Liquidation price calculator
The liquidation price is where a leveraged position's margin falls below maintenance margin and the exchange closes it. This calculator gives the approximate liquidation price for isolated-margin USDT contracts and its distance from the current price.
- Approx. liquidation price
- 54,300
- Distance from entry
- −9.5%
Approximate; tiered margin, mark price and fee discounts differ by exchange. Not investment advice.
Liquidation price formula
Isolated margin, approximately: Long = entry × (1 − 1/leverage + MMR). Short = entry × (1 + 1/leverage − MMR). Maintenance margin rate (MMR) is usually 0.4–0.5% for small positions on major pairs and rises in tiers.
Example: 10x long at $60,000 → 60,000 × (1 − 0.1 + 0.005) = $54,300, a 9.5% drop.
Why it differs from the exchange
Exchanges liquidate on mark price with tiered maintenance margin, fees and funding; in cross margin the rest of your balance counts too. The result is approximate.
Leverage and liquidation distance
With MMR 0.5%: 10x ≈ 9.5%, 25x ≈ 3.5%, 50x ≈ 1.5%, 100x ≈ 0.5% adverse move.
| Leverage | Long distance | Short distance |
|---|---|---|
| 5x | −19.5% | +19.5% |
| 10x | −9.5% | +9.5% |
| 25x | −3.5% | +3.5% |
| 50x | −1.5% | +1.5% |
| 100x | −0.5% | +0.5% |
What a liquidation map shows
Liquidation maps estimate where leveraged positions would be liquidated. ByStock's Liquidation Magnet applies this formula to swing highs and lows; in our backtest the levels alone were not a reversal signal.
Frequently asked questions
How is the liquidation price calculated?
Isolated margin: long entry × (1 − 1/leverage + MMR), short entry × (1 + 1/leverage − MMR). MMR is usually 0.4–0.5%; the result is approximate.
At 10x leverage, how far can price move before liquidation?
About 9.5% against you with MMR 0.5%; fees and funding shorten it slightly.