Crypto Margin Calculator

Enter the position you want and the leverage, and see how much of your own money you need to open it and how much of your balance that uses.

Your position

How many units you want to trade, such as 0.2.

Price per unit you get in at.

From 1 to 200.

Details, optional

Charged on the whole position.

Set by your exchange.

To see how much of it the position uses.

Your margin

Fill in your position and choose Calculate Margin. Your figures appear here.

Position Value

₹0.00

Quantity × entry price

Total to Open

₹0.00

Margin required + opening fee

Maintenance Margin

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Enter a maintenance margin rate to see this

Balance Left Free

–

Enter your account balance to see this

Largest Position for Your Balance

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Enter your account balance to see this

Margin Required

₹0.00

Position value ÷ leverage

The margin to open one position. Exchanges set their own leverage limits and margin rates, which can rise with the size of the position. Leverage can lose your whole margin quickly. To see where the position would be liquidated, use the Crypto Liquidation Price Calculator.

How it is calculated

Margin is the part of a position you pay for yourself. The rest is lent by the exchange.

  • Position value = quantity × entry price, or the rupee amount you enter
  • Margin required = position value ÷ leverage
  • Opening fee = position value × fee
  • Total to open = margin required + opening fee
  • Maintenance margin = position value × maintenance margin rate
  • Largest position for a balance = account balance ÷ (1 ÷ leverage + fee)

Frequently asked questions

Short answers on margin and on what this calculator counts.

Margin is your own money set aside as security when you open a leveraged position. The exchange lends the rest. At 10× leverage the margin is one tenth of the position, at 20× it is one twentieth.

Divide the value of the position by the leverage. Take 0.2 BTC at ₹25,00,000, which is a position worth ₹5,00,000. At 10× leverage the margin required is ₹50,000. A fee of 0.05% on the position adds ₹250, so you need ₹50,250 to open it.

Initial margin is what you put down to open the position, which is the figure this calculator leads with. Maintenance margin is the smaller amount that must remain as losses eat into it. If your margin falls to that level, the exchange closes the position. At a 0.5% rate, the maintenance margin on a ₹5,00,000 position is ₹2,500.

If the whole balance goes in as margin, there is nothing left to add when the price moves against you, and a small move can end in liquidation. With a balance of ₹2,00,000, the position above leaves ₹1,49,750 free. The calculator also shows the largest position the balance could open, which is a limit, not a target.

With isolated margin, each position has its own margin, and that is the most you can lose on it. With cross margin, your whole account balance backs every open position, so a loss on one can draw on the rest. This calculator works out the margin for a single position.

That depends on the leverage and the maintenance margin. Use the Crypto Liquidation Price Calculator to estimate the price, and the Crypto Position Size Calculator to size a trade from the loss you can accept. Leverage can lose your whole margin quickly.

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