# Fees & Payments

All fees collected by Carbon DeFi are protocol-owned, and their allocation is decided solely through DAO governance.

### Trader fees 

These fees are paid by the users that trade with existing strategies and orders on Carbon DeFi. The trading fee is defined as a percentage from the trade amount. The current trading fee percentage can be verified via smart contract, as described on the [tradingFeePPM](https://docs.carbondefi.xyz/contracts-and-functions/carboncontroller-functions/read-functions/tradingfeeppm) page.

### Dex aggregator swap fees

On the app interface, for some chains, we introduce a dex aggregator solution (inhouse or managed by 3rd party) which will include a specific 0.25% trading fee as part of the transaction.