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# Token Utility & Fees

### 5. Token Model & Fees

#### 5.1 HyperTrade Token Utility

* **Creation & Backtesting Access**
  * Users will pay a reasonable fee per feature unlock.\
     Ex. 100,000 $TRADE for unlocking Agent Hyper which creates Strategies\
     Ex. 500,000 $TRADE for unlimited back testing per Strategy 
* **Marketplace Transactions**
  * Strategies can be priced in HyperTrade tokens or SOL.
  * HyperTrade charges a 5% fee on each sale or subscription of trading models.
  * Fees are automatically deducted at settlement.

#### 5.2 Deployment Fees

* **Per-Deployment Charge**
  * Each time a user deploys a strategy live, they pay (ex 0.1 SOL or equivalent).
  * Covers compute, monitoring, and exchange API usage.

#### 5.3 Trading Fees

* **Trade Volume Fee**
  * A small fee (e.g., 0.01% per trade) is charged on each executed order.
  * Or, alternatively, a 1% fee on net profit per closed position (whichever the user selects).
* **Fee Distribution ( TBD)**
  * xx% of fees to stakers
  * xx% goes to HyperTrade s operations and development fund.
  * xx% gets burned