Leverage Break-Even Calculator

Find the exit price a leveraged crypto position needs to cover its fees and funding, the move that takes, and how much of your margin the costs use up.

Your position

Times your margin, from 1 to 125.

Long gains if the price rises, short if it falls.

Shows the costs in rupees.

Fees and funding, optional

Positive: longs pay. Negative, such as −0.01: shorts pay.

72 hours is 3 days.

Leave empty for 0.5%.

Your break-even

Fill in your position and choose Find Break-Even. Your figures appear here.

Price Move Needed

0%

From the entry price to break-even

Costs on Margin

0%

Fees and funding, as a share of margin

Funding on Margin

0%

Over the time you hold

Liquidation Price

₹0.00

Estimate for isolated margin

Break-Even Exit Price

₹0.00

The exit that covers fees and funding

Before tax. Funding is spread evenly over the time held at the rate you enter; real rates change every period. The liquidation price is an estimate for isolated margin. For the return at a target, use the Leverage ROI Calculator.

How it is calculated

A leveraged position breaks even when the move in price pays for the fees and the funding, all charged on the whole position.

  • Funding payments = hours held ÷ 8
  • Funding cost = position × funding rate × payments, paid by longs and received by shorts when the rate is positive
  • Costs before closing = open fee + funding cost ÷ position, as a share of the position
  • Break-even exit, long = entry price × (1 + costs before closing) ÷ (1 − close fee)
  • Break-even exit, short = entry price × (1 − costs before closing) ÷ (1 + close fee)
  • Costs on margin = leverage × (open fee + funding + break-even exit ÷ entry price × close fee)
  • Liquidation price = entry price × (1 − 1 ÷ leverage + maintenance margin) for a long, the other way round for a short

Frequently asked questions

Short answers on breaking even with leverage, fees and funding.

It shows the exit price a leveraged position has to reach before it makes any money once fees and funding are paid. You enter the leverage, long or short, the entry price, the fee to open and to close, the funding rate and how long you expect to hold. You get the break-even exit price, the move it needs, the costs as a share of your margin and where the position would be liquidated.

No. Fees and funding are charged on the whole position, so the price move needed is the same at 2× or 50×. What leverage changes is how much of your margin those costs eat: a 10× long from ₹25,00,000 held for 72 hours with 0.05% fees and 0.01% funding every 8 hours needs a 0.19% rise to ₹25,04,752.38, and the costs take 1.9% of the margin. At 50× the price is the same, but the costs take 9.5% of the margin and liquidation is only a 1.5% move away instead of 9.5%.

Perpetual futures swap a funding payment every 8 hours on most exchanges. When the rate is positive, longs pay shorts; when it is negative, shorts pay longs. Holding a long for 72 hours at 0.01% is 9 payments, 0.09% of the position, which moves the break-even up. A short in the same market receives that funding, which can cover the fees on its own. This calculator spreads funding evenly over the time held; the real payments happen at fixed times and the rate changes every period.

The Crypto Break-Even Calculator is for buying and selling coins without leverage and works out the sell price after fees and tax. This one is for futures and margin: it adds funding over time, shorts as well as longs, and shows the costs against your margin and the liquidation price.

Make sure the break-even move is small next to the distance to liquidation, and that your target is well beyond break-even. For the return at a target, use the Leverage ROI Calculator; for a full trade with funding and separate fees, the Crypto Futures P&L Calculator.

No. Crypto gains are taxed at a flat 30%, or 31.2% with cess, and only the cost of buying can be deducted, so trading fees and funding do not lower the tax. How profit from crypto futures is treated can depend on the exchange and how the contract is settled, so check with a tax professional. For the tax on a sale, use the India Crypto Tax Calculator.

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