Crypto Liquidation Price Calculator
Understand the risk of leverage before anything else. Enter long or short, entry price and leverage to see an estimated liquidation price and how close it is. ALPHAVYN does not recommend using leverage.
Calculator
- Estimated liquidation price
- 90.50
- Distance from entry
- 9.50%
- Position size
- 1,000.00 USDT
- Coins
- 10.0000
Estimate for isolated margin, before fees and funding. Exchanges calculate it differently; the real price can be closer. Place your stop loss well before it.
How the estimate works
- Long: liquidation ≈ entry × (1 − 1 ÷ leverage + maintenance margin).
- Short: liquidation ≈ entry × (1 + 1 ÷ leverage − maintenance margin).
Example
A 10x long at 100 with 0.5% maintenance margin: liquidation ≈ 100 × (1 − 0.1 + 0.005) = 90.5. A 9.5% drop closes the position. At 20x it would be about 95.5, just 4.5% away.
Higher leverage puts liquidation closer. A stop loss lets you decide the loss in advance; size the trade with the position size calculator instead of raising leverage.
Related guide: Crypto liquidation price explained
Common liquidation mistakes
- Treating liquidation as a stop loss. Liquidation closes the position and usually takes the whole margin. A stop loss limits the loss to your plan.
- Trusting the estimate exactly. Exchanges use their own rules, fees and funding. The real liquidation price can be closer.
- Raising leverage to "fit" a trade. Higher leverage moves liquidation closer. Lower the position size instead.
- Forgetting cross-margin effects. With cross margin, other positions and balances affect when liquidation happens.
Questions
What is a liquidation price?
It is the price at which the exchange closes a leveraged position because the margin can no longer cover the loss. With isolated margin you lose roughly the margin you put into that position.
Why is this only an estimate?
Exchanges use their own rules: maintenance margin tiers that grow with position size, fees, funding payments and the mark price. The real liquidation price can be closer than this estimate.
How do I avoid liquidation?
Use lower leverage and place a stop loss well before the liquidation price, so a losing trade closes at the loss you planned instead of losing the whole margin.
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Leverage can cause you to lose your whole margin quickly. This estimate is for education only and is not financial advice. Risk Disclosure