A one-time referral bonus rewards the moment someone signs up. A recurring model rewards something different, and harder to fake: whether the person you referred actually sticks around and keeps trading. That difference in what's being rewarded shapes how the entire program is built, from the commission structure down to how payouts are calculated.
How ZeroLoss referral commission works, at a glance:
- It is a percentage of what the people you refer pay ZeroLoss: every subscription payment and every gas top-up. It is not a signup fee.
- You earn 10% from the people you invite, 10% from the people they invite, and 5% from the level after that.
- An account that never subscribes and never tops up gas earns no commission.
- Every referral and commission is visible in your dashboard as it accrues.
- There is no cap on total earnings.
How is referral commission calculated?
ZeroLoss referral commission is a percentage of two payments the person you referred makes. The first is their plan subscription: you earn on the first payment and again on every renewal. The second is gas, the fee ZeroLoss collects from trading profit on Capital Recovery plans: you earn on every gas top-up they make. If a referred account never subscribes and never tops up gas, there is nothing to calculate a commission from. If it does, you keep earning for as long as it continues. This means the program can't be gamed by referring accounts that never use the platform.
10%, 10% and 5% across three levels
The same rates apply to subscriptions and gas. On each payment you earn 10% from the people you invite, 10% from the people they invite, and 5% from the level after that. A $100 subscription renewal by someone you invited pays you $10. If that person was invited by someone you invited, it pays you $10 at the second level or $5 at the third level instead.
What you can see, and when you can see it
Every referral, the trading activity behind it, and the resulting commission are visible in your dashboard as it accrues — not just at the moment of payout. There's no black-box waiting period where you're left guessing whether a referral "counted" or whether the commission calculation was fair. You can see the same underlying activity the commission is based on, in close to real time, which is also what makes the model auditable from your side rather than something you simply have to trust.
What this program deliberately isn't
It isn't a pyramid structure paid on signups alone, and it isn't a bonus tied to deposit size regardless of activity. If the account you referred creates a profile and never connects an exchange or never trades, the referral itself generates no ongoing commission — there's no reward for volume of signups divorced from actual usage. This is also why the program has no cap on total earnings: because payouts scale with genuine trading activity rather than with recruitment numbers, there's no need to artificially limit how much a partner can earn. The ceiling is set by how many real, active accounts someone can bring in and support, not by an arbitrary program rule.
How this compares across the industry
Referral and affiliate commission structures in the automated trading space commonly range from around 10% up to 40% at the very top end, with a handful of exchange-native programs going higher on trading fee volume specifically. ZeroLoss's rates sit within the competitive range for trading-bot-specific programs. Because part of the commission comes from gas, which is charged on trading profit, your earnings also grow when your referrals' accounts do well.
Full current rates and terms are always kept up to date on the Referrals page.