Quick Stats
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Protocol | JTX (self-custodial trading app on Solana) |
| Built by | Jito Labs (CEO Lucas Bruder) |
| Announced | 5 May 2026 (Solana Accelerate, Miami) |
| Status | Live. Early access 14 July, public launch 21 July 2026 |
| Live now | Spot: SOL, cbBTC, HYPE, memecoins, tokenized equities and ETFs |
| Next | Perps and prediction markets (JTX homepage), native mobile app (launch release). No dates |
| Platform fee | 0 to 2 bps on eligible pairs (JTX blog, 3 August 2026), plus Solana network fees. Other pairs not published |
| Fee split | 80% to Jito DAO for JTO buyback and burn (JIP-38) / 20% retained by JTX (JIP-38: development; launch release: referrers) |
| Referral reward | 20% of the fees your referrals pay, for as long as they trade |
| Token / airdrop | None. JTX’s terms say no token, airdrop or points are promised |
| Where | Country limits apply (see Risks) |
| Cost to start | Free to sign in. Trading and network fees, token-account rent, plus rent and a 0.005 SOL seat budget per limit order |
| Difficulty | Easy |
What Is JTX by Jito Labs?
JTX is a non-custodial trading app built on Solana by Jito Labs. The pitch hasn’t changed since May: CEX-style execution and order types without handing over your keys. You trade from your own wallet and orders settle on-chain, using the same infrastructure Jito already runs for Solana’s block building.
CEO Lucas Bruder put it simply in the 21 July launch release: “Users hold their own keys, settlement happens onchain, and there are no custody tradeoffs.”
This is Jito’s first trading product. Until now Jito was known for its block engine and for JitoSOL liquid staking. My view: it’s a sensible move. Getting transactions landed quickly and reliably is the hard part of an on-chain trading venue, and that’s the job Jito already does for Solana. Running an app for retail traders, with listings, support and country rules, is a different job. That’s where I’d judge it.
Why JTX Matters for JTO
The fee split is still the reason JTO holders care, but the details have changed since I first wrote this guide:
- 80% of JTX platform fees go to the Jito DAO. Under JIP-38 on Jito’s forum, the DAO puts all of that share into open-market JTO buybacks and burns for at least one year, to Q4 2027. An on-chain “Rev Splitter” handles it.
- The other 20% stays with JTX. JIP-38 calls it reinvestment in the platform. Jito Labs’ launch release says the 20% goes to referrers, based on the trading activity they bring in. My read is that referral payouts come out of that 20%, and the buyback share is left alone.
The burn is real, but it’s volume times a tiny fee. At 2 bps or less, JTX needs a lot of volume before the buyback adds up to much. Burns happen on-chain, so you can check them on an explorer yourself.
Is There a JTX Airdrop?
No. There is no confirmed JTX token or airdrop, and JTX’s own terms rule out any promise of one. The Terms of Use on app.jtx.com (last updated 5 August 2026) say: “we do not offer, promise, or guarantee any token, airdrop, points, or other reward.”
In May, I framed this guide as a potential airdrop for two reasons. Jito has form: the JTO airdrop in December 2023 was one of Solana’s biggest. And waitlist referrals moved you up the queue, which looked like position-building. Even then I wrote that the clean read was “JTX makes JTO better”. The terms now settle it.
JTO already exists, and the DAO’s share of JTX fees goes to JTO buybacks. I don’t see a separate JTX token coming, and nothing official points to one. If anyone shows you a “JTX airdrop checker” or a claim site, treat it like any of the other fake claim pages that drain wallets. For programs that do have points running right now, our airdrops hub keeps the live list.
The JTX Waitlist (Ended)
The jtx.trade waitlist ran from the May announcement into July. Early access opened on 14 July to the top 1,000 people on the waitlist, ranked by referrals, per JTX’s own post on X that day. Jito Labs then launched JTX publicly on 21 July 2026.
The waitlist is gone now. There’s no email queue to join and no position to climb. You sign straight into the app at app.jtx.com.
If you referred people during the waitlist, I couldn’t find a public statement on whether they count toward the fee share now. Check the referral section in the app.
What Would Count If Jito Ever Ran One?
This part is speculation. Nothing here is official. If Jito ever rewarded JTX users, the obvious inputs would be the ones JTX already tracks: trading volume and referrals that actually trade. I wouldn’t pay a dollar in fees just to farm a token the terms say isn’t promised. If you want to see how a volume-based points program works, our TreadFi guide walks through one.
What is confirmed:
- 20% of your referrals’ trading fees, for as long as they trade
- A working trading app with resting limit orders, TP/SL, TWAP and Smart Fill from your own wallet
How the JTX Referral Program Works: 20% Fee Share
You share your JTX referral link. When someone trades through it, you get 20% of the trading fees they pay, for as long as they keep trading. That’s the wording on JTX’s homepage (checked 6 October 2026), where the program is marked “Live Now”.
The catch is the fee size. JTX charges 0 to 2 bps on eligible pairs, per its 3 August blog post. This table assumes the top of that range, so it only covers eligible pairs:
| Your referral trades | Fee they pay at 2 bps | Your 20% |
|---|---|---|
| $1,000 | $0.20 | $0.04 |
| $10,000 | $2 | $0.40 |
| $100,000 | $20 | $4 |
| $1,000,000 | $200 | $40 |
Pairs at 0 bps pay you nothing, and JTX hasn’t published fees for pairs outside the eligible list. Unless you know people who trade serious size, this is pocket change. One active trader is worth more than a hundred sign-ups who never trade.
It isn’t fixed either. JTX’s terms say program benefits “may be reduced, cancelled, or forfeited” at JTX’s discretion, so don’t plan around it as income.
JTX Fees
JTX charges a 0 to 2 bps platform fee on eligible pairs, plus Solana network fees. Limit orders also need rent and a 0.005 SOL seat budget, which can cost more than the fee itself. Everything in this section comes from JTX’s blog and product pages (posts dated 3 August 2026, checked 6 October).
- Platform fee: netted out of the amount you receive. JTX compares it to a 10 bps CEX taker rate. The 0 to 2 bps figure only covers “eligible pairs”, and JTX doesn’t list which pairs those are or what the rest cost. Check the fee preview on every pair, tokenized stocks included.
- Network fees: the base Solana fee is 0.000005 SOL per transaction, plus any priority fee you add.
- First buy of a token: opening a new token account takes about 0.0021 SOL in rent.
- Limit orders: placing one pays “a transaction fee, order-state rent, custody token-account rent, and a 0.005 SOL seat budget”, plus market-creation rent if a new market has to be created. JTX says rent is a deposit for on-chain storage, not a trading fee. It doesn’t say whether the seat budget comes back.
- Smart Fill: the platform fee is applied to each executed slice based on the amount filled, and network costs can rise with the number of transactions.
- Fees can change. The terms say JTX may charge fees for the Services, and that fees, priority fees and tips are final and non-refundable.
For context, the memecoin DLMM pools I LP in on Meteora often charge 0.5% or 1% per swap, which is 50 to 100 bps. Next to that, 2 bps is cheap. It’s also exactly why the referral share is small.
On a tiny test order, the 0.005 SOL seat budget can be bigger than the platform fee if it isn’t returned. So for a first test I’d use a small market order, and only try limit orders once the size makes the setup cost worth it. Smart Fill is for orders big enough to move the price. On a small order in a liquid pair there isn’t much price impact to save.
JTX Features: What’s Live and What’s Next
The resting limit order is the feature that matters most. It’s the thing traders kept going back to CEXes for. Live now, per JTX’s site and the launch release:
- Spot markets: SOL, cbBTC, HYPE, memecoins, plus tokenized equities and ETFs
- Resting limit orders on pairs with a USDC or USDT side, with good-til-cancel, immediate-or-cancel or post-only. A token priced only against SOL gets a trigger order instead of a resting one.
- Per-order custody: the deposit for an open order sits in its own custody account, so it can’t be spent elsewhere. You can cancel from Open Orders, and JTX can also cancel for expiry or dust cleanup.
- Take-profit / stop-loss and TWAP orders
- Smart Fill: splits a big market order into smaller ones over Auto, 10 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute or 2 minutes, with an optional protective limit price. If the market hits that price, JTX stops sending the rest. Slices already filled stay filled, and slices already sent may still execute.
- TradingView charts and a receipts view that compares what you paid with what a CEX would have charged
What JTX Means If You LP on Meteora
This is the part I’m watching. JTX’s limit-order page says Solana aggregators can send compatible trades to the JTX book. So a resting order on JTX now competes with pools for the same routed swap.
I’ve seen how much routing matters from the LP side. When I LPed StonkFun coins on Meteora, the Meteora pool was often the main pool, so aggregators sent trades through it, and I could undercut other pools’ fees. A resting limit order at 0 to 2 bps is a new kind of competitor for that flow.
For now the overlap looks limited to me. Resting orders only run on pairs with a USDC or USDT side, and memecoins quoted only in SOL get trigger orders instead. Majors and tokenized stocks with a USDC side are where I’d expect JTX books to take routed flow from pools first. How much, I don’t know yet.
Still Next (No Dates as of 6 October 2026)
- Perpetual futures and prediction markets, both listed under “Next” on JTX’s homepage. At the May announcement, perps were reported to run through Phoenix. JTX’s own site doesn’t name a venue, so treat that as unconfirmed. Our Phoenix perpetuals guide covers the venue itself. For prediction markets in the meantime, our Polymarket guide covers the biggest one.
- A native mobile app, named in Jito Labs’ 21 July launch release
A note on tokenized stocks: JTX’s own blog says xStocks are “unavailable to US persons at the primary interface”, and each issuer has its own eligibility rules. If tokenized equities are why you’re here, our xStocks points walkthrough covers that side.
JTX vs Other Solana Trading Apps
| Platform | Main use | Runs on |
|---|---|---|
| JTX | Spot and tokenized stocks with resting limits, TWAP and Smart Fill from your own wallet | Solana |
| Hyperliquid | Perps-led trading | Its own L1 |
| Pacifica | Perps on Solana | Solana |
| Axiom | Fast memecoin trading | Solana |
| Centralized exchanges (our airdrop-farming picks) | Everything, if you’re fine handing over custody | Off-chain |
Here’s how I’d split it. For sniping fresh memecoins, Axiom is built for that job and JTX isn’t, because SOL-only pairs don’t get resting limits on JTX. For leverage, you need a perp venue, so compare Solana perp DEXs first. JTX is for when you want a limit order on a USDC pair to sit there, from your own wallet, without parking funds on a CEX. Until perps ship, it’s a spot venue.
Risks and What Could Go Wrong
In May, the first risk I listed was that JTX was announced, not shipped. It shipped on 21 July. It’s still young.
- JTX’s own blog admits “a thin book is a thin book, whoever wraps it.” On-chain fills still depend on liquidity and blockspace when you send.
- No support desk can reverse a transaction, and the terms say transactions and fees are final. A wrong order is your loss.
- No promised token. If you’re only here for an airdrop, the terms tell you not to expect one.
- Referral rewards aren’t fixed (see the referral section above).
- Where you live. The terms say JTX isn’t directed at UK persons, which is why I’m staying off it. EU/EEA users are only served if they come on their own initiative, and sanctioned regions are blocked: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Crimea and the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk republics. The terms don’t name the US, but xStocks aren’t available to US persons. Read the terms for your own country before you sign in.
- Fake sites. Only use jtx.com and app.jtx.com. Anything sending you to a JTX “claim” page is a scam.
- Competition. Jupiter, Hyperliquid, Axiom and the CEXes all want this trader, and JTX’s books are only a few months old.
A small test market order on JTX costs the 0.000005 SOL base network fee, any priority fee, the platform fee shown in the preview (0 to 2 bps on eligible pairs), and about 0.0021 SOL of token-account rent if you’re buying a token you don’t hold yet. Buying JTO for the burn is a different thing. That’s a bet on JTX volume, so size it like one.
Verdict
Best for:
– Solana traders who want resting limit orders, TWAP and Smart Fill from their own wallet
– People who already know active traders and can send them a referral link that actually gets used
– JTO holders who want to watch the buyback mechanism working on-chain
Skip if:
– You only use apps with a confirmed token (JTX’s terms promise none)
– You mainly trade perps (not live yet)
– You’re somewhere the terms exclude (see Risks), or you’re a US person who wants xStocks
My take: the waitlist play is over. What’s left is a solid spot app and a referral share that’s pretty small unless your mates trade size. The bigger story is JIP-38: 80% of fees going to JTO buyback and burn through at least Q4 2027 is concrete, and how much that’s worth depends on volume nobody can promise. If you want resting limits without a CEX, try it with a few dollars first. If you came for an airdrop, there isn’t one.
For what it’s worth, I’m on the other side of trades like these. I LP on Meteora DLMM and post the wins and losses on my X. If you’d rather earn fees from traders than pay them, start with how DLMM pools work, and bring questions to the DLMM chat on Telegram.
FAQ
Is there a JTX airdrop or token?
No. No JTX airdrop has been announced, and JTX’s terms say “we do not offer, promise, or guarantee any token, airdrop, points, or other reward.” Jito’s token is JTO, and 80% of JTX platform fees go to JTO buybacks and burns under JIP-38. The confirmed reward is the 20% referral fee share.
When is the JTX airdrop date, and who is eligible?
There’s no date and no eligibility criteria, because there’s no airdrop. If Jito ever did reward users, trading volume and referrals that trade are the obvious guesses, but that’s speculation.
When did Jito’s JTX app launch, and is the waitlist still open?
Jito Labs launched JTX publicly on 21 July 2026, after early access for the top 1,000 waitlisters on 14 July. The waitlist is gone. You sign in with a wallet, an email address or a supported third-party sign-in.
Is jtx.trade the official JTX site?
It was the waitlist domain. jtx.trade now permanently redirects to jtx.com, and the trading app is at app.jtx.com. Use only those domains.
How does the JTX referral program work?
You share your referral link and get 20% of the trading fees your referrals pay, for as long as they trade. The fee is tiny, so it only adds up if your referrals trade size. The table above shows the maths.
What fees does JTX charge?
0 to 2 bps on eligible pairs (JTX blog, 3 August 2026), plus Solana network fees and about 0.0021 SOL of rent the first time you buy a token. Each limit order also needs rent and a 0.005 SOL seat budget. JTX hasn’t published fees for other pairs, so check the fee preview.
Can US or UK users use JTX?
The terms say JTX isn’t directed at UK persons. They don’t name the US, but xStocks aren’t available to US persons. Risks above lists the other regions.
Does JTX have perps or prediction markets?
Not yet. Both are listed under “Next” on JTX’s homepage, with no dates as of 6 October 2026. Phoenix was reported as the perps partner at the May announcement, but JTX hasn’t confirmed it on its own site.
Disclaimer: This is educational content, not financial advice. JTX is live, but no token or airdrop has been promised, and referral rewards can change under JTX’s terms. Check the terms for your country and do your own research.
