Liquidation Price Calculator
Crypto Futures Long & Short Liquidation Price
Find out exactly where a leveraged long or short gets liquidated, before you open the position.
What this calculator does
In futures and leveraged trading, the number that matters most is your liquidation price: the point where the exchange force-closes your position and your margin is gone.
Enter your trade setup to see where that line sits for a long or short, how small a move it takes to get there, and how your leverage changes it. Use it to plan your entry, leverage and stop-loss before you trade.
How to use it
- Position side: Choose LONG if you expect the price to rise, or SHORT if you expect it to fall.
- Entry price: Enter the price you plan to enter at, or your current average entry.
- Leverage: Enter your leverage (e.g. 5x, 20x, 100x). The higher the leverage, the closer the liquidation price gets to your entry.
- Margin: Enter the collateral you're putting into the position. It sets your total position size.
- Maintenance margin rate: Check your exchange's contract specs if you know it. Otherwise, leave the default 0.5%.
Examples
"What if I open a 10x long on Bitcoin at $60,000?"
- Entry: 60,000 USDT / Leverage: 10x / Isolated margin / MMR 0.5%
- Liquidated around 54,300 USDT, after a drop of only 9.5%.
"What if I open a 20x short on Ethereum at $3,000?"
- Entry: 3,000 USDT / Leverage: 20x / Isolated margin / MMR 0.5%
- Liquidated around 3,135 USDT, after a rise of only 4.5%.
Liquidation Price Calculator FAQ
Liquidation happens when losses on a leveraged position eat through your margin until it falls below the maintenance margin. At that point the exchange force-closes the position to stop the loss from growing further.
You lose most or all of the margin in that position, which is why knowing your liquidation price in advance is the core of risk management in leveraged trading.
You lose most or all of the margin in that position, which is why knowing your liquidation price in advance is the core of risk management in leveraged trading.
For isolated margin, this calculator uses the standard formula:
Long: Entry × (1 − 1/Leverage + MMR)
Short: Entry × (1 + 1/Leverage − MMR)
For example, a 10x long at 60,000 with a 0.5% maintenance margin rate gives 60,000 × (1 − 0.1 + 0.005) = 54,300.
Long: Entry × (1 − 1/Leverage + MMR)
Short: Entry × (1 + 1/Leverage − MMR)
For example, a 10x long at 60,000 with a 0.5% maintenance margin rate gives 60,000 × (1 − 0.1 + 0.005) = 54,300.
Leverage magnifies every price move against your margin. With a 0.5% maintenance margin rate, the move that liquidates you is roughly:
5x ≈ 19.5% · 10x ≈ 9.5% · 20x ≈ 4.5% · 50x ≈ 1.5% · 100x ≈ 0.5%
At 100x, a normal intraday wiggle is enough to wipe out the position. Try different leverage values here to see how quickly the buffer shrinks.
5x ≈ 19.5% · 10x ≈ 9.5% · 20x ≈ 4.5% · 50x ≈ 1.5% · 100x ≈ 0.5%
At 100x, a normal intraday wiggle is enough to wipe out the position. Try different leverage values here to see how quickly the buffer shrinks.
Isolated margin only puts the margin assigned to that position at risk, so the worst case is capped. Cross margin shares your whole futures balance as collateral, which pushes the liquidation price further away, but a liquidation can take the entire balance with it.
If you're still learning, isolated margin is the safer default because it keeps each trade's risk contained. This calculator uses isolated margin.
If you're still learning, isolated margin is the safer default because it keeps each trade's risk contained. This calculator uses isolated margin.
It's the minimum share of the position value you must keep as margin to hold the position open. Most exchanges start around 0.4-1% for major pairs and raise it in tiers as your position size grows.
Once your remaining margin falls to this level, liquidation starts, usually without a separate warning. Look up the exact rate in your exchange's contract specifications.
Once your remaining margin falls to this level, liquidation starts, usually without a separate warning. Look up the exact rate in your exchange's contract specifications.
Under isolated margin, at the same leverage, no. More margin simply means a bigger position, and the liquidation price stays the same distance from entry.
What moves the liquidation price is effective leverage. Adding margin to an existing position without increasing its size lowers your effective leverage and pushes the liquidation price further away.
What moves the liquidation price is effective leverage. Adding margin to an existing position without increasing its size lowers your effective leverage and pushes the liquidation price further away.
Small differences are normal. Exchanges apply their own maintenance margin tiers, trading fees and funding payments, and most trigger liquidation on the mark price rather than the last traded price.
Use this calculator to plan and compare scenarios, and always confirm the final number shown on your exchange before trading.
Use this calculator to plan and compare scenarios, and always confirm the final number shown on your exchange before trading.
The most reliable ways are to set a stop-loss well before the liquidation price and to keep leverage low. Size positions so that a single loss can't do serious damage to your account.
Adding margin as the price approaches liquidation can buy time, but it also puts more money at risk, so decide your exit plan before you enter.
Adding margin as the price approaches liquidation can buy time, but it also puts more money at risk, so decide your exit plan before you enter.
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