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title: "Crypto liquidation price & leverage calculator"
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# Crypto liquidation price & leverage calculator

**A 10× long on BTC from $79,448.69 is liquidated at about $71,901.06, a 9.50% fall. Higher leverage moves it closer: at 50× a 1.50% fall is enough.**

Liquidation price, margin and position size for a leveraged long or short on isolated margin, with the leverage-to-liquidation-distance table.

## Formula

```text
position          = margin × leverage
long liquidation  = entry × (1 − 1 ÷ leverage + maintenance rate)
short liquidation = entry × (1 + 1 ÷ leverage − maintenance rate)
with extra margin: move that liquidates = (margin + extra margin) ÷ position − maintenance rate
```

## Leverage vs liquidation distance

| Leverage | Move that liquidates | Long liquidated at (entry $79,448.69) | Short liquidated at (entry $79,448.69) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2× | 49.50% | $40,121.59 | $118,775.79 |
| 3× | 32.83% | $53,363.04 | $105,534.34 |
| 5× | 19.50% | $63,956.20 | $94,941.18 |
| 10× | 9.50% | $71,901.06 | $86,996.32 |
| 20× | 4.50% | $75,873.50 | $83,023.88 |
| 25× | 3.50% | $76,667.99 | $82,229.39 |
| 50× | 1.50% | $78,256.96 | $80,640.42 |
| 75× | 0.83% | $78,786.62 | $80,110.76 |
| 100× | 0.50% | $79,051.45 | $79,845.93 |
| 125× | 0.30% | $79,210.34 | $79,687.04 |

Entry price: BTC $79,448.69 (price as of Oct 29, 2026, 21:31 UTC).

## Position size with leverage

$500.00 of margin at 10× opens a $5,000.00 position, 0.0629337 BTC at $79,448.69. A 1% move in your favor returns 10.00% of the margin before fees.

## Isolated vs cross margin

On isolated margin only the position's own margin can be lost. On cross margin the account's free balance backs the position too: liquidation moves further away, and the whole balance is at risk. A 10× long on BTC from $79,448.69 with $500.00 isolated is liquidated at $71,901.06; on cross with $1,000.00 more in free balance, at $56,011.33.

## Why does my exchange show a different liquidation price?

Exchanges raise the maintenance rate as a position grows, take fees out of the margin and trigger liquidation on the mark price, not the last trade. At a 1.00% maintenance rate instead of 0.50%, the same 10× long on BTC from $79,448.69 is liquidated at $72,298.31 instead of $71,901.06.

## How much leverage is too much

Around 9.75× the cushion to liquidation equals what a 1% move pays. Below it the margin absorbs more than a 1% move earns; above it every extra turn of leverage buys payoff by shrinking the cushion.

Interactive calculator: https://flicker.finance/calculators/futures-position

_Figures computed by the calculator's own math; content checked October 17, 2026. Maintenance rate 0.50%, isolated margin, no margin added; at 10× the move that liquidates is 9.50%._

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