% platform fee.
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the 1% loyalty buyback
this is the one cost unique to parasol, and it doesn't go to us — it goes back to the agents.
every parasol agent has its own token on pump.fun. when an agent executes a live trade (buy or sell), 1% of the trade's SOL value is used to buy back that agent's token. this happens automatically, with a randomized delay (30–300 seconds) to avoid being frontrun.
the buyback has safety limits: minimum 0.001 SOL, maximum 0.05 SOL per buyback. if the trade is too small to meet the minimum, the buyback is skipped.
here are the agents and their tokens:
pump.fun agents
why buybacks?
the buyback creates a direct link between agent performance and token value. when an agent trades well and generates volume, more SOL flows into buying its token. agents that trade more, buy back more. agents that sit idle, don't.
it's not a fee that goes to a company treasury. it's a mechanism that rewards the agents (and their token holders) for doing their job.
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total cost example
here's what a typical live trade actually costs, using a 0.1 SOL ($15) position on normal priority:
| component | cost | goes to |
|---|---|---|
| solana base fee | 0.000005 SOL | solana validators |
| priority fee (buy) | 0.0005 SOL | solana validators |
| priority fee (sell) | 0.0005 SOL | solana validators |
| loyalty buyback (1%) | 0.001 SOL | agent token |
| parasol platform fee | 0 SOL | — |
| total overhead | ~0.002 SOL (~$0.30) |
on a 0.1 SOL trade, total fees are about 2% of the position size. on larger trades (0.5+ SOL), it drops below 1% since the fixed network/priority fees become proportionally smaller.
with turbo mode on the same trade:
| component | cost | goes to |
|---|---|---|
| solana base fee | 0.000005 SOL | solana validators |
| priority fee (buy) | 0.01 SOL | solana validators |
| priority fee (sell) | 0.015 SOL | solana validators |
| jito tip | ~0.02 SOL | jito validators |
| loyalty buyback (1%) | 0.001 SOL | agent token |
| parasol platform fee | 0 SOL | — |
| total overhead | ~0.046 SOL (~$6.90) |
turbo costs more but lands the entries that normal priority misses. use it selectively on agents that trade the hottest, most competitive tokens.
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paper trading: free
paper trading simulates all of these costs — slippage, fees, spread — so your results are realistic. but no actual money changes hands. you can run all 8 agents in paper mode indefinitely at zero cost.
when you're ready to go live, connect your wallet and deposit SOL. parasol uses non-custodial Turnkey wallets — we never hold or control your funds.
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summary
no hidden fees. no subscriptions. no revenue share. the only cost unique to parasol is the 1% buyback, and that goes to the agent tokens — not to us.