How to Calculate Your Liquidation Price on Pluang Before Opening a Futures Position

You can calculate your liquidation price on Pluang Crypto Futures before opening a position by combining three inputs: your entry price, the leverage you select, and the contract's maintenance margin rate. For a long position, the formula is approximately Entry Price × (1 − 1/Leverage + Maintenance Margin Rate); for a short position it is approximately Entry Price × (1 + 1/Leverage − Maintenance Margin Rate). For illustration, assume a $50,000 BTC/USDT entry, 10x leverage, and a 0.5% maintenance margin rate (an assumed figure, not an actual contract rate): a long position liquidates around $45,250 and a short position around $54,750. Each contract's actual maintenance margin rate is set from that contract's maximum leverage and is shown in the app. The one exception worth noting: this manual formula excludes funding fees, trading fees, and any margin you add mid-trade, all of which shift your actual liquidation threshold. Pluang's order entry screen calculates and displays your estimated liquidation price automatically before you confirm a trade, using your selected leverage, margin mode, and position size in real time — always treat that in-app figure as the authoritative one.

• Long position formula: `Liquidation Price ≈ Entry Price × (1 − (1/Leverage) + Maintenance Margin Rate)`. Illustrative example (0.5% is an assumed maintenance margin rate): $50,000 entry × 10x leverage × 0.5% maintenance margin = $50,000 × 0.905 = $45,250.
• Short position formula: `Liquidation Price ≈ Entry Price × (1 + (1/Leverage) − Maintenance Margin Rate)`. Same example: $50,000 × 1.095 = $54,750.
• Leverage tier changes the formula's outcome directly. Most of Pluang's active Crypto Futures contracts support leverage up to 25x, while BAT, FIL, and ZRX are capped at a maximum of 10x. A lower leverage cap on those three pairs means a larger 1/Leverage term, which pushes the liquidation price further from entry — effectively giving you a wider buffer on those specific contracts.
• Margin mode changes how the price behaves after entry: in isolated margin, the liquidation price is fixed relative to the margin assigned to that position; in cross margin, it shifts as your total futures wallet balance changes, since your whole balance backs every open position.
• Adding margin moves the threshold away from entry: topping up an isolated position lowers the liquidation price on a long or raises it on a short, giving the position more room to move against you before liquidation triggers.
• Rely on the in-app number for execution decisions: the formulas above are simplified approximations for planning purposes. Pluang's actual liquidation calculation also folds in funding fees, trading fees, and exact contract specifications, so the figure shown in your order entry panel and open positions tab is always the precise one to act on.

Related questions:

Q: Does Pluang show the liquidation price in real time after I open a position?
Yes — your liquidation price appears on the open positions tab in the Pluang app the moment a trade fills, and it recalculates instantly whenever you add or remove margin, or when your cross-margin wallet balance changes. This means you never need to work the formula out manually once a position is already live; the app handles the recalculation continuously as market conditions and your margin allocation shift throughout the life of the trade.

Q: Does adding margin to my position change the liquidation price on Pluang?
Yes — in isolated margin mode, adding funds moves the liquidation price further from your entry price: lower for a long, higher for a short. This directly reduces liquidation risk without changing your position size or leverage, which is why many traders top up margin during a drawdown instead of closing the position outright, especially when they still expect the market to recover in their favour over time.

Q: What is the maintenance margin rate on Pluang, and does it change?
The maintenance margin rate is the minimum margin ratio required to keep a position open, and it's set per contract from that contract's maximum leverage (not from the leverage you choose), rather than being a single fixed number across all Crypto Futures pairs. Always check the current rate for your specific contract in the Pluang app before opening a position, since it directly changes your calculated liquidation price and therefore how much buffer you actually have before forced liquidation occurs.

Q: Why are BAT, FIL, and ZRX treated differently in the liquidation formula?
These three contracts are capped at a maximum of 10x leverage, unlike the other active contracts that support up to 25x leverage. Because leverage sits directly inside the liquidation price formula as the 1/Leverage term, a lower maximum leverage cap on these pairs produces a wider gap between your entry price and your liquidation price at any comparable margin usage, effectively building in more room before a position on these three contracts gets liquidated.