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Crypto profit calculator
A crypto profit calculator works out the gain or loss on a trade: what the sale brought in, minus what the purchase cost, with trading fees counted on both sides. Prices for a quick start come from CoinGecko, where bitcoin sits at $74,317 and ether at $2,098.89 at this check.
How to Use the Crypto Profit Calculator
The crypto profit calculator needs four inputs: how much you spent, the price per coin when you bought, the price per coin when you sold (or the price today), and the fee rate on each trade. It returns the number of coins, the sale value, the profit or loss in dollars and the percent return.
- Enter the amount spent in dollars.
- Enter the buy price per coin.
- Enter a sell price, or pick a coin to fill in today's CoinGecko price.
- Enter the buy and sell fees as a percent of each trade.
Leave the fee boxes at zero to see the result before costs. Exchanges publish their own fee schedules, and the rate often differs by order type, so use the rate your exchange charged.
How Crypto Profit Is Calculated
Crypto profit is calculated as sale proceeds after the sell fee, minus the full cost of the purchase including the buy fee. The calculator runs these steps:
- Coins bought = amount spent ÷ buy price.
- Total cost = amount spent + buy fee.
- Sale proceeds = coins × sell price, minus the sell fee.
- Profit = sale proceeds − total cost.
- Return = profit ÷ total cost × 100.
A negative profit is a loss, and the return then shows as a negative percent. The math is the same for any coin, because the calculator only sees prices.
Crypto Profit Example With Fees
A crypto profit example with round numbers shows how much fees change the answer. These figures illustrate the formula and are not a price or a forecast.
Say $1,000 buys a coin at $50, which is 20 coins. A 0.5% buy fee adds $5, so the total cost is $1,005. Selling all 20 coins at $60 brings in $1,200, and a 0.5% sell fee takes $6, leaving $1,194. The profit is $189, a return of about 18.8%. With no fees, the same trade would show $200 and 20%.
Now the other way: if those 20 coins sold at $45, the sale brings in $900, the fee takes $4.50, and $895.50 against a $1,005 cost is a loss of $109.50, about -10.9%. With 0.5% fees on both sides, the break-even sell price in this example is about $50.50, a little above the $50 buy price.
| Sell price | Proceeds after fee | Profit or loss | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| $45 | $895.50 | -$109.50 | -10.9% |
| $50.50 | about $1,005 | about $0 | about 0% |
| $60 | $1,194 | $189 | 18.8% |
Profit Calculator Taxes and Several Buys
The profit calculator leaves taxes out and handles one buy and one sell, so several buys need one extra step. Taxes depend on the country and on each person's situation, so this page gives no tax advice. As one fact, the IRS digital assets page says the US treats digital assets as property, not currency, and treats gains or losses on investment holdings as capital gains or losses.2
If you bought the same coin several times at different prices, first work out the average price you paid with the crypto average price calculator, then enter that average here as the buy price. For bitcoin bought on a past date, the bitcoin investment calculator looks up the historical price for you.
Where the Crypto Prices Come From
The crypto prices the calculator can fill in come from CoinGecko, checked once a day, and the time of the last check prints on the page.1 A live order book moves all day, so the price you can actually sell at may differ from the figure here.
The calculator does not know about spreads, slippage or network fees for moving coins between wallets; add those to the fee boxes if they apply. The slippage explainer covers why a large order can fill below the quoted price. Other tools are on the calculators hub.
Questions People Ask About Crypto profit calculator
These are the questions people ask next about Crypto profit calculator.
How do you calculate profit on crypto?
To calculate profit on crypto, take what the sale brought in after the sell fee and subtract the total cost of buying, including the buy fee. Divide that profit by the total cost and multiply by 100 to get the percent return.
Do fees count in crypto profit?
Fees count in crypto profit because they raise the cost of buying and cut what a sale brings in. In this page's example, 0.5% fees each way turn a $200 profit into $189 and lift the break-even price above the buy price.
What is a good crypto profit percentage?
A crypto profit percentage is only a measure of what one trade returned, and this page does not rate returns as good or bad. Crypto prices swing widely, so the same coin can show a large gain or a large loss depending on the dates you pick.
Does the crypto profit calculator include taxes?
The crypto profit calculator does not include taxes, because tax rules differ by country and by personal situation. It shows the result before tax. A tax authority or a qualified tax professional is the place to ask about what you owe.
Sources
Every number on this page comes from these sources, checked November 10, 2026.