Crypto Profit Calculator

1. Enter the buy price and quantity. Add a second and third buy if you bought the same coin more than once.
2. Enter the sell price and your fees: the percentage fee on each side and any fixed fees.
3. Read the net profit or loss, the return on cost and the break-even sell price. Add months held or a tax rate for the extra results.

What each result tells you:

The tool has no price feed. Every price and fee is yours to enter, so it works for any coin or token.

Crypto profit is the money left from a sale after you subtract everything the position cost you. A loss is the same sum when it is negative.

Two totals decide the result. Cost basis is the amount spent to acquire the coins. The IRS describes basis as the amount you spent to acquire the virtual currency, including fees, commissions and other acquisition costs. Net proceeds are what you receive after selling costs.

Price change alone overstates the result. A coin that rises a little can still lose money when two trading fees and a withdrawal fee cost more than the gain.

A profit is unrealized while you still hold the coins. It becomes realized when you sell, swap or spend them. You can test an unrealized position by typing the current price as the sell price.

The guide on how to calculate crypto profit and loss walks through cost basis in more depth. This page does the arithmetic.

The calculator builds your cost basis, builds your net proceeds and subtracts one from the other.

1. Purchase cost. Multiply each buy price by its quantity and add the buys together.
2. Cost basis. Add the buy fee: purchase cost x buy fee percent.
3. Sale value. Multiply the sell price by the total quantity.
4. Net proceeds. Subtract the sell fee, which is sale value x sell fee percent, and the fixed fees.
5. Net profit. Net proceeds minus cost basis.
6. ROI. Net profit / cost basis x 100.

The other results use these formulas:

These numbers are an illustration, not market prices. A trader buys 0.25 coins at 40,000 and sells them at 55,000. Each trade costs 0.5 percent and the withdrawal costs 15.

Meaning: the price gain is 3,750.00, but fees of 133.75 cut the profit to 3,616.25. The trade breaks even at 40,462.31 per coin, not at 40,000. With a 24 percent tax rate entered, profit after tax is 2,748.35.

Percentage Trading Fees

The fee applies twice, once on the buy and once on the sell. In the example, a 0.1 percent fee leaves a profit of 3,711.25. A 1.5 percent fee leaves 3,378.75.

Fixed Fees on Small Trades

A flat fee weighs more on a small position. Buy 1 coin at 100, sell at 105, pay 1 percent each side and a fixed fee of 2. The 5.00 price gain becomes a net result of 0.95.

Average Cost Across Several Buys

Buying at different prices changes your cost per coin. Three buys of 2, 1.5 and 2 coins at 2,000, 2,500 and 1,800 give an average cost of 2,067.76 with a 0.2 percent fee.

Holding Period

The same ROI is a higher yearly rate over a short hold. A 35.98 percent return in 8 months annualizes to 58.57 percent. An annualized figure is a comparison aid, not a promise of repeat results.

Tax Rate

Tax reduces a gain. At 24 percent the example keeps 2,748.35. At 15 percent it keeps 3,073.81. The tool applies one flat rate that you supply.

The Sell Price You Test

Profit moves with sale value. With a what-if change of -30 percent, the example sells at 38,500 and shows -488.12.

How This Tool Differs from the Tax Loss Harvesting Calculator

This page measures one position: what it cost, what it returned and what the fees took. It uses a single flat tax rate only as a rough guide.

The crypto tax basics guide explains which events are taxable. For United States netting of short-term and long-term gains, the 3,000 loss limit and carryforwards, use the crypto tax loss harvesting calculator in the related tools below.

After a Sale

Enter the real buy and sell figures from your trade history to see the result after fees.

Before You Sell

Type the current price as the sell price. The break-even figure shows the lowest price that covers your costs.

When You Bought in Stages

Enter up to three buys to find your average cost. For a longer schedule of regular purchases, read dollar-cost averaging into crypto.

When You Compare Platforms

Run the same trade with two fee rates, each taken from that platform fee page. On networks with variable transfer costs, estimate the fixed fee first with the gas fee calculator.

1. Ignoring Fees

Sell price minus buy price times quantity is the price gain, not the profit. In the example the gap between the two is 133.75.

2. Treating the Buy Price as the Break-Even

Fees raise the break-even above your buy price. The example breaks even at 40,462.31, which is 462.31 above the 40,000 buy price.

3. Entering Money Spent as Quantity

Quantity is the number of coins. If you spent 10,000 at a price of 40,000, the quantity is 0.25.

4. Calling a Small Price Rise a Win

Buy 2 coins at 3,000 and sell at 3,020 with 0.5 percent fees and a fixed fee of 10. The price gain is 40.00, and the net result is -30.20.

5. Mixing Coins in One Calculation

Average cost applies to one asset. Run a separate calculation for each coin.

6. Reading a What-If as a Forecast

The what-if field tests a number you choose. It says nothing about where prices will go.

7. Using One Tax Rate for Every Case

The IRS treats a holding of one year or less as short-term and more than one year as long-term. The two are taxed differently, and the flat rate here cannot show that.

The arithmetic is exact for the numbers you enter. The result is only as good as those inputs, and it is not tax or investment advice.

The Federal Trade Commission warns that the value of a cryptocurrency can change rapidly, even by the hour. A past profit does not make the next one likely.

Subtract your cost basis from your net sale proceeds. Cost basis is buy price times quantity plus buy fees. Net proceeds are sell price times quantity minus sell fees and any fixed fees.

Fees push the break-even price above your buy price. Divide cost basis plus fixed fees by the quantity times one minus the sell fee rate. In the example the break-even is 40,462.31 on a 40,000 buy.

Add the cost of every buy, including fees, and divide by the total coins. Three buys of 2, 1.5 and 2 coins at 2,000, 2,500 and 1,800 give 2,067.76 per coin with a 0.2 percent fee.

Yes. Enter the current price as the sell price to see the unrealized result after expected fees. It becomes a realized profit or loss only when you sell, swap or spend the coins.

No. It has no price feed and makes no price predictions. You type every price, which keeps the result tied to your own trade records.

Enter the rate from your own platform fee page or trade confirmation. Fee schedules differ by platform, order type and volume, so this page does not list them.

In the United States, yes when you sell or dispose of it. The IRS treats digital assets as property, and a sale of a capital asset creates a capital gain or loss that is reported on Form 8949.

ROI is the total return on cost for the whole holding period. Annualized return restates it as a yearly rate. A 35.98 percent ROI over 8 months is 58.57 percent annualized.

Platforms often show the price change without all fees, or use a different cost basis method. Compare the cost basis and fee lines here with your trade history to find the gap.

Traders using leverage, futures or options should not rely on it, because those products add funding costs and liquidation rules. It also does not replace tax software for a full year of trades.

No. The calculation runs in your browser and nothing is sent to our servers. Anything you Save stays in this browser only.

• Digital assets (Internal Revenue Service: digital assets are property, records to keep, Form 8949).
• Frequently asked questions on virtual currency transactions (Internal Revenue Service: basis includes fees, gain or loss, holding period).
• Topic no. 409, Capital gains and losses (Internal Revenue Service: short-term and long-term gains).
• What to know about cryptocurrency and scams (Federal Trade Commission: price volatility and risk).