How do I calculate BTC liquidation price?

Enter your BTC entry price, leverage and direction. Liquidation = Entry x (1 - 1/Leverage + MMR) for a long and Entry x (1 + 1/Leverage - MMR) for a short.

At what percentage is a BTC position liquidated?

Roughly 1/Leverage minus the maintenance margin. A 10x BTC position is liquidated after about a 9-10% move; 100x after about 1%.

BTC Liquidation Calculator

Find your exact Bitcoin (BTC) liquidation price — for any leverage, long or short. Free, instant and private (it runs in your browser).

Entry price (USD) Leverage Maintenance margin rate (%)

Estimated BTC liquidation price

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How BTC liquidation works

Bitcoin has the deepest, most liquid perpetual-futures market in crypto, so spreads are tight and high leverage is widely available. Liquidation happens when losses eat through the margin backing your position. The isolated-margin estimate is Entry × (1 − 1/Leverage + MMR) for a long and Entry × (1 + 1/Leverage − MMR) for a short, where MMR is the maintenance margin rate.

Worked example — 10× BTC long

A 10× BTC long entered at $62,000 with a 0.5% maintenance margin rate is liquidated at about:

Liquidation price$56,110

Move to liquidation−9.50%

Because BTC can move fast, keep your stop-loss well inside that level and size by risk. See how to size a position and how to avoid liquidation.

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