Calculate the exact liquidation price for any leveraged crypto position. Know your liquidation distance before entering any leveraged trade.
Leverage amplifies both gains and losses. At 10x leverage, a 10% move in your favor doubles your capital — but a 10% move against you wipes out your entire position.
[Liquidation Price](/glossary/liquidation-price) Formula
Long: Liquidation = Entry × (1 − 1/Leverage + MM%) Short: Liquidation = Entry × (1 + 1/Leverage − MM%)
Where MM% is the maintenance [margin](/glossary/maintenance-margin) percentage.
Leverage vs. Liquidation Distance
Professional Leverage Guidelines
Leverage
A multiplier that lets you control a larger position than your deposited capital — amplifying both gains and losses.
Liquidation Price
The price at which your leveraged position is forcibly closed by the exchange to prevent negative balance.
Isolated Margin
A margin mode where only the funds specifically allocated to one position are at risk — losses are capped at your deposited margin for that trade.
Mark Price
A fair-value price calculated from multiple spot exchanges that exchanges use for liquidation — preventing manipulated wicks from triggering false liquidations.
For a long position: Liquidation Price = Entry × (1 − 1/Leverage + Maintenance Margin%). For a short: Liquidation Price = Entry × (1 + 1/Leverage − Maintenance Margin%). Higher leverage means your liquidation price is much closer to entry.
Maintenance margin is the minimum equity required to keep a leveraged position open. When your equity falls to this level, the exchange automatically liquidates your position. Most major exchanges set it at 0.5%.
Most professional crypto traders use 3x–10x leverage at most. Higher leverage dramatically reduces your liquidation distance. At 100x leverage, a mere 1% move against you triggers liquidation.
Yes, adding margin to a losing position raises your maintenance margin threshold and moves your liquidation price further away. However, this can increase your total loss if the position continues against you.
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