# Fees and Distribution

The .3% fee\* applied to each trade is collected and broken down as follows:

**50%** of all fees are returned to Liquidity Providers and accrue in real time.\
**33%** of all fees are used to buyback and burn\* OpenX, removing it from circulation forever.\
**17%** of all fees are used to buyback OpenX and distribute it to holders of xOpenX.

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Trades utilizing the [aggregator](/the-open-x-project/openswap-token/aggregator.md) are subject to an additional fee of **.03%**.&#x20;

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\*Any user [may call this contract](https://optimistic.etherscan.io/address/0x1d5a5061fa9bd120576aa8062856bf161c94089b#writeContract).


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