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Liquidation price calculator

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When people open leverage, they think about how much they'll make — not that a small move the wrong way can wipe the position out. Enter your entry price, leverage and side to see exactly how close you are to being liquidated.

First, to be clear: this tool is here to show you the risk, not to push you into it Leverage magnifies your gains and your losses equally, and futures are the fastest road to zero for a beginner. The numbers below show what "10x, 20x" really means in price terms.
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It varies by coin and position tier; for a beginner estimate, 0.5% is fine.
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Estimated liquidation price (isolated margin)
90.50USDT
You're here · Entry 100Liquidation 90.50
This "safety buffer" is only 9.5% — move that far against you and the position is wiped out.
At 10x leverage, a move of about 10% against you wipes you out The higher the multiplier, the thinner this buffer. A 10% daily swing is completely normal in crypto — meaning at high leverage, you could wake up to find the position already gone. This isn't a scare tactic; it's just how it works.
What a beginner should really do: build the basics first Instead of studying how to open leverage, get clear on how to buy spot, how to protect your account and how to spot scams. Those are what actually keep you alive. Read how leverage and altcoins take people to zero, then run the pre-flight checklist to see how ready you are.
See the truth about leverage first →

Simplified isolated-margin estimate; it excludes funding rates and fees — in reality you'd be liquidated sooner, and the exchange's rules are final. The calculation runs entirely in your browser and collects nothing.

Why you should work out your liquidation price first (expand)

Liquidation is when your loss eats through your margin and the exchange force-closes your position. It sounds abstract, but turn it into a concrete price and it clicks immediately: this tool calculates the price at which your position hits zero. Putting that number in front of you does more than any risk warning ever could.

How to read the number

What matters isn't the liquidation price itself — it's how close it sits to your entry. We express that distance as the "move to liquidation %." At 10x, that distance is only a little over 10%; at 20x it's around 5%. And in crypto, a 5% or 10% daily move in a major coin is routine, with altcoins far wilder. In other words, at high leverage, normal market movement is enough to knock you out — no black swan required.

This is only an estimate, and reality is worse

This uses a simplified isolated-margin formula that ignores funding rates and fees. In real trading, those costs steadily erode your margin and liquidate you earlier than the price shown here. So this figure is the optimistic version — in practice, the buffer is even thinner than you see.

How a beginner should treat leverage

The most practical advice is one line: don't touch it when you're starting out. Futures are the single fastest way for a beginner to lose their entire stake. Almost everyone who stays in the market long term started by buying and holding spot, learned to handle volatility and manage emotions, and only much later touched leverage with a tiny position. If your reason right now is "leverage to get rich quick," that's exactly the most dangerous signal. Read this post-mortem on leverage and altcoins first, then decide. And if someone offers to "manage your trades" or "call entries," run them through the scam self-check — it's almost always a setup.