Crypto Arbitrage Fees Calculator — See Your Real Net Profit
A price gap only becomes profit after fees. This calculator shows your real, net-of-fee return on a spot arbitrage trade — instantly.
Enter your capital, the buy and sell prices, the trading fee on each exchange, and any withdrawal or network fee. The calculator does the math a beginner most often gets wrong: it turns a good-looking gross gap into the honest number that actually lands in your account. Below the tool you'll find a plain-language breakdown of every fee type.
Arbitrage Fees Calculator
Enter your numbers and press Calculate.
Pre-filled with a realistic example
The default values show a $6,700 trade on a $250 gap (0.37%) with 0.1% fees each side — which nets about $11.57, or 0.17%. Change any field to model your own trade.
The Fees That Eat Your Spread
1
Trading (taker) fee — buy side
Charged when you buy on the cheap exchange. Typically ~0.1% on major venues, higher on beginner apps. Paid on your capital.
2
Trading (taker) fee — sell side
Charged again when you sell on the expensive exchange, on the sale proceeds. So you pay a trading fee twice per round trip.
3
Network / withdrawal fee
A flat fee if you move coins on-chain between exchanges. Varies wildly by coin and network congestion — and it's a fixed cost, so it hurts small trades most.
4
Spread & slippage (hidden)
On thin liquidity your real fill can be worse than the quoted price. Not a line-item, but it eats returns just like a fee.
Why 'Gross Gap' Lies to Beginners
A $250 gap on a $67,000 coin looks like a 0.37% win. But two 0.1% trading fees already cost ~0.2%, leaving roughly 0.17%. Add a network fee and a thin order book, and a careless trader can end up negative. The rule never changes: judge trades by net, never by the headline spread. Lower fees (via fee-discount tokens or low-fee exchanges) and pre-funding to skip network fees are the two biggest levers on your bottom line.
ArbiScreen Computes Net for You — Live
This calculator is a manual check. In real trading, ArbiScreen shows the net-of-fee profit on every live gap across 17 exchanges automatically, so you never have to eyeball it. Open the scanner.
Add the buy-side trading fee (your capital × buy fee %), the sell-side trading fee (sale proceeds × sell fee %), and any flat network/withdrawal fee. Subtract that total from your gross gap (sell proceeds − capital) to get net profit. The calculator on this page does it instantly.
Why is my arbitrage profit lower than the price gap?▼
Because you pay a trading fee on both the buy and the sell, plus any transfer fee. A 0.37% gross gap with 0.1% fees on each side nets closer to 0.17%. Always base decisions on the net figure.
What is a typical trading fee on crypto exchanges?▼
Around 0.1% taker on major exchanges like OKX, Bybit or KuCoin at base tier, dropping with volume or a fee-discount token. Beginner apps (e.g. Coinbase's simple mode) charge much more, which is why they're poor for arbitrage.
How can I reduce arbitrage fees?▼
Use low-fee exchanges, hold the exchange's fee-discount token, trade as a maker when possible, and pre-fund both exchanges so you avoid on-chain network fees entirely.
Do network fees really matter?▼
Yes, especially on small trades — a network fee is a fixed dollar cost, so it eats a bigger percentage of a small spread. Pre-funding both exchanges lets you skip on-chain transfers and their fees altogether.
What net margin makes a spot arbitrage trade worth it?▼
There's no fixed rule, but after fees you want a clearly positive net that justifies the capital and effort. Many traders ignore anything under a few tenths of a percent net, since slippage can erase razor-thin margins.
