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What Is Liquidation Price in Futures?
Understand futures liquidation price, leverage risk, and calculate it before opening a trade.
What Is Liquidation Price in Futures?
Why liquidation price matters
Futures exchanges close positions when margin is too small to cover losses. Knowing liquidation price helps you set safer stops.
Check the liquidation level
Run the futures setup now so you can see whether the margin buffer is large enough before leverage gets expensive.
Open the Liquidation CalculatorWhat drives liquidation price
Entry price, leverage, maintenance margin, and whether you’re long or short. Higher leverage narrows the distance to liquidation.
How to calculate it
Use the Liquidation Calculator: enter entry price and leverage to see estimated liquidation for longs and shorts.
Example
At 10x leverage with a $20,000 entry, a ~10% adverse move can reach liquidation. Reducing to 5x roughly doubles the buffer.
Tips to avoid liquidation
- Use lower leverage in volatility.
- Place stops well before liquidation.
- Monitor funding and fees; they eat margin over time.
FAQ
Is liquidation price exact? Exchanges differ; treat it as an estimate.
Does cross vs isolated matter? Yes—cross can tap the whole balance.
How do I push liquidation further? Lower leverage, add margin, or tighten size.
Try the calculator
Check your buffer now with the Liquidation Calculator.
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