Liquidation price calculator
Know exactly where the exchange takes your position away — before you open it, not after.
$90.50
−9.5%
Can reach it
3x → −32.8%
The Practice Arena opens this exact setup on live prices with a virtual $10,000 account — same coin, same direction, same stop, same target. Every position you close is written into your journal, so the number you learn from is your own.
carries your coin and directionHow the estimate works
This tool uses one maintenance margin rate for every position. Your exchange does not: it publishes a bracket table, and the rate rises with position size. How to calculate your liquidation price works the whole thing through with Binance’s published BTCUSDT numbers, including what the opening fee takes off before price moves.
For an isolated position, liquidation sits roughly where your margin is exhausted down to the exchange's maintenance requirement:
This is an estimate. Real exchanges use tiered maintenance margins that rise with position size, and funding payments shift your margin over time — so your true liquidation price is usually slightly worse than this number. Always confirm on the exchange's order ticket before entering.
What the table tells you about leverage
| Leverage | Approx. distance to liquidation* | Reality check |
|---|---|---|
| 2x | ≈ 49.5% | Survives almost any normal move |
| 5x | ≈ 19.5% | Survives most weeks, not most crashes |
| 10x | ≈ 9.5% | A bad day can take it |
| 25x | ≈ 3.5% | A bad hour can take it |
| 50x | ≈ 1.5% | Normal noise can take it |
| 100x | ≈ 0.5% | The spread can nearly take it |
*Using 0.5% maintenance margin, isolated, before fees and funding.
Common mistakes
Placing your stop-loss below your liquidation price — then the exchange closes you (with a liquidation fee) before your stop ever triggers. Your stop must sit well inside your liquidation distance. Confusing margin mode: cross margin uses your whole wallet as collateral, moving liquidation further away but risking the entire balance. Ignoring funding: on a long-held position, paid funding quietly eats the margin that was keeping liquidation at bay — estimate it with the funding cost calculator.