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ToolsCrypto profit & loss calculator
A trade is not "sold higher than I bought". The exchange charges a fee when you buy and again when you sell, and on thin margins those two fees decide the outcome. Enter your numbers to see the real result — and the exit price at which you only break even.
Net profit or loss
197.8
Return on what you paid: 19.76%
Breakeven sell price
100.2
Below this exit price, fees put the trade in the red.
Fees are taken as a percentage on both the buy and the sell, which is how most spot exchanges charge. Networks fees for withdrawing are separate and not included.
How this calculator works
Every trade pays a fee twice — once buying, once selling — and both come out of your result. This calculator takes your buy amount and price, your sell price, and the fee percentage each side charges. It deducts the buy fee from what you invested, the sell fee from your proceeds, and shows the profit or loss that actually reaches your balance, in money and percent.
A worked example
You buy $1,000 of a coin and sell after a 5% rise, paying 0.5% each side. The buy fee costs $5, so only $995 buys coins. The position grows to $1,044.75; selling takes another 0.5% — $5.22. You keep $1,039.53: a 3.95% net gain from a 5% move. A '2% winner' under the same fees nets barely 1%.
Common questions
- Why is my exchange balance lower than my calculated profit?
- Usually spread and slippage: the price you were filled at is slightly worse than the price on the chart, especially on small or fast-moving coins. Withdrawal fees, taken in the coin itself, are another quiet deduction. The calculator covers stated fees; fills and withdrawals are on top.
- What fee rate should I enter?
- Your exchange's taker fee for market orders, or maker fee for limit orders — typically 0.1% to 0.5% per side on major exchanges. It's listed under 'fees' in your account, and often falls with volume. If in doubt, use the taker rate; it's the one you pay when you click 'buy now'.
- Does a small percentage fee really matter?
- Per trade, barely. Across many trades, enormously: forty round trips at 0.5% each side is roughly 40% of your capital paid in fees. That arithmetic — not any prediction — is the main reason the risk-management article warns beginners against overtrading.
What this tool can't tell you
The result covers price movement and stated trading fees. It can't include spread, slippage, funding rates on leveraged positions, withdrawal charges, or taxes — which, depending on your country, can turn a net gain into something smaller. Treat it as the ceiling on a trade's outcome, not the floor.
These tools are for education. They work from the numbers you type and cannot see your accounts, verify who owns an address, or account for your circumstances. Nothing here is financial advice.