Liquidation happens when the position's loss eats the locked margin minus the exchange's maintenance margin. This calculator uses a simplified isolated-margin formula; the exchange figure can differ because of tiered maintenance margin, fees, and funding.
| Leverage | Liquidation price | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 3× | 40.300 | 32,83% |
| 5× | 48.300 | 19,5% |
| 10× | 54.300 | 9,5% |
| 20× | 57.300 | 4,5% |
| 25× | 57.900 | 3,5% |
| 50× | 59.100 | 1,5% |
| 100× | 59.700 | 0,5% |
Long: liquidation ≈ entry × (1 − 1 ÷ leverage + maintenance margin).
Short: liquidation ≈ entry × (1 + 1 ÷ leverage − maintenance margin).
The distance to liquidation is roughly 100% ÷ leverage minus the maintenance margin. At 10× with 0.5% maintenance margin, that is about 9.5%.
Because maintenance margin is tiered by position size, fees and funding already deducted count, and exchanges use the mark price rather than the last trade. This calculator is for understanding scale, not a substitute for the exchange figure.
With isolated margin, a 1× long is only liquidated when price approaches zero minus maintenance margin, which practically never happens, but a 1× short can still be liquidated if price nearly doubles.
Leverage sets the margin locked for a given position size. The size itself should come from your risk and stop distance; see the position size calculator.