Crypto Liquidation Price Calculator

It is the price at which the exchange closes a leveraged position because the losses have used up the margin behind it. For a long it is below your entry price, and for a short it is above. The higher the leverage, the closer it is to your entry.

Divide 1 by the leverage to get the move that would wipe out the margin, then take off the maintenance margin your exchange keeps back. Take a long at ₹25,00,000 with 10× leverage and a 0.5% maintenance margin. The move is 10% less 0.5%, which is 9.5%, so the liquidation price is about ₹22,62,500.

More margin behind the same position means the price can move further before the margin is used up. In the example above, adding ₹25,000 to a margin of ₹50,000 moves the liquidation price from about ₹22,62,500 to about ₹21,37,500, which is 14.5% below your entry instead of 9.5%.

A stop-loss only helps if it is reached before the liquidation price. With a stop at ₹23,75,000 in the example above, 5% below your entry, the highest leverage that keeps liquidation beyond it is about 18.18×. Even then, a fast market can jump past a stop, so leave room.

Each exchange has its own formula. Many use a mark price instead of the last traded price, raise the maintenance margin for larger positions, and count fees and funding payments. This calculator assumes the position has its own margin. With cross margin, your whole account balance backs the position, so the liquidation price depends on your other positions too.

The exchange closes it, and the margin behind it is lost. Some exchanges also charge a liquidation fee. It is final, so a price that later recovers does not bring the money back. To see profit and loss at an exit price, use the Crypto Leverage Calculator, and to size a trade from the loss you can accept, use the Crypto Position Size Calculator.