How PnL Is Calculated on a Pluang Crypto Futures Position

On Pluang's Crypto Futures platform, your Profit and Loss (PnL) is calculated from the difference between your entry price and the current mark price, multiplied by your position size — not by your last traded price. Unrealised PnL updates continuously as the mark price moves, while Realised PnL is locked in when you close or partially close the position. Because every contract is a USDT-margined perpetual with no expiry, accumulated funding payments also become part of your net PnL over a longer holding period.

PnL formulas on Pluang:

• Long position unrealised PnL: (Mark Price − Entry Price) × Position Size. A rising mark price generates profit; a falling price generates a loss.
• Short position unrealised PnL: (Entry Price − Mark Price) × Position Size. A falling mark price generates profit; a rising price generates a loss.
• Leverage amplifies the outcome, not the formula. With 10× leverage, a 1% favourable move on mark price is approximately a 10% gain on your posted margin — an adverse 1% move is approximately a 10% loss.
• Realised PnL is settled when you close the position, after trading fees (plus 11% VAT on the trading fee) and any funding payments are deducted or credited.
• Pluang uses the mark price — a weighted average across major global exchanges, distinct from the last traded price — for PnL and liquidation calculations to prevent a single thin trade from distorting your position's value.
• Current trading fee rates are published at pluang.com/biaya/crypto-futures rather than fixed figures, since rates can change.

Related questions:

Q: Does Pluang show unrealised PnL on the position screen?
Yes — the Pluang app displays your unrealised PnL in real time on the open positions tab of the futures screen, recalculating continuously as the mark price moves.

Q: Are trading fees deducted from PnL on Pluang?
Yes — trading fees apply when you open and close a position, plus 11% VAT on the fee itself. Check pluang.com/biaya/crypto-futures for current rates.

Q: Does funding fee affect my PnL on Pluang?
Yes — funding is exchanged directly between long and short holders every 8 hours based on your position size and the prevailing rate, and it accumulates over a longer holding period.

Q: Is PnL calculated differently for spot Crypto Assets than for Crypto Futures on Pluang?
Yes — Crypto Assets (spot) is IDR-only with a simple price-difference PnL and no leverage, while Crypto Futures is USDT-paired with mark price, leverage, and funding all factored in.