# Market Maker Earnings Gradient’s fee model is structured to directly reward those who contribute liquidity. Gradient Market Makers earn via two mechanisms: Direct order fulfillment and platform wide fee distributions. *** #### 1. Direct Order Fulfillment Market Makers in a specific token pool earn 40% of the fees generated as a direct result of order fulfillment occurring on that specific token. This ensures market makers are fairly compensated for their provision to their chosen asset. #### 2. Platform-Wide Fee Distributions 10% of the fees generated on Flash Layer trades are distributed platform wide to market makers in every Gradient liquidity pool. This encourages liquidity diversification and mitigates the concentration of capital within the platform. These fees are distributed in Gradient's native token $GRAY. *** ### Why it's Sustainable Unlike AMMs, which dilute rewards through token emissions and expose liquidity providers to impermanent loss: * Market makers on Gradient earn **real, transaction-based yield.** * Market Makers on Gradient incur **no risk of volatility-based divergence loss.** * Capital is only used when trades occur—**no capital is subjected to idle exposure.** --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.gradient.trade/market-maker-earnings.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.