Crypto Guides & Tutorials
Educational explanations of common crypto calculations and concepts. No live prices, no tips — just the formulas, worked examples with illustrative numbers, and the tools to run your own.
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Crypto Profit & Loss Calculator: How to Calculate P&L
Learn how to calculate crypto profit and loss from buy price, sell price, quantity and trading fees, with long-term and short-term examples and a free P&L calculator.
Crypto DCA: What Dollar-Cost Averaging Means
What dollar-cost averaging means for crypto, how recurring purchases set your average entry price, a worked example, the advantages and limitations, and how fees affect DCA.
Crypto Leverage Explained: Margin, Position Size & Risk
How crypto leverage works: margin, position value, how leverage amplifies gains and losses, the liquidation concept, fees and funding, and why exchange rules differ.
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Crypto Profit & Loss Calculator: How to Calculate P&L
Learn how to calculate crypto profit and loss from buy price, sell price, quantity and trading fees, with long-term and short-term examples and a free P&L calculator.
Crypto DCA: What Dollar-Cost Averaging Means
What dollar-cost averaging means for crypto, how recurring purchases set your average entry price, a worked example, the advantages and limitations, and how fees affect DCA.
Crypto Position Size: How to Calculate Trade Size
How to calculate crypto position size from account size, entry price, stop-loss and the amount you choose to risk, with a formula, worked example and free calculator.
Crypto Leverage Explained: Margin, Position Size & Risk
How crypto leverage works: margin, position value, how leverage amplifies gains and losses, the liquidation concept, fees and funding, and why exchange rules differ.
Crypto Liquidation Price: How It Is Calculated
A simplified, educational explanation of crypto liquidation price for long and short positions, including margin, leverage and maintenance margin, and why exchange results differ.
Crypto Staking Explained: Rewards, APY & Estimated Returns
What crypto staking is, how rewards, APR and APY work, the effect of compounding, lock periods and fees, plus a worked example and the risks to understand.
Crypto Market Cap vs FDV: What's the Difference?
Understand crypto market capitalization, circulating supply and fully diluted valuation (FDV), with formulas, a worked example, why the numbers differ, and their limitations.
Bitcoin and Satoshis: BTC to Satoshi Conversion Explained
What a satoshi is, how to convert BTC to satoshis and satoshis to BTC, the formula, examples, and why small bitcoin amounts are often written in sats.
Crypto Mining Profitability: How to Estimate Mining Revenue
How to estimate crypto mining revenue and profit from hashrate, network hashrate, block reward, electricity cost, power use and pool fees, with an example using illustrative values.
Crypto Trading for Beginners: How Cryptocurrency Trading Works
A plain-English beginner's guide to cryptocurrency trading: how it works, spot trading, market vs limit orders, fees, volatility, risk management and a hypothetical trade example.