Bybit Liquidation Calculator
Liquidation price for BTCUSDT on Bybit, using Bybit's own margin tiers.
Every exchange liquidates on the same principle and none of them arrive at the same number. This page uses Bybit's published maintenance margin ladder for BTCUSDT, so the answer matches what Bybit itself would show rather than a generic approximation.
Bybit maintenance margin tiers
For BTCUSDT, as published on 2026-07-22. Other symbols have their own ladders — check yours before sizing.
| Tier | Position value | Maintenance margin rate (%) | Max leverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 – 2000k | 0.50 % | 100× |
| 2 | 2000k – 4000k | 1.00 % | 50× |
| 3 | 4000k – 6000k | 1.50 % | 33× |
| 4 | 6000k – 8000k | 2.00 % | 25× |
| 5 | 8000k – 10000k | 2.50 % | 20× |
| 6 | 10000k – 20000k | 5.00 % | 10× |
| 7 | 20000k – 40000k | 10.00 % | 5× |
| 8 | 40000k – 60000k | 15.00 % | 3× |
| 9 | 60000k – 100000k | 25.00 % | 2× |
How it works
Bybit closes a position when its margin falls to the maintenance requirement, measured against the mark price rather than the last trade. The requirement is a percentage of the position's value at that moment — which is why the maintenance rate divides rather than adds, and why the widely copied 'entry × (1 − 1/leverage + rate)' is close but never exact.
Bybit charges the closing fee against what is left after liquidation rather than folding it into the requirement, so it does not move the liquidation price itself. It still reduces what you get back.
Sources — Bybit documentation
Every rate and formula on this page is taken from Bybit's own documentation for BTCUSDT and was last checked on 2026-07-22. Exchanges revise these tables without notice.
- Liquidation price (USDT contracts)
- Maintenance margin for USDT perpetual and expiry contracts
- Liquidation price under isolated mode (Unified Trading Account)
- Bankruptcy price — the level the position is actually closed at
Independent tool, not affiliated with or endorsed by Bybit. Confirm against your position's own margin details before trading.
Where the exchanges differ
The same 0.5 BTC position at 10× on a 60,000 entry, priced under each venue's published rules.
| Exchange | Liquidation | Distance | Exit fee in margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binance | 54216.87 | 9.64 % | not counted |
| Bybit | 54271.36 | 9.55 % | not counted |
| OKX | 54244.10 | 9.59 % | counted |
| Gate.io | 54244.10 | 9.59 % | counted |
The same calculation on other exchanges
Margin ladders differ enough to move the liquidation price on identical inputs.
Or use the generic calculator with your own maintenance rate →Liquidation price on Bybit
Bybit liquidates a USDT perpetual when the position margin falls below the maintenance margin, with the mark price as the trigger. The maintenance rate comes from a risk-limit ladder: each tier applies its rate to the whole position, with no smoothing constant of the kind Binance carries.
Liquidation price and bankruptcy price are not the same level
Bybit documents both, and conflating them is the most common mistake on this venue. The liquidation price is where the margin ratio hits maintenance and the engine takes over. The bankruptcy price is lower — it is where the margin reaches zero, and it is the price the position is actually closed at.
The gap between them is what funds the insurance pool when liquidations go well. It is also why 'I was liquidated at a better price than I calculated' and 'I lost more than my margin said' can both be true reports of the same event.
The Unified Trading Account changes what backs the position
Under isolated margin the calculation here applies directly: the position's own margin is the whole story. Under the Unified Trading Account in cross mode, the account's equity backs every position at once, and Bybit computes a single account-level margin ratio instead.
In that mode there is no per-position liquidation price in any meaningful sense — there is an account margin ratio that either holds or does not. If that is how you trade, the useful reading of this page is the distance to liquidation as a measure of how much room a given leverage buys you, not as a specific price to watch.
Tiers step, and the step is not smoothed
Because Bybit re-charges the whole position at the new rate when it crosses into a higher risk-limit tier, the maintenance requirement jumps at each boundary rather than bending. A position sitting just under a tier bound is in a more fragile place than its size suggests: adding to it moves the liquidation price by more than the addition alone would imply.
The ladder below shows where those boundaries sit. If your size is close to one, the honest response is to treat the next tier's rate as your real rate.
FAQ
What is Bybit's maintenance margin rate for BTCUSDT?expand_more
0.5% of position value for positions at the base risk limit, rising through the tiers as the position grows. The ladder on this page is a dated snapshot — the source links go to Bybit's own maintenance margin article, which is authoritative.
Does Bybit include the closing fee in the maintenance requirement?expand_more
Not in the liquidation price calculation itself. The taker fee is charged on the way out, so it affects what is left rather than where the trigger sits. Gate and OKX document the opposite convention, which is one reason the same position liquidates at different prices on different venues.
Why is my Bybit liquidation price different from this calculator?expand_more
Most often because the position is in cross margin or a Unified Trading Account, where account equity rather than position margin decides. Extra margin added to an isolated position also moves the level — add it and the liquidation price moves away in direct proportion.
Does Bybit partially liquidate?expand_more
For larger positions it reduces the position to bring it into a lower risk-limit tier rather than closing everything at once. Being in an upper tier therefore carries a second, subtler cost: your exit may be forced in pieces at whatever the book offers.