What is Liquidation Price?
Liquidation price is the level at which a leveraged position is forced closed because equity is no longer enough to support the trade. This calculator uses a simplified model that is useful for planning, not a perfect exchange-specific replica.
Long positions liquidate when price falls too far. Short positions liquidate when price rises too far. Cross margin can push liquidation farther away if you have extra wallet buffer available.
How Liquidation Works
The key inputs are entry price, position size, leverage, side, maintenance margin, and margin mode. That is enough to estimate the distance to liquidation in a clean way.
Quantity = notional ÷ entry price
Base margin = notional ÷ leverage
Total available margin = base margin + extra cross margin
Liquidation offset = (total available margin − maintenance margin) ÷ quantity
Why this version is better
- Supports both long and short positions
- Separates isolated and cross margin
- Includes maintenance margin in the estimate
- Shows an equity chart instead of a weak one-off comparison
How to Use This Calculator
- Enter your entry price and position size
- Set the leverage and choose long or short
- Pick isolated or cross margin
- Set maintenance margin, then calculate
Frequently Asked Questions
Higher leverage means you are supporting a larger notional position with less of your own margin, so the position can only survive a smaller move against it.
Isolated margin limits risk to the margin assigned to that position. Cross margin can use additional wallet balance, which may push liquidation farther away but also exposes more of the account.
Maintenance margin is the minimum equity the exchange expects. If you ignore it, the liquidation estimate will be too optimistic.
Yes. A stop-loss placed well before liquidation can protect capital and keep a bad trade from turning into a forced exit. The key is giving the stop enough room to work.
Cross margin can improve liquidation distance if you actually have extra wallet equity available, but it also increases account-wide risk. It is not free protection.
No. It is a simplified estimate. Real liquidation levels depend on exchange rules, contract type, fees, funding, and how the exchange calculates maintenance margin.