Crypto Futures P&L Calculator

Work out what a long or short futures trade makes or loses after fees and funding, and what that is as a return on your margin.

Your trade

Units in the position.

From 1 to 200.

Long gains if the price rises.

Costs, optional

Per period. Can be negative.

How many you held through.

Your profit and loss

Fill in your trade and choose Calculate P&L. Your figures appear here.

Gross Profit / Loss

₹0.00

From the move in price alone

Fees

₹0.00

To open and to close

Funding

₹0.00

Paid or received while the position is open

Margin Used

₹0.00

Position value ÷ leverage

Break-Even Exit Price

₹0.00

Exit price that covers fees and funding

Net Profit / Loss

₹0.00

Gross profit or loss − fees − funding

Before tax. Funding is worked out on the position's value at entry, and rates change from period to period. Leverage can lose your whole margin quickly. To estimate where a position would be liquidated, use the Crypto Liquidation Price Calculator.

How it is calculated

Profit and loss come from the move in price on the whole position, less what the trade cost to run.

  • Position value = quantity × entry price
  • Margin used = position value ÷ leverage
  • Gross profit or loss = quantity × (exit price − entry price) for a long, and the other way round for a short
  • Fees = position value × open fee, plus quantity × exit price × close fee
  • Funding = position value × funding rate × number of periods. A long pays when the rate is positive, and a short receives
  • Net profit or loss = gross profit or loss − fees − funding
  • Return on margin = net profit or loss ÷ margin used

Frequently asked questions

Short answers on futures profit and loss and on what this calculator counts.

It shows what a futures trade makes or loses once it is closed. You get the result from the price move alone, then the fees and funding taken off, and the net figure as a return on the margin you put in.

Multiply the quantity by the gap between the exit and entry prices. A long makes money when the price rises, and a short when it falls. Take a long of 0.2 BTC from ₹25,00,000 to ₹26,00,000. The gap is ₹1,00,000, so the trade makes ₹20,000 before costs.

Fees are charged on the whole position, both when you open and when you close. Funding is a regular payment between longs and shorts on perpetual futures, often every 8 hours: when the rate is positive, longs pay shorts. In the example above, a 0.05% fee each way costs ₹510, and a 0.01% funding rate over 9 periods costs ₹450, leaving a net profit of ₹19,040.

It is the net result as a share of your own money in the trade. At 10× leverage the example above needs ₹50,000 of margin, so ₹19,040 is a 38.08% return, from a 4% move in the price. A 4% move the other way would lose about as much.

It is the exit price at which the trade makes nothing after fees and funding. In the example above it is ₹25,04,752.38, which is 0.19% above the entry. The price has to pass it before the trade is in profit.

It is not settled. There is no official clarification on how crypto futures and other derivatives are taxed. Some treat them like other crypto, taxed at the flat 30% with no set-off of losses, and others treat them as business income at slab rates. It can depend on how the contract is settled. This calculator shows figures before tax, so check your own position with a tax professional.

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