Referral Program
Invite friends to Alphio with your personal referral code or link and earn a share of the trading fees Alphio receives from their trades — tracked and withdrawn from Refer & Earn.
Find it at: web — avatar menu → Refer & Earn (opens the Refer & Earn dialog; also Rewards on your profile); mobile web — /account/referral; app — the referral page (also Rewards on your Square profile).
The View referral rules / Learn more links on that page open this page.
Referral milestones no longer grant Credits, and there is no Credits commission on what your referrals consume. Referral Credits issued before this change keep their original 90-day validity. To earn Credits through missions, see the Growth Plan.
1. What you earn: trading-fee commission
When friends you referred trade through Alphio, you receive a commission — a share of the trading fee Alphio keeps on their trades (after any cashback paid to the trader):
| Your level | Tier 1 (friends who signed up with your code or link) | Tier 2 (friends invited by your Tier 1 friends) |
|---|---|---|
| Regular referrals (everyone) | 25% | — |
| Silver (Alphio Partner, 30-day trial) | 25% | — |
| Gold (Alphio Partner) | 30% | 5% |
| Platinum (Alphio Partner) | 35% | 5% |
Your current rates are shown on the Refer & Earn / Rewards page. Commission is a share of the fee Alphio receives, which differs by venue — it is not a fixed percentage of trading volume. Your friends pay nothing extra for using your link.
These rates apply to trades from October 30, 2026, 08:00 UTC. Earlier trades keep the previous rates (25% on Tier 1 and 10% on Tier 2, based on the gross fee). Since this change, regular referrals earn no Tier 2 commission; Tier 2 commission is part of the Alphio Partner program.
Alphio Partner program: Silver, Gold and Platinum
Regular referrals do not move into the Partner program automatically, however much your friends trade — you need to apply.
- Apply — use Become an Alphio Partner in Rewards, or the Partner Program page on alphio.ai. Applications are reviewed within 3–5 business days.
- Silver: 30-day trial — approval starts a 30-day trial at Silver. Rates are the same as regular referrals.
- Upgrade to Gold or Platinum — reach the requirements during the trial and you move up the same day; if you already meet the Platinum requirements you go straight to Platinum.
- Requirements — your friends' trading volume over the last 30 days (Tier 2 friends included). Perps and Memecoins count separately, and each has two paths (total friend volume, or a number of active friends plus their volume). Meeting any one path in either product is enough. The current thresholds are shown in Rewards and may change.
- Daily evaluation — tiers are evaluated every day at 01:00 UTC.
- Trial ends without qualifying — you return to regular referrals and can apply again after 30 days. A rejected application also has a 30-day wait. If the trial has 3 days left and you're not on track, Alphio reminds you.
- Protection — every upgrade to Gold or Platinum comes with 30 days of protection, during which you can't be moved down.
- Moving down — after protection, a Gold Partner below the requirements moves to Silver and starts a new 30-day trial; a Platinum Partner below the requirements moves to Gold. Downgrades come with 3 days of notice.
Separately, referrals also count toward the Alphio Points referral bonus. Alphio Points are a separate reward and are not converted into commission or Credits.
2. Settlement and withdrawal
- Estimated commission — the Refer & Earn page shows what you've accrued in the current cycle, plus your total lifetime earnings.
- Settlement — commission is settled per calendar month (UTC). Each settled period appears in Payouts history with its net amount and the Tier 1 / Tier 2 split.
- Withdrawal — on a settled period, click Request Withdrawal and enter an Arbitrum USDC receiving address (starts with
0x). Withdrawals are reviewed manually and are not instant — processing takes up to 10 business days; the funds are sent as USDC on Arbitrum One.
| Payout status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Request Withdrawal | Settled and ready to withdraw. |
| Under review | Your request is being reviewed. |
| Approved, awaiting transfer | Approved; the transfer is pending. |
| Received | Paid. Where available, a link to the transaction is shown. |
| Frozen — contact support | Held for risk review; contact support. |
3. Invite tools and tracking
- Referral code — a short code your friends can enter during signup.
- Referral link — a full invite URL that carries your attribution automatically. The share card highlights your commission rate.
- Referral history — each friend's address, join date, total trading volume, and the commission you earned from them.
For each friend, the history also shows the milestone they've reached:
| Milestone | What it means |
|---|---|
| Registered | Your friend signed up through your link or code |
| Connected | Your friend linked a brokerage, exchange, or wallet |
| Traded | Your friend's cumulative trade volume passed $1,000 (a progress figure is shown until then) |
These milestones are progress indicators only — they don't carry Credits rewards.
For clean attribution the referred user should bind through your link or code during signup. Referral history statistics can lag by 1-2 hours, so very recent activity may not appear immediately.
4. Rules and restrictions
- Active account required — you must have an active, verified account in good standing.
- Single attribution — each person can only be referred once; the first valid referral link used at registration wins.
- No self-referral — you cannot invite yourself through a second account.
If Alphio detects abuse, fake accounts, or circular referral behavior, referral attribution and any related rewards can be withheld, frozen, or reversed.
This page is available as plain Markdown at https://alphio.ai/docs/account/referral.md. An index of every page, with a one-line summary each, is at https://alphio.ai/docs/llms.txt.