What fees, spread and slippage cost you per month and per year, in dollars and as a share of your account: the return your trading has to make before it makes anything.
Your trading has to return 28.8% a year just to break even.
cost per round trip = position × leverage × 2 × (fee + slippage)yearly cost = cost per round trip × round trips per month × 12
See how costs change the win rate you need in the breakeven win rate calculator.
Each round trip pays the fee twice (in and out) plus the spread and slippage. On an active strategy that compounds into a large yearly cost: 40 round trips a month at 0.15% per side on $2,000 positions is about $1,440 a year, 14% of a $10,000 account.
Yes. Fees are charged on the full position size, not your margin. 10x leverage on the same margin means ten times the fee in dollars.
Trade less often, use limit (maker) orders where the exchange charges less, and avoid illiquid pairs with wide spreads.
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