Impermanent Loss Calculator
Calculate exactly how much impermanent loss you'd experience in a DeFi liquidity pool based on token price changes.
Quick Scenarios
Impermanent Loss
-2.02%
-$252.55
If You HODL
$12,500.00
If You LP
$12,247.45
ETH Change
+50.00%
USDC Change
+0.00%
You would have $252.55 more if you simply held your tokens instead of providing liquidity. Trading fees may offset this loss.
Impermanent Loss Reference Table
IL for a 50/50 pool when one token price changes relative to the other
| Price Change | IL % | Loss on $10K |
|---|---|---|
| 1.25x (+25%) | -0.62% | -$61.92 |
| 1.50x (+50%) | -2.02% | -$202.04 |
| 1.75x (+75%) | -3.79% | -$379.09 |
| 2x (+100%) | -5.72% | -$571.91 |
| 3x (+200%) | -13.40% | -$1339.75 |
| 4x (+300%) | -20.00% | -$2000.00 |
| 5x (+400%) | -25.46% | -$2546.44 |
| 0.75x (-25%) | -1.03% | -$102.57 |
| 0.50x (-50%) | -5.72% | -$571.91 |
| 0.25x (-75%) | -20.00% | -$2000.00 |
What is Impermanent Loss?
Impermanent loss occurs when you provide liquidity to an automated market maker (AMM) like Uniswap, and the price of your deposited tokens changes relative to when you deposited them. The greater the price divergence, the more impermanent loss you experience. It's called "impermanent" because if prices return to the original ratio, the loss disappears.
IL vs Trading Fees
In practice, liquidity providers earn trading fees that can offset impermanent loss. High-volume pools with significant fee revenue (like ETH/USDC on Uniswap) may still be profitable despite IL. Always compare your expected IL against projected fee earnings before providing liquidity.
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