This calculator works out the exact price your trade needs to reach to cover the spread and any commission, the true break-even point, before your position is even in genuine profit.
Enter your entry price, the spread and commission costs, and your direction, and the calculator returns your precise break-even price.
This calculator is for educational purposes only. Enter spread and commission in the same price units as your entry price for an accurate result.
Your entry price is where you opened the trade, break-even is the price you need to reach to cover the spread and any commission before the trade turns genuinely profitable. On a buy trade, break-even sits slightly above your entry, on a sell trade, slightly below.
You buy at the ask price and would sell back at the bid price, the gap between them is the spread, a built-in cost realised the moment you close. Break-even accounts for this, showing the true price level where you've covered that cost.
Yes, if your broker charges a separate commission per trade, that cost pushes your break-even price further from your entry, on top of whatever the spread alone requires. Enter both figures for an accurate combined break-even level.
No, break-even tells you the minimum price movement needed just to avoid a loss, it isn't a target. Your take-profit should reflect your actual strategy and risk-reward plan, genuinely profitable levels sit meaningfully beyond break-even, not at it.
Some platforms display a simplified break-even that only accounts for spread, while genuinely omitting commission or using slightly different rounding, this calculator lets you input both costs explicitly for a more complete figure.
Yes, adding to a position at a different price shifts your overall weighted average entry, which in turn moves your break-even price, use our Average Entry Price Calculator first if you've made multiple entries.
Not necessarily, break-even simply means you've covered your costs with zero net profit, whether to close, hold, or adjust your stop to this level depends entirely on your broader trade plan and current market conditions.
This varies enormously by instrument and broker, major forex pairs often carry spreads under 0.02% of price, while less liquid instruments can carry noticeably more, always check your specific broker's current published costs.
Yes, if your realistic profit target is only marginally beyond the break-even price this calculator shows, the trade may not offer enough genuine edge to justify the risk, worth checking before entering any tightly-targeted trade.