How do I calculate crypto position size?

Decide how much of your balance you will risk, for example 1%, then divide that amount by the loss per coin if your stop-loss is hit. With 1,000 USDT, 1% risk and a stop 2,000 below entry, you can hold 10 ÷ 2,000 = 0.005 BTC, a little less once fees are included.

Does leverage change how much I risk?

Not if you size the position from your stop. Leverage only changes how much margin is locked up. What leverage does change is the liquidation price: higher leverage puts it closer to your entry, and it can be hit before your stop.

How is the liquidation price calculated?

For an isolated USDT-margined long, it is roughly entry × (1 − 1 ÷ leverage + maintenance margin rate). For a short it is entry × (1 + 1 ÷ leverage − maintenance margin rate). Exchanges also add fees, funding and tiered margin rates, so their figure will differ slightly.

What is a maintenance margin rate?

It is the minimum share of the position value you must keep as margin. If your margin falls below it, the exchange closes the position. Rates are usually 0.4% to 1% for Bitcoin and Ether and rise for smaller coins and larger positions.

Is crypto futures trading allowed?

It depends on where you live and which exchange you use. Rules for crypto derivatives differ by country, and several regulators restrict leverage for retail traders. Check that your exchange is licensed where you live before trading.

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Direction

Balance (USDT)

Risk per trade %

Entry price

Stop-loss price

Leverage (x)

Taker fee %

Maintenance margin %

Often 0.4% to 1% for BTC and ETH, higher for small coins and big positions.

Position size

0.0048 coins

Worth 314.92 USDT. Hitting your stop loses about $10.00, fees included.

Liquidation price

58,825

9.5% from entry

Margin needed

31.49 USDT

at 10x leverage

Stop distance

3.08%

from entry

Max leverage for this stop

27x

liquidation stays past the stop

Your stop is hit before liquidation, so the most you should lose is your planned risk.

Simplified estimate for isolated, USDT-margined perpetual futures. It ignores funding, slippage and tiered maintenance margins, so your exchange's liquidation price may differ. Leveraged crypto trading carries a high risk of loss. Not investment advice.

Your inputs live only in the page address once you change them.

Size from the stop, then check liquidation

Position size = (balance × risk %) ÷ (distance to stop + fees per coin)

This keeps every losing trade the same size, whatever the leverage. Then make sure the liquidation price is further away than your stop. If it is not, the exchange closes you out first and you lose the whole margin, not just your planned risk.

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