# Utility of $POUND Trading Fees The fees are 13% when buying $POUND and 18% when selling $POUND. The fees are used for the following: * 5% of the trading fees are redirected to the Insurance Funds which helps sustain and back the staking rewards provided by the positive rebase. * 3% of the purchases and 8% of the sales are used to improve the token or go directly to the Treasury which supports the Insurance Funds. * 5% of the trading fees return to the liquidity ensuring $POUND’s increasing collateral value. --- # 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://pounder-protocol.gitbook.io/docs/utility-of-usdpound-trading-fees.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.