Margin & Leverage Calculator — Liquidation Distance
Calculate required margin, initial margin %, and approximate liquidation distance for any leveraged trade.
Typical: 0.5% on Binance/Bybit perps. Check your broker.
That's 10.00% of your position value held as collateral.
Approximate price move against you that wipes the position.
For every $1 you put up, you control $10.
What leverage really means
10× leverage means you put up $1,000 of your own money to control a $10,000 position. Your gains and losses are amplified 10×. A 1% favourable move makes 10%; a 1% adverse move loses 10%.
Liquidation math
You get liquidated when losses eat through initial margin minus the broker's maintenance buffer. At 10× leverage with 0.5% maintenance, you have roughly 9.5% of price movement before liquidation. At 100× leverage that drops to ~0.5% — a normal market wobble.
The honest warning
Brokers love to offer 100× or 125× because most users blow up using it. Empirically, leverage above 10× is where retail performance falls off a cliff. Use modest leverage, hold size discipline, survive.
How to use the Margin & Leverage Calculator
Takes about a minute. No signup, no download, your data stays in your browser.
- 1Open the tool. Scroll up to the Margin & Leverage Calculator above — it loads instantly in your browser, no install needed.
- 2Enter your values. The fields come pre-filled with realistic defaults so you can see how it works — replace them with your own numbers.
- 3Read the result. The output updates instantly. Copy or share it — nothing is uploaded to a server, everything stays on your device.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about the Margin & Leverage Calculator.
Is the Margin & Leverage Calculator free to use?
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Is my data safe when I use the Margin & Leverage Calculator?
Yes. The Margin & Leverage Calculatorruns entirely in your browser — your inputs never leave your device unless the tool explicitly fetches public data (e.g. currency rates). We don't store the values you type.
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