Liquidation price calculator
Find the exact price that force-closes your leveraged position — before you open it. Enter your entry, leverage and direction to see how much room you actually have.
Typical: 0.5% at low tiers
Estimate uses a flat maintenance margin rate, assumes isolated margin and ignores fees. Your exchange’s actual liquidation price may differ — it uses tiered maintenance margin and the mark price.
How the liquidation price is calculated
A leveraged position is liquidated when your losses plus the maintenance margin eat up your initial margin. For an isolated position, that happens close to:
- Long: liquidation ≈ entry × (1 − 1/leverage + maintenance margin rate)
- Short: liquidation ≈ entry × (1 + 1/leverage − maintenance margin rate)
Example: you long at $50,000 with 10× leverage and a 0.5% maintenance margin rate. Your liquidation price is $50,000 × (1 − 0.1 + 0.005) = $45,250 — a 9.5% move against you.
What liquidation actually means
When price reaches your liquidation level, the exchange force-closes your position to prevent your losses from exceeding the margin you put up. You lose your margin — and on some venues a liquidation fee is added on top. That's why your buffer (the % move to liquidation) matters more than the leverage number itself.
How to read the results
- Liquidation price — the price that force-closes you.
- Distance from entry — how far price can move against you, in dollars.
- Move to liquidation — the same distance as a percentage; this is your buffer.
At 10× leverage your buffer is roughly 9–10%; at 50× it shrinks to about 1–2%. Higher leverage always moves liquidation closer to your entry — so keep the buffer in mind, or lower your leverage.
Frequently asked questions
What is a liquidation price?
The price at which an exchange force-closes your leveraged position because your remaining margin can no longer cover the losses and required maintenance margin.
Does higher leverage move my liquidation price closer?
Yes. Higher leverage means a smaller move against you wipes out your margin, so liquidation sits closer to entry and your buffer shrinks.
Why does my exchange show a different price?
Exchanges use the mark price (not the last trade), tiered maintenance margin rates, and fees. This calculator uses a single flat rate, so treat it as an estimate.
Know your risk before you trade
Check your liquidation price, then trade with a stop-loss well inside your buffer. Open a Binance account to start.
This calculator is educational only and is not financial advice. Results are estimates; your exchange's actual liquidation price depends on its mark price, margin tiers, and fees. Trading with leverage can lose more than your margin.