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Crypto Liquidation Price Calculator

Know exactly where liquidation is before you enter.

Liquidation happens when your position's unrealized loss consumes your margin down to the maintenance margin level. This calculator tells you the exact mark price at which liquidation triggers for long and short positions, and how far current price needs to move to get there.

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By Swoopr Editorial Team

Published August 8, 2026 · Updated August 25, 2026

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Direct Answer

A crypto position's liquidation price is the mark price at which unrealized losses consume available margin down to the maintenance margin level, forcing the exchange to close the position. This calculator computes that exact price for long and short positions based on entry price, leverage, and maintenance margin rate. Check it before opening a leveraged position to see how far the market can move against you before forced liquidation.

Liquidation Price Calculator

Entry price (USD) The price at which you entered (or plan to enter) the position.

Leverage (×)

The leverage multiplier set on your position (e.g., 10 for 10×).

Maintenance margin rate (%) The maintenance margin rate for this tier on your exchange (e.g., 0.5% for 0.5%). Find it in your exchange's margin tiers table. Common BTC values: 0.4-0.5% at low notional, higher at larger sizes.

Position side

Results

Liquidation price

Distance from entry to liquidation

Theoretical max loss (% of margin)

Initial margin rate

Maintenance margin buffer remaining

Formula: For longs, Liquidation Price = Entry × (1 − 1/Leverage + MMR). For shorts, Liquidation Price = Entry × (1 + 1/Leverage − MMR). Where MMR is the maintenance margin rate. Actual liquidation may differ slightly due to funding accrual, fees, and tiered margin structures. Verify on your exchange before trading.

How to Interpret Results

Liquidation price: The mark price at which your exchange will begin the liquidation process. For longs. This is below entry; for shorts, above entry. The further it is from current price, the safer your position.
Distance from entry: The percentage price move required to reach liquidation from your entry price. At 10× leverage, a 9.5% adverse move reaches the liquidation zone (with 0.5% maintenance margin). At 50× leverage, less than 2% does.
Initial margin rate: The fraction of the position value you must post as margin (1 / leverage). At 10× leverage, you post 10% of notional as initial margin.
Maintenance margin buffer: The gap between your initial margin and maintenance margin as a percentage of notional. This is how much of your initial margin can be consumed before liquidation triggers. It equals approximately (1/leverage − maintenance margin rate).

Set a stop-loss well before the liquidation price, at a level that invalidates your trade thesis. Letting a position reach the liquidation price means forfeiting the entire margin to the exchange's liquidation engine, which is a worse outcome than a voluntary exit at a stop-loss level with partial loss recovery.

For deeper background on liquidation mechanics, the insurance fund, and auto-deleveraging, see Mark Price and Liquidation Mechanics.

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Disclaimer

This calculator is for educational and informational purposes only. It does not constitute financial or trading advice. The formula used is a simplified isolated-margin approximation; actual liquidation prices vary by exchange due to tiered margin structures, fee deduction from margin, and funding accrual. Always verify liquidation price on your specific exchange before opening a position.