Crypto profit calculator
How the crypto profit calculator works
A price rise of 10% does not mean a 10% profit, because a platform takes a fee when you buy and again when you sell. This crypto profit calculator applies a percentage fee at both steps. Enter the amount invested, the buy and sell prices and the fee rate your platform charges.
Proceeds = coins × sell price × (1 − fee)
Profit or loss = proceeds − amount invested
A worked Bitcoin example
Illustrative figures: $2,500 invested at a Bitcoin price of $58,000 with a fee of 0.1% on each trade.
- After the buy fee, $2,497.50 buys 2,497.50 ÷ 58,000 ≈ 0.043060 BTC.
- Selling at $64,000 gives 0.043060 × 64,000 ≈ $2,755.86 before the fee, or about $2,753.11 after it.
- Profit: $2,753.11 − $2,500 ≈ $253.11, or about 10.1%, against a price rise of about 10.3%.
The same logic gives the break-even price, the sale price at which you get exactly your money back: buy price ÷ (1 − fee)². Here that is 58,000 ÷ 0.999² ≈ $58,116. Any sale below that is a loss, even though it is above the price you paid.
What the result leaves out
The calculator covers percentage trading fees only. In practice you may also pay a spread, a fixed withdrawal fee, the blockchain's network fee if you move coins to your own wallet, and currency conversion if you fund in something other than dollars. Tax on gains depends on where you live. Our trading fees guide lists the extras.
Use the tool for honest arithmetic, not for forecasts. Typing in an optimistic sell price does not make it more likely. For background on the asset itself, see what is Bitcoin.