Crypto Arbitrage Profit Calculator: Net Profit After Fees
An arbitrage profit calculator shows what a price gap between two exchanges is worth after fees. Enter the buy and sell prices, the fees on each exchange and any fixed transfer costs.
- Gross profit
- $60
- Fees
- −$20.06
- Net profit
- $37.94
- Break-even spread
- 0.221%
How it is calculated
- Units = capital ÷ buy price
- Gross profit = units × (sell price − buy price)
- Fees = capital × buy fee + units × sell price × sell fee (doubled for perpetuals: open and close)
- Net profit = gross profit − fees − fixed costs
- Break-even spread = (fees + fixed costs) ÷ capital
Frequently asked questions
- What spread do I need to profit from arbitrage?
- More than the break-even spread: your total fees and fixed costs divided by capital. With 0.1% taker fees on both spot exchanges, you need more than about 0.2%.
- Why are perpetual fees doubled?
- A perpetual arbitrage opens a long and a short and closes both when prices converge, so each exchange charges a fee twice.