Bitcoin Profit & Loss Calculator

This crypto profit calculator shows what a trade actually returned once fees are taken on both legs. It works for bitcoin, ether or any coin priced in dollars or a dollar stablecoin.

The formula

The fee is entered as a percentage and applied once on the purchase and once on the sale, which is how most order-book platforms charge.

Worked example

Illustrative numbers. You put $2,000 into ETH at $2,500 and sell at $2,800, with a 0.2% fee on each trade.

1. Coins bought: $2,000 × 0.998 ÷ $2,500 = 0.7984 ETH.
2. Proceeds: 0.7984 × $2,800 × 0.998 = $2,231.05.
3. Profit: $2,231.05 − $2,000 = $231.05, a return of about 11.55%.

Without fees the gain would have been $240, a 12% move. The fees took about $9. The break-even sell price, where proceeds exactly equal the stake, is $2,500 ÷ 0.998² ≈ $2,510.03. Any sale below that loses money even though the price rose.

Reading the crypto profit calculator result

The large figure shows profit in green or loss in red. The line underneath gives the coins bought, the proceeds and the percentage return. The calculator does not include network fees for moving coins, spreads on instant-buy screens, card charges or tax, all of which can reduce the real result. The trading fees guide lists them.

A falling price hurts more than a rising one helps: if ETH dropped 40% from your entry, it would need to rise about 66.7% from the lower price to return to breakeven, before fees. Our guide to how crypto works explains why such swings are common, and what is Bitcoin covers the asset most often traded.