Crypto profit calculator
This crypto profit calculator shows what a Bitcoin or other crypto trade made or lost once the platform's fee has been taken on the way in and on the way out. Enter the amount you put in, the price you bought at, the price you sold at (or a price you are curious about) and the fee percentage. It works for any coin priced in dollars.
The formula
Proceeds = coins bought × sell price × (1 − fee)
Profit or loss = proceeds − amount invested; return % = profit ÷ amount invested × 100
Worked example
Illustrative numbers: you invest $1,500 when bitcoin is $50,000, the fee is 0.1% per trade, and you sell at $56,000.
- After the buy fee, $1,498.50 buys 1,498.50 ÷ 50,000 = 0.02997 BTC.
- Selling at $56,000 gives 0.02997 × 56,000 = $1,678.32, less the 0.1% fee = about $1,676.64.
- Profit: $1,676.64 − $1,500 = about $176.64, a return of about 11.78%.
Without fees the gain would have been exactly 12%, or $180. The two small fees cost about $3.36. If you sold at $44,000 instead, you would receive about $1,317.36 and lose about $182.64: the fees make a loss slightly worse as well.
Reading the crypto profit calculator result
The big number is your profit or loss in dollars after both fees; the line beneath shows the coins bought, total proceeds and percentage return. Fees are only one cost: the calculator does not include spreads on "instant buy" screens, card deposit charges, network fees for moving coins or tax. Our trading fees guide lists them, and adding them in can turn a small paper gain into a loss.
To estimate break-even, set the sell price equal to the buy price and nudge it upward until the result reaches zero: with a 0.1% fee each way, you need a rise of roughly 0.2%. Learn more about the asset itself in what Bitcoin is.