# Protocol Fees LevelQ Finance operates with a transparent and strategic fee structure designed to support the protocol's continuous development, incentivize positive user outcomes, and maintain a sustainable financial model. The fee system is carefully crafted to align the success of the protocol with that of its users, ensuring that fees are only applied in scenarios where users benefit. ### Streaming Fee Streaming fees are ongoing charges applied to the assets allocated within LevelQ’s vaults. These fees are accrued continuously as a percentage of the Total Value Locked (TVL) in the vaults. The purpose of these fees is to cover the operational costs associated with managing and securing the assets on the platform, including infrastructure maintenance, smart contract audits, and development costs. Application: The streaming fee is designed to be minimal to ensure that it does not significantly impact the user’s returns. This fee is deducted from the assets in real-time, allowing the protocol to maintain liquidity and fund its operations without requiring large, lump-sum charges. ### Incentive Fee Incentive fees are performance-based fees applied to the profits generated by yield-bearing strategies on the LevelQ platform. These fees are only charged when the platform successfully generates returns for the user, ensuring that LevelQ’s incentives are directly aligned with those of its users. --- # 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.levelq.finance/levelq/protocol-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.