# Fees and limits

## Route fees
Swaps and triggered orders pay the routing fee of the third-party infrastructure. The fee is included in the quote, and the review sheet shows it before you sign. It depends on the pair: for example, 0% for some stable pairs, 0.02% for SOL against a stablecoin, about 0.1% for most other tokens, and up to 0.5% for tokens less than a day old. The quote always shows the actual figure.

## Zauber fee
Zauber charges **no fee** in this release.

## Network fees
Every transaction pays a small Solana network fee in SOL. Your wallet shows it. Keep a little SOL in your wallet even when trading other tokens.

## Slippage
- **Swaps** use automatic slippage by default: the router estimates it per trade and keeps every route available. You can set a fixed cap (0.5%, 1% or 3%) in Settings; a fixed cap can make some routes unavailable.
- **Guard** (stop) orders use 10% by default (adjustable from 1% to 20% in Settings). The order engine's own default for stops is 20%. A lower value may leave the order unfilled in a fast market.
- **Targets and buy-below orders** use the order engine's automatic slippage.

## Limits
| Limit           | Value           | Why                                                              |
| --------------- | --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Per spell       | 250 USD         | First-release safety limit, checked in the app and on the server |
| Per price order | at least 10 USD | Order-engine minimum                                             |
| Order expiry    | up to 30 days   | Order-engine rule                                                |
| Steps per spell | 8               | Readability                                                      |
| Ladder levels   | 2 to 10         | Readability                                                      |

## Expiry
See [Orders → Expiry](/docs/orders#expiry).

## Data sources
- **Live prices, token search, quotes and orders** come from the third-party routing and order infrastructure, through Zauber's server. Some tokens have no reliable price; Zauber then refuses to set levels for them.
- **Price history** for the chart comes from the GeckoTerminal public API (hourly candles, 7 days, refreshed every minute). If it is unavailable, the chart says so and trading still uses the live price.
- Zauber's server limits how often it calls these services. When they are busy you may see "busy, retrying…".