Chainlink Liquidation Price Calculator
Find the exact Chainlink (LINK) price that liquidates your leveraged position. Prefilled with the live LINK price — set your leverage and direction.
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Using the Chainlink Liquidation Price Calculator
Leverage on LINK perpetuals turns a modest move into a total loss of margin. This calculator shows the LINK price at which your position gets force-closed, given your entry, your leverage and which side you are on. The entry field starts at the live LINK price so the distance to liquidation is a real number, not a hypothetical.
The rule of thumb: at N× leverage, roughly a 100/N percent move against you wipes the margin. At 10× that is about 10%; at 25× it is about 4%. LINK tends to move with DeFi risk appetite and has a history of long consolidation ranges punctuated by fast repricings. Compare that number honestly against the distance the calculator gives you before you place the order.
Two adjustments the raw formula does not make. Maintenance margin means liquidation triggers slightly before the theoretical zero — the field above lets you enter your exchange's rate. And on perpetuals you also pay funding, which slowly erodes margin on the crowded side of the trade and can pull the liquidation point closer over a long hold.
How close is liquidation on LINK, really
- Typical day
- ±2%
- Worst day (12mo)
- -21.3%
- Days over ±10%
- 9 in 12mo
- 10× liquidation ≈
- ~9% move
At 10× leverage a move of roughly 9% against you wipes the margin, and LINK has moved more than 10% in a single day 9 times in the last year. Its worst single day in the window took -21.3% (10 Oct 2025) — more than enough to close a 10× position on its own.
The trap is that LINK's median day is only ±2%: leverage feels safe priced off the calm days and is settled on the violent ones. Set your size against the -21.3% day it actually had, not the typical one, then check the distance this calculator gives you against it.
Figures are derived from LINK's own daily closes over the window shown and are bounded by it — not all-time values. Prices move; treat them as context, not a forecast.
Chainlink at a glance
- Launched
- 2017
- Token type
- ERC-20 on Ethereum (plus bridged versions)
- Max supply
- 1,000,000,000 LINK
- Role
- Payment for decentralised oracle services
- Staking type
- Capped security pool, not chain consensus
- Native staking
- Yes — subject to pool capacity
Frequently asked questions
- At what price does my LINK long get liquidated?
- Approximately your entry price × (1 − 1/leverage), adjusted for maintenance margin. A 10× LINK long is liquidated by roughly a 10% drop; a 20× long by roughly 5%. Enter your numbers above for the exact level.
- Does adding margin move the LINK liquidation price?
- Yes — adding margin to an isolated position lowers effective leverage and pushes the liquidation price further away. In cross margin your whole balance backs the position, which moves the level further out but puts the rest of your account at risk.
- Why did I get liquidated before the price I calculated?
- Three usual reasons: maintenance margin bites before the theoretical level, accumulated funding payments have eaten into your margin, and exchanges liquidate against the mark price (an index) rather than the last trade on that one venue — a wick on a single exchange can differ.
- How is liquidation price calculated?
- For an isolated long: liq ≈ entry × (1 − 1/leverage + maintenance margin). Higher leverage moves liquidation closer to your entry.
- What is maintenance margin?
- It's the minimum equity the exchange requires to keep a position open. Falling below it triggers liquidation.
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For educational purposes only. Rates, fees and protocol parameters change — verify current figures with your exchange or validator before acting. Not financial advice.