Bitcoin Profit & Loss Calculator

This crypto profit calculator shows what a trade in Bitcoin or any other coin would actually make or lose once fees are included. Enter the amount you put in, the price you bought at, the price you sold at (or are considering) and the percentage fee. The result shows the coins bought, the sale proceeds, the profit or loss and the percentage return.

The crypto profit calculator formula

The fee is taken from the money going in and again from the money coming out. If your platform uses a spread instead of a visible fee, enter your best estimate of the spread as a percentage.

A worked example

Illustrative numbers only: you invest $2,000 when Bitcoin is $50,000 and sell when it reaches $56,000, paying 0.2% each time.

• After the buying fee, $1,996 buys 1,996 ÷ 50,000 = 0.03992 BTC.
• Selling at $56,000 gives 0.03992 × 56,000 = $2,235.52, less 0.2%, which leaves about $2,231.05.
• Profit: $2,231.05 − $2,000 ≈ $231.05, a return of about 11.55%.

Without fees, the same 12% price rise would have produced $240. The two fees cost about $9, and on platforms with 1% or 1.5% spreads the gap is several times larger.

Break-even after fees

Because you pay twice, the price has to rise just to get your money back. With a 0.2% fee on each side, break-even is the buy price divided by (1 − 0.002) squared: $50,000 ÷ 0.998² ≈ $50,200.60. The higher the fee, the further the price must move before you are in profit.

What the result leaves out

• Network fees for moving coins between wallets or exchanges.
• Tax. In many countries a sale, a swap or even spending crypto can create a taxable gain.
• Currency conversion if you pay in something other than US dollars.