Educational risk calculator
Crypto Liquidation Price Calculator
Estimate where a leveraged long or short could be liquidated, then see how maintenance margin, fees and added collateral change the result.
Position details
Use values from your venue where possible.
Model assumption: isolated-margin, linear contract with maintenance margin based on mark-price notional. Cross margin, inverse contracts and tiered rates require exchange-specific calculations.
Conservative risk threshold
$90.54
$0.09 safety buffer toward entry
Raw liquidation estimate
$90.45
Before the optional safety buffer
Distance from entry
$9.46
9.46% price movement
Bankruptcy price estimate
$90.00
Where remaining position equity approaches zero
Initial margin
$500.00
10% of position notional
Total isolated margin
$500.00
10% of position notional
Position quantity
50
Position notional ÷ entry price
Maintenance at liquidation
$22.61
Estimated from raw liquidation notional
How the estimate works
Set the position
Choose long or short and enter the position entry price and total notional exposure.
Enter venue assumptions
Add leverage and the maintenance-margin rate shown by the exchange for your position tier.
Keep a real buffer
Treat the conservative threshold as a warning zone, not a guaranteed liquidation or stop price.
What changes liquidation risk?
- • Higher leverage brings liquidation closer to entry.
- • Added isolated margin generally moves it farther away.
- • Higher maintenance requirements reduce the available buffer.
- • Fees and funding can erode remaining collateral.
What this tool cannot know
- • Exchange-specific liquidation and insurance rules
- • Changing risk tiers as position notional moves
- • Cross-margin balances and other open positions
- • Future funding, slippage or mark/index divergence
Frequently asked questions
How is crypto liquidation price estimated?
The model compares isolated position equity with estimated maintenance margin using your direction, entry, exposure, leverage and added collateral.
Will this match my exchange exactly?
Not necessarily. Mark prices, fees, funding, margin tiers and contract specifications differ. Always compare the result with the estimate displayed by the exchange.
What does the safety buffer do?
It moves the displayed risk threshold closer to entry, providing a conservative allowance for fees and differences between this simplified model and the venue.