Published 19 October 2026. Use this worksheet to compare acquisition outlay, sale proceeds and the price needed to cover the modelled costs.
What would actually reach your account?
Compare a hypothetical stablecoin purchase and exit in US dollars. Change the assumed sale price and fees to see the full cost—not just the one-dollar target.
Illustrative inputs, not live quotes. The calculator code does not fetch prices, connect a wallet, place trades or transmit the numbers you enter. It is an arithmetic exercise, not an estimate of product safety, tax or suitability.
Your assumptions
Calculated result
| Acquisition outlay | |
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| Gross sale proceeds | |
| Percentage sale fee | |
| Total modelled exit costs |
See how a different exit price changes the result
These four prices are fixed teaching scenarios, not predictions, quotations or probabilities. All other inputs stay the same.
| Assumed price (USD) | Net proceeds | Difference |
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The calculation
Acquisition outlay = units × entry price + acquisition costs.
Net exit proceeds = units × sale price × (1 − sale-fee rate) − other exit costs.
Break-even sale price = (acquisition outlay + other exit costs) ÷ [units × (1 − sale-fee rate)].
Calculations keep full available precision. Displayed dollar totals are rounded to cents, so displayed components may differ by one cent when summed.
What this cannot tell you
The model excludes taxes, foreign exchange, yield, changing token units, fee tiers, interest on funding, withdrawal eligibility, timing, default and contract risk. It does not model direct issuer redemption or claim that a quoted price is executable.
A positive result does not mean a product is safe. Check who would pay you, whether you can use the exit route, and the actual price and charges before making a decision.
Check the default example by hand
The defaults assume 1,000 tokens acquired at $1 with $2 additional cost, then sold at $0.998 with a 0.1% sale fee and $5 other exit costs. Acquisition outlay is $1,002. Gross proceeds are $998; the sale fee is $0.998; net proceeds are $992.002. The difference is −$9.998, displayed as −$10.00.
No particular stablecoin, provider or available transaction is represented by these numbers.