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CoinDCX futures fees calculator
The real cost of a futures trade — round-trip brokerage with 18% GST, funding at the pair's live rate, liquidation price, and the exact move you need just to break even. Live data for 209 pairs CoinDCX lists.
Defaults are commonly-published figures. Your actual rates depend on VIP tier and product (USDT-margined / INR-margined / commodity) — confirm them in the app and edit above.
Liquidation is approximated as a {1 ÷ leverage} adverse move and excludes exchange maintenance margin, so real liquidation happens slightly earlier. Funding uses the current mean 8-hour rate and changes continuously, so a multi-charge figure assumes it holds, which it will not exactly. Whether you cross a given timestamp depends on your exact entry and exit time. TDS is not modelled: its treatment for derivatives is not something we will guess at. Slippage, withdrawal fees and rebates are excluded. Arithmetic only — not financial or tax advice.
Where the money actually goes
Brokerage is charged on notional, not on your margin. That is the part most people get wrong. Put up ₹10,000 at 10× and you are trading ₹1,00,000 — the fee is calculated on the larger number. Leverage multiplies your costs exactly as it multiplies your exposure.
GST is 18% of the brokerage, not of the trade. On ₹100 of fees you pay ₹18, so the fee line is really ₹118. It is a meaningful uplift on an already-multiplied number, and almost no generic fee calculator includes it.
Funding is a snapshot charge, not a daily accrual. Perpetuals have no expiry, so a payment passes between longs and shorts roughly every 8 hours to keep the contract near spot — but you only pay or receive it if you are holding at that timestamp. A trade opened and closed between two timestamps pays no funding at all, which is why the calculator counts charges rather than days. Hold through enough of them and funding quietly exceeds everything you paid in brokerage. See the live funding table for the full picture.
Liquidation matters more as a share of daily range than as a percentage. At 20×, liquidation sits about 5% away. On a coin that routinely covers 8% in a day, that is not a leverage setting — it is a coin flip on the next ordinary session. This is why we express liquidation distance in ATR units as well as percent.
Arithmetic only — nothing here is financial or tax advice. Fee rates are your inputs and depend on your VIP tier and product; confirm them in the app. TDS is deliberately not modelled (see the questions below). Real liquidation occurs slightly earlier than shown because exchange maintenance margin is excluded.
What a round trip costs
At the commonly-published default rates — 0.025% maker and 0.075% taker per leg, plus 18% GST on the brokerage. Your own rates depend on VIP tier and product, so treat this as the baseline and edit the calculator above to match your account.
| How you enter and exit | Brokerage | On $10,000 notional | With GST | Break-even move |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maker in · maker out | 0.050% | $5.00 | $5.90 | 0.059% |
| Maker in · taker out | 0.100% | $10.00 | $11.80 | 0.118% |
| Taker in · taker out | 0.150% | $15.00 | $17.70 | 0.177% |
Break-even is the move needed to cover fees alone, before any funding. Because brokerage is charged on notional, these figures are unchanged by your leverage — but the same dollar cost is a far larger share of your margin at 20× than at 2×.
What holding costs right now
The CoinDCX-listed pairs where funding is currently most expensive for a long. A positive rate means longs pay shorts. Per-charge cost is shown on $10,000 of notional; three charges is roughly a full day of holding.
| Pair | Funding / 8h | Per charge | ≈ 1 day (3×) |
|---|---|---|---|
| COTICOTI | 0.0145% | $1.45 | $4.35 |
| ZcashZEC | 0.0100% | $1.00 | $3.00 |
| MoneroXMR | 0.0100% | $1.00 | $3.00 |
| DashDASH | 0.0100% | $1.00 | $3.00 |
| CompoundCOMP | 0.0100% | $1.00 | $3.00 |
| Ethereum ClassicETC | 0.0100% | $1.00 | $3.00 |
| AvalancheAVAX | 0.0100% | $1.00 | $3.00 |
| HorizenZEN | 0.0100% | $1.00 | $3.00 |
Rates move continuously and can flip sign, so a multi-day projection assumes today's rate holds — it will not exactly. Shorts receive what longs pay, minus nothing: the exchange takes no cut of funding.
Ticker gotchas on CoinDCX
Pair names do not always match the coin you have in mind, which is a common source of a wrong-size order:
- 1000× notation — very low-priced coins are quoted per 1,000 units (SHIB trades as
1000SHIB), so one contract is not one coin. - MATIC → POL — Polygon's ticker migrated; older guides still reference MATIC.
- Venue prefixes — perp symbols carry a
B-prefix (e.g.B-BTC_USDT), which is not part of the coin's name. - Ticker collisions — several short tickers are reused across chains; confirm the full pair before sizing.
Common questions
What are CoinDCX futures trading fees?
CoinDCX charges a maker fee when your order adds liquidity to the book and a taker fee when it removes liquidity. Published rates commonly quoted are around 0.025% maker and 0.075% taker, but the exact figures depend on the product (USDT-margined, INR-margined or commodity pairs) and on your VIP tier, which is based on 30-day volume. Because of that, this calculator lets you type in your own rates rather than assuming one. Check your current tier in the app before relying on any published number.
Is GST charged on CoinDCX futures fees?
Yes — 18% GST applies to the brokerage, not to the notional value of your trade. So on ₹100 of fees you pay ₹18 of GST, giving ₹118 total; the GST is not 18% of your position. CoinDCX has stated publicly that Indian exchanges pay 18% GST on brokerage/service income, and this has been the position for years rather than a new charge. This calculator adds it on top of the fee so the number you see is what actually leaves your balance.
How is funding calculated on CoinDCX perpetual futures?
Perpetual futures have no expiry, so a periodic funding payment keeps the contract price tethered to spot. It is charged on your position notional, typically every 8 hours (three times a day). When the rate is positive, longs pay shorts; when negative, shorts pay longs. It is easy to overlook because it is not a trade fee, but on a leveraged position held for days it can exceed the brokerage. This page shows it at the pair’s current live rate.
How do I calculate liquidation price on CoinDCX futures?
As a first approximation, an isolated-margin position is liquidated once the price moves against you by roughly 1 ÷ leverage — about 10% at 10×, 5% at 20×. Exchange maintenance margin means real liquidation happens slightly earlier than that. What matters more than the percentage is how it compares to the coin’s normal daily range: if liquidation sits inside one average day’s movement, ordinary volatility can end the position. This calculator shows that comparison directly.
What does this calculator not include?
It does not model TDS. Its application to crypto derivatives is not something we are willing to state with confidence, and an incorrect tax figure would be worse than none — check current guidance or a tax professional. It also excludes slippage, withdrawal fees and any promotional rebates. The fee rates are your inputs, so accuracy depends on entering your actual tier.