Crypto Liquidation Calculator
Exact liquidation price with real per-exchange maintenance-margin tiers
Enter a safer target liquidation price to see the extra isolated margin required.
Liq. Price (Long) = Entry x (1 - 1/Leverage + MMR) - ExtraMargin/Qty
MMR Tier = Maintenance margin rate for your notional on the selected exchange
What is Liquidation?
Liquidation happens when the market moves against a leveraged position until the remaining margin can no longer cover the maintenance margin requirement. At that point the exchange force-closes the position at the liquidation price to prevent your losses from exceeding your collateral. In isolated margin mode you lose only the margin assigned to that position; in cross margin mode your whole account balance backs the position. The higher your leverage, the closer the liquidation price sits to your entry, because a smaller adverse move is enough to wipe out the thin margin buffer.
How the Liquidation Price is Calculated
For an isolated linear long, the liquidation price is approximately Entry Price x (1 - 1/Leverage + Maintenance Margin Rate), and for a short it is Entry Price x (1 + 1/Leverage - Maintenance Margin Rate). The critical input most quick calculators get wrong is the maintenance margin rate: it is not a flat 0.4% but a tiered value that depends on your position notional and the exchange. This tool looks up the real maintenance-margin tier your position falls into on Binance, Bybit, Hyperliquid or dYdX, so the liquidation price matches what the exchange would actually use.
Maintenance Margin Tiers
Exchanges group positions into risk tiers by notional size. Small positions sit in the lowest tier with the smallest maintenance margin rate and the highest allowed leverage. As your notional grows, you move into higher tiers with larger maintenance margin rates and lower maximum leverage, which pushes the liquidation price closer to entry for the same nominal leverage. This is why two traders using the same leverage can have different liquidation prices: the one with the larger position is in a higher tier. Always size positions with the tier structure in mind, not just the leverage slider.
How to Avoid Liquidation
Keep a comfortable distance between your entry and your liquidation price by using lower leverage and adding isolated margin when a trade moves against you. Set a stop loss that triggers well before the liquidation price, so you exit on your terms rather than the exchange's. Use the target-margin tool above to see exactly how much extra margin pushes your liquidation to a safer level. Watch your margin ratio, avoid adding to losing positions, and remember that funding costs and fees slowly erode your margin buffer on positions held over time.