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Liquidation calculator · UNI

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Liquidation price for UNI perpetual longs and shorts, and how often UNI's real price moves would have hit it. Isolated margin, USDT-margined.

UNI now (25 Oct 2026, 08:30 UTC): price 6.7110 (-2.2% in 24h); open interest on five exchanges $379.4M; liquidated in 24h on Binance and Bybit $1.8M, 99% longs.

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The textbook formula: real liquidation comes slightly earlier, because exchanges deduct fees and accrued funding and use the mark price. The history line uses UNI hourly candles on Binance from 2026-04-19 to 2026-10-25: every hour as an entry, liquidated if any later hourly low (long) or high (short) crossed the level. Past volatility, not a forecast.

How often would UNI have liquidated each leverage?

LeverageMove to liquidationLong, 1 dayShort, 1 dayLong, 1 weekShort, 1 week
3x32.9%<1%<1%<1%14%
5x19.6%<1%2%8%28%
10x9.6%5%10%31%45%
20x4.6%26%31%62%65%
25x3.6%36%39%69%70%
50x1.6%69%69%86%87%
100x0.6%88%88%94%95%

Share of past holds that would have been liquidated, UNI perpetual on Binance, 2026-04-19 to 2026-10-25 (4,513 one-day holds, overlapping). Isolated margin, 0.4% maintenance margin, before fees and funding, which would make it worse. The same test for every coin and any holding time: how fast would you get liquidated?

UNI market right now

Funding rate per 8 hours: Binance +0.0029%, Bybit +0.0049%, OKX +0.0000%, BingX +0.0047%. Positive funding means longs pay shorts; over days it moves a long's liquidation closer. Details: UNI funding rate.

Open interest by exchange: Binance $144.5M (38%), Bybit $54.5M (14%), OKX $36.2M (10%), Gate $75.6M (20%), Hyperliquid $68.6M (18%). Chart: UNI open interest.

Liquidations in 24 hours (Binance and Bybit): longs $1.7M, shorts $23K. Live feed: UNI liquidations.

Where other traders' leverage may sit is modeled on the UNI liquidation heatmap - and here is how often price actually went there.

Reading the result

FAQ

How far does UNI have to move to liquidate a 10x position?

About 9.6% against you with isolated margin and a 0.4% maintenance margin rate, before fees and funding: down for a long, up for a short. At 25x it is 3.6%, at 50x 1.6%.

How often would a 10x UNI long have been liquidated within a day?

In 5% of one-day holds on Binance hourly data from 2026-04-19 to 2026-10-25 (every hour as an entry, isolated margin, 0.4% maintenance margin). A 10x short: 10%. Held for a week: long 31%, short 45%.

What about 25x on UNI?

A 25x UNI position is liquidated by a 3.6% move. On the same data that happened within a day in 36% of long holds and 39% of short holds. Past volatility, not a forecast.

Why is my exchange's UNI liquidation price different?

Exchanges use the mark price, deduct fees and accrued funding, and apply tiered maintenance margin that rises with position size and is often higher for smaller coins. Check your exchange's margin tier table for UNI and enter that rate in the calculator.

A planning aid, not advice. Leverage can wipe out your margin within minutes. See the risk disclaimer.