Crypto Fee Calculator
Calculate total exchange fees across a number of trades and the price move needed just to cover them.
Exchange fees look small on a single trade and add up quickly across many. At 0.1% per side, a round trip costs 0.2% of the position, which means a strategy trading twenty times a year pays 4% of its capital in fees before any gains. This crypto fee calculator puts a figure on that drag.
Formula: total fees = (entry fee + exit fee) × round trips + network fee
Your figures
Value of a single trade.
One round trip is a buy followed by a sell.
Often the taker fee.
Often the maker fee.
Optional flat fee, charged once.
Results
Total fees
US$20.00
across 10 round trips
- Fee per round trip
- US$2.00
- Break-even move per round tripThe gain needed just to cover that trade's fees.
- 0.2002%
- Entry fee
- US$1.00
- Exit fee
- US$1.00
- Trading fees total
- US$20.00
- Network / withdrawal fee
- US$0.00
- Total fees as a share of one trade
- 2.00%
What this means
Each round trip costs US$2.00 in fees, so the price has to move 0.2002% in your favour before the trade is level. Over 10 round trips that adds up to US$20.00 — equivalent to 2.00% of a single trade's value.
- Fee tiers on most exchanges fall as monthly volume rises, so the effective rate may be lower than the headline one.
- Spread is a separate cost from the fee rates entered here.
Total fees: US$20.00
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About the Crypto Fee calculation
Enter what a single trade is worth, the rates your exchange charges on entry and exit, and the number of round trips, and the exchange fee calculator returns the total cost together with the price move each round trip needs just to break even.
That break-even move is the figure worth watching. It is the gain at which a round trip's crypto fees break even, the hurdle every trade has to clear before it earns anything, and on short-horizon strategies it can be a significant fraction of the target.
Crypto Fee formula
entry fee = trade amount × (entry fee % ÷ 100)
exit fee = trade amount × (exit fee % ÷ 100)
fee per round trip = entry fee + exit fee
trading fees = fee per round trip × round trips
total fees = trading fees + network fee
break-even move = ((1 + entry rate) ÷ (1 − exit rate) − 1) × 100- round trip
- One buy followed by one sell.
- network fee
- A flat blockchain or withdrawal charge, applied once rather than per trade.
- break-even move
- The percentage gain needed for one round trip to net zero.
The break-even move is not simply the two fee rates added together. The entry fee increases your cost basis while the exit fee reduces your proceeds, so the two compound rather than sum.
The difference is small at low fee rates — 0.1% each side gives 0.2002% rather than 0.2% — but grows as rates rise. At 1% each side, the true break-even is 2.02%, not 2%.
Network fees are flat charges rather than percentages, which makes them proportionally much heavier on small trades. A $5 withdrawal fee is 0.05% of a $10,000 trade but 5% of a $100 one.
Crypto Fee: a worked example
Trading $1,000 at a time, ten round trips, with 0.1% charged on entry and exit.
- Entry fee1,000 × 0.1% = $1.00
- Exit fee1,000 × 0.1% = $1.00
- Fee per round trip$2.00
- Trading fees2.00 × 10 = $20.00
- Break-even move(1.001 ÷ 0.999) − 1 = 0.2002%
Ten round trips cost $20 in fees, 2% of a single trade's value. Each individual trade needs a 0.2002% gain just to cover its own fees.
How to use the Crypto Fee calculator
- Enter the value of a single trade, not the total traded across the period.
- Enter your exchange's entry and exit fee rates. Maker and taker rates often differ, so set each side to the rate that applied.
- Enter the number of complete round trips — one buy and one sell counts as one.
- Optionally add a flat network or withdrawal fee, which is charged once rather than per trade.
Limitations of the Crypto Fee calculator
Every calculation makes assumptions. These are the ones that matter here.
- Excludes spread, which is a separate cost from the stated fee rate and is often larger on illiquid pairs.
- Assumes a constant trade size and a constant fee rate. Most exchanges lower the rate as monthly volume rises.
- Excludes slippage on market orders, which behaves as an additional variable cost.
- Does not model funding rates on perpetual futures.
Frequently asked questions about Crypto Fee
Why is the break-even move slightly more than the two fee rates added together?
Because the entry fee raises your cost basis and the exit fee is charged on the higher exit value. The two effects compound. At 0.1% each side the difference is tiny; at higher rates it becomes noticeable.
Can I mix a maker rate on entry with a taker rate on exit?
Yes. Entry and exit are separate fields, so a limit entry charged at the maker rate can be paired with a market exit charged at the taker rate. Most round trips are mixed like this, which is why a maker taker fee calculator needs both rates rather than one.
What is the difference between maker and taker fees?
Taker fees apply when an order fills immediately against the existing book. Maker fees apply when a limit order rests on the book and adds liquidity. Maker fees are usually lower, sometimes zero or negative.
Does this trading fee calculator include the spread?
No. Spread is the gap between the bid and the ask, charged separately from the quoted fee rate, and on illiquid pairs it can exceed the fee itself. Add an estimate of it to the totals when judging the real cost of a round trip.
Are network fees the same as exchange fees?
No. Network fees are paid to the blockchain for processing a transfer and are typically flat amounts. Exchange fees are charged by the platform as a percentage of the trade.
How much do fees matter?
It depends entirely on trade frequency and target size. On a long-term hold, a 0.2% round trip is negligible. On a strategy targeting 0.5% per trade, that same 0.2% consumes 40% of the target.
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