Crypto Leverage Calculator: Position Size, Margin and Liquidation Distance
Enter your margin (or the position you want) and a leverage. See the position it opens, what a 1% move does to your margin, and how close liquidation sits. Runs in your browser.
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Liquidation price
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Taker fees in and out
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Effective leverage
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The same margin at each leverage
Example: 200 USDT margin · entry 2,600 · OKX formula · MMR 0.5% · taker 0.05%| Leverage | Position (USDT) | 1% move = share of margin | Liquidation distance (long) | Fees in + out, share of margin |
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| 2x | 400 | 2% | -49.72% | 0.20% |
| 3x | 600 | 3% | -32.96% | 0.30% |
| 5x | 1,000 | 5% | -19.56% | 0.50% |
| 10x | 2,000 | 10% | -9.50% | 1.00% |
| 20x | 4,000 | 20% | -4.47% | 2.00% |
| 50x | 10,000 | 50% | -1.46% | 5.00% |
| 100x | 20,000 | 100% | -0.45% | 10.00% |
What leverage changes, and what it does not
- It sets margin against position. Position = margin × leverage. With 200 USDT at 25x you hold 5,000 USDT of exposure; at 10x, 2,000 USDT.
- Profit and loss follow the position. A 5,000 USDT position gains or loses 50 USDT per 1% move whether it was opened at 5x or 50x. Higher leverage only helps if you use it to open a larger position, and then the loss side grows the same way.
- Fees and funding are charged on the position. A 0.05% taker fee each way is 0.10% of the position. At 10x that is 1% of your margin, at 50x it is 5%, before the price has moved.
- Liquidation gets closer. An isolated long with no added margin is liquidated near Entry × (1 − 1/leverage) ÷ (1 − MMR − taker fee) under OKX's condition that the maintenance margin ratio falls to 100% (OKX help, updated 11 Aug 2026). Bybit and MEXC publish their own forms (Bybit, MEXC).
- Added margin lowers the real leverage. What decides the liquidation distance is position ÷ total margin. A 20x position with as much margin added again behaves like a 10x position. Try it in the "margin added later" field.
The maximum leverage falls as the position grows (OKX BTC-USDT example)
The leverage slider on an exchange is not the same for every size. Exchanges split positions into tiers; a higher tier has a higher maintenance margin rate and a lower maximum leverage. OKX's published tiers for the BTC USDT perpetual (isolated, read 2026-11-14; 1 contract = 0.01 BTC):
| Tier | Position up to (contracts) | Maintenance margin rate | Max leverage |
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| 1 | 1,000 (10 BTC) | 0.40% | 100x |
| 2 | 5,000 (50 BTC) | 0.50% | 66.66x |
| 3 | 20,000 (200 BTC) | 0.75% | 50x |
| 4 | 40,000 (400 BTC) | 1.25% | 40x |
| 5 | 60,000 (600 BTC) | 1.75% | 33.33x |
Frequently asked questions
How do I calculate margin for a crypto futures trade?
Margin = position value ÷ leverage. A 10,000 USDT position at 10x needs 1,000 USDT of initial margin; at 20x it needs 500 USDT. The position value, not the margin, decides the fees and the size of each price move in USDT.
How do I calculate position size from leverage?
Position size = margin × leverage. With 500 USDT of margin at 20x, the position is 10,000 USDT. Going the other way, margin = position size ÷ leverage.
Does higher leverage mean more profit?
Only if it is used to open a larger position. For the same position size, profit and loss are the same at any leverage. What changes is how much margin stands behind the position and how close the liquidation price is.
How far is liquidation at 10x, 20x and 50x?
With the OKX isolated-margin formula, a 0.5% maintenance margin rate and a 0.05% taker fee, a long is liquidated about 9.50% below entry at 10x, 4.47% at 20x and 1.46% at 50x. These are calculated values; the rate for your position tier changes them.
What is effective leverage?
Position size divided by the total margin actually behind it. If you open at 20x and later add the same amount of margin again, the effective leverage is 10x and the liquidation price moves to where a 10x position would be.
Why can I not select 100x for a large position?
Exchanges lower the maximum leverage as position size rises. On OKX the BTC USDT perpetual allows up to 100x for the first 1,000 contracts and 50x in the third tier.
Does this cover cross margin?
No. In cross margin the whole account balance backs the position, so the liquidation price depends on your other positions and free balance.
Is anything I type stored?
No. The calculation runs in your browser and nothing is transmitted.
Sources and limits
OKX liquidation price help (updated 11 Aug 2026), position tiers and fee table; Bybit Liquidation Process and Trading Fee Structure; MEXC Margin Calculation Guide and fee page. Checked 2026-11-14. Results are planning estimates, not trading advice, and this page does not recommend any leverage level. Leveraged futures can lose the whole margin.