Our Fees Explained

We charge 25% of the gross crypto arbitrage premium*

Our fee includes the forex fee

Example of the trading profits using your R11m offshore allowance with the recommended R250,000 (R50k is our minimum investment amount)

1.00% Premium

1.5% Premium

2% Premium

2.5% Premium

3% Premium

SDA & FIA Combined

R 11,000,000

Amount Invested

R 250,000

Number of Trades

Bank SWIFT Fee**

R 500

Forex Fee (%)***

0.25%

0.38%

0.5%

0.63%

0.75%

Client's Net Profit (%)

0.55%

0.93%

1.3%

1.68%

2.05%

Client's Net Profit (ZAR)

R 60,000

R 101,750

R 143,000

R184,250

R 225,500

Example of the trading profits using your R11m offshore allowance with the recommended R250,000 (R100k is our minimum investment amount).

1.00% Premium

SDA & FIA Combined

R 11,000,000

Amount Investment

R 250,000

Number of trades

Bank SWIFT Fee **

R 500

Forex Fee (%)***

0.25%

Client's Net Profit (%)

0.55%

Client's Total Profit (Net)

R 60,000

1.50% Premium

SDA & FIA Combined

R 11,000,000

Amount Investment

R 250,000

Number of trades

Bank SWIFT Fee **

R 500

Forex Fee (%)***

0.38%

Client's Net Profit (%)

0.93%

Client's Total Profit (Net)

R 101,750

2.00% Premium

SDA & FIA Combined

R 11,000,000

Amount Investment

R 250,000

Number of trades

Bank SWIFT Fee **

R 500

Forex Fee (%)***

0.50%

Client's Net Profit (%)

1.30%

Client's Total Profit (Net)

R 143,000

2.50% Premium

SDA & FIA Combined

R 11,000,000

Amount Investment

R 250,000

Number of trades

Bank SWIFT Fee **

R 500

Forex Fee (%)***

0.63%

Client's Net Profit (%)

1.68%

Client's Total Profit (Net)

R 184,250

3.00% Premium

SDA & FIA Combined

R 11,000,000

Amount Investment

R 250,000

Number of trades

Bank SWIFT Fee **

R 500

Forex Fee (%)***

0.75%

Client's Net Profit (%)

2.05%

Client's Total Profit (Net)

R 225,500

* Gross premium is taken from interbank rate but before 3rd party execution costs.
**a R500 SWIFT fee is charged by Capitec (not RMB) for every FX transaction completed.
*** Forex fee is calculated as 25% of the gross premium which is charged onto the FX rate when purchasing USD for the client.
Clients earn a variable interest rate of 6-7%* / annum on funds that remain at Capitec. An annual administration fee of 0.9% is in place to facilitate the numerous FX transactions to complete the arbitrage cycle (*subject to change).
Our fee excludes cost of acquiring Foreign Investment Allowance (FIA) Tax Clearance Certificates (TCC).
Fees may include VAT for the RMB transaction and not those processed by Capitec.

Past returns do not guarantee future performance.

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Our Fees Explained