How to use the crypto profit calculator
Crypto markets move fast and the maths gets messy once fees, partial fills and AUD conversions enter the picture. This profit calculator strips it back to four numbers: what you paid per coin, what you sold (or might sell) for per coin, how many units you held, and the percentage fee your exchange charged. The result is your real, after-fee AUD profit — the number that actually lands in your bank account.
Why fees matter more than you think
A 0.5% fee per side sounds small, but on a round-trip trade that's 1% gone before any market move. Active traders on percentage-fee tiers can easily give back several percent of their capital per month. Plug your real fee tier in here to see whether a strategy actually earns money after costs — many short-term scalping ideas look great in theory and lose money in practice once fees are honest.
Modelling a hypothetical exit
You don't have to sell to use the calculator. Pick the coin from the dropdown and click "Use live" to drop in today's AUD price as the exit — that shows you the current unrealised profit on a position you're still holding. Then nudge the exit price up or down to ask "what would happen if Bitcoin hit A$120,000?" or "what's my break-even price if I bought at A$95,000?".
After the calculator: think about tax
Australian crypto investors usually trigger a capital gains tax (CGT) event every time they sell, swap or spend crypto. The profit number this calculator shows is your gross trading P&L — not your taxable gain after deductions or the 12-month CGT discount. For a quick tax view, head to the Australian crypto tax estimator and feed in this profit figure as your capital gain.
Want a fully passive strategy instead?
If timing entries and exits feels stressful, dollar-cost averaging into a few large-cap coins is the most evidence-backed alternative. See what regular AUD buys would have returned with the DCA calculator or check the full coin list for ideas.