Crypto Profit Calculator
The gain or loss on a coin, in money and percent, after the exchange’s fees.
Good to know. A coin that halves has to double to get back to where it started. The maths is the same as for any stock.
Not financial advice. Uses only the numbers and rates you enter — no live data.
How it works
In plain words
The buying fee comes off what you invest, and the rest buys coins at the price you paid. When you sell, the coins are worth the new price, less the selling fee. Profit is what you get back minus what you put in.
The formula
coins = invested × (1 − buying fee) ÷ buy price you get = coins × sell price × (1 − selling fee) profit = you get − invested return = profit ÷ invested
Worked example
1,000 at 40,000 a coin, with a 0.5% fee, buys 0.024875 coins. Sold at 50,000, less 0.5%, they bring 1,237.53: a profit of 237.53, or 23.75%, not the 25% the price rose.
Sources
- IRS, Digital assets In the US a digital asset is property, and its basis is the cost to acquire it, fees included.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. 4 automated tests check its answers on every change.
About the crypto profit calculator
A coin’s price chart says how much the coin moved, not how much you made. Exchanges take a fee when you buy and again when you sell, and those fees come out of your money, so your return is always a little below the price change. This calculator works out what you actually take home.
Fees vary a lot. Large exchanges charge a fraction of a percent on their trading screens, while the simple “buy” button in an app often costs 1–2% or more, sometimes hidden in the price as a spread. Enter what your exchange charges on each side; the break-even price shows how far the coin has to rise before you are ahead at all.
Gains and losses are not symmetrical. A coin that falls 50% has to rise 100% to get back to where it started, and crypto prices can fall by more than half within a year. Only the money you sell for is real; until then the profit is on paper.
In many countries crypto is taxed like other investments: selling, swapping one coin for another, or paying with a coin can count as a sale. Your cost includes the fees you paid. For a share, use the stock profit calculator; for a yearly rate, the CAGR calculator.
Questions people ask
How do I calculate crypto profit?
Take what you get when you sell, after fees, and subtract what you put in. 1,000 at 40,000 sold at 50,000 with 0.5% fees each way makes about 237.53.
Why is my return lower than the price rise?
Because the fees come out on the way in and on the way out. A 25% price rise is about a 23.75% return with 0.5% fees each way.
What price do I need to break even?
Enough to cover both fees: what you invested divided by your coins after the selling fee. With 0.5% each way, about 1% above the price you paid.