Why Am I Charged a Taker Fee When Placing a Limit Order on Pluang Crypto Futures?

When you place a limit order, Pluang withholds both the maker fee and a taker fee from your USDT balance as a buffer for smooth execution on CFX, the exchange where your order is actually matched. You are not charged the taker fee itself — it is only held temporarily alongside the maker fee and purchase amount to guarantee the trade can settle without a shortfall on either side. Once the order fills as a passive limit order, only the maker fee is actually deducted, and the withheld taker fee is automatically returned to your USDT margin wallet with no manual withdrawal or request needed. Both the taker and maker fee are subject to 11% VAT (PPN) once actually charged, so the amount you see returned excludes any VAT that would have applied to it.

• The taker fee is withheld, not charged, at order creation — Pluang holds it alongside the purchase amount and maker fee as a buffer with CFX to keep transactions running smoothly, but it isn't deducted from your balance at this stage.
• Only the maker fee applies once the order executes — as soon as your limit order fills, the withheld taker fee is released back to your USDT margin wallet automatically, with no manual withdrawal or extra step needed on your part.
• Limit orders that fill immediately work differently — a limit order priced so that it fills immediately once sent to the exchange takes liquidity directly from the orderbook, rather than resting as a passive limit order, so it is charged the taker fee, not the maker fee.
• VAT applies once a fee is actually charged — the 11% PPN sits on top of whichever fee actually applies (maker for a passive limit order, taker for an order that takes liquidity), not on the temporarily withheld amount.
• Because the taker fee is only a temporary hold, your available balance may look lower right after placing the order than what you're ultimately charged once it fills.

Related questions:

Q: Will I actually pay the taker fee on a normal limit order?
No. It's withheld as a buffer when the order is created and returned automatically once the order executes as a passive fill, when only the maker fee — plus 11% VAT on that fee — actually applies to your balance.

Q: Do I need to withdraw the returned taker fee manually?
No. It's returned automatically to your USDT margin wallet with no deductions or manual action required, as soon as the order finishes executing on CFX.

Q: When is a limit order charged the taker fee?
When it's priced so that it fills immediately upon reaching the exchange. It then takes liquidity from the orderbook, rather than waiting to be filled like a standard limit order, which is why it's charged the taker fee instead of the maker fee.

Q: Why does my available balance look lower right after placing a limit order?
Because the taker fee buffer is temporarily withheld along with the purchase amount and maker fee until the order executes, at which point the unused taker fee portion is released back to you.

Q: Does this withholding mechanism apply to Market orders too?
Market orders take liquidity immediately, so they're charged the taker fee directly rather than having it withheld and released — the withhold-and-release pattern is specific to passive limit orders waiting to fill.