Brokerage Fees & Trade Break-Even Calculator
Enter buy and sell transaction fees for an unleveraged trade to see cash outlay, proceeds, net return and break-even sale price with optional price ticks.
Interactive calculator · Method BROKERAGE_FEE-1.0 · Last reviewed: 2026-11-05
Calculate your scenario
Outlay = q × buy price × (1 + buy rate/100) + buy fixed fee.
Your inputs
Default worked example. Edit the inputs to calculate your scenario.
Default worked example
Entered percentage-on-notional plus fixed-fee model: profit = net proceeds USD 1,193.80 − buy outlay USD 1,006.00 = USD 187.80.
How to use the calculator
Enter positive quantity and buy price, sale price, both fee rates and fixed costs. Choose one currency and optionally a sale-price tick.
What the result means
Compare gross price gain with net gain after both sides of the transaction and other entered sale costs.
Formula and units
Outlay = q × buy price × (1 + buy rate/100) + buy fixed fee. Net proceeds = q × sale price × (1 − sell rate/100) − sell fixed fee − other sale costs. Net profit = proceeds − outlay. Break-even sale price = (outlay + sell fixed fee + other costs)/(q × (1 − sell rate/100)); selected ticks round the required sale price upward.
Worked examples
100 units from 10 to 12 with entered fees: Share / unit quantity: 100 units; Buy price: 10 currency/unit; Sale price: 12 currency/unit; Entered buy-side fee: 0.1 %; Entered sell-side fee: 0.1 %; Entered fixed buy fee: 5 currency; Entered fixed sell fee: 5 currency; Other fixed sale-side transaction costs: 0 currency; Single currency for all amounts: USD; Required sale-price tick: none.
Example result: Buy cash outlay: USD 1,006.00; Net sale proceeds: USD 1,193.80; Total entered fees: USD 12.20; Gross / net gain or loss: USD 200.00 / USD 187.80; Net return on buy outlay: 18.667992%; Break-even sale price: USD 10.12012012012 per unit; required 10.120120120120 (no tick rounding).
The same trade without fees: Share / unit quantity: 100 units; Buy price: 10 currency/unit; Sale price: 12 currency/unit; Entered buy-side fee: 0 %; Entered sell-side fee: 0 %; Entered fixed buy fee: 0 currency; Entered fixed sell fee: 0 currency; Other fixed sale-side transaction costs: 0 currency; Single currency for all amounts: USD; Required sale-price tick: none.
Example result: Buy cash outlay: USD 1,000.00; Net sale proceeds: USD 1,200.00; Total entered fees: USD 0.00; Gross / net gain or loss: USD 200.00 / USD 200.00; Net return on buy outlay: 20%; Break-even sale price: USD 10 per unit; required 10.000000000000 (no tick rounding).
Limitations and common mistakes
Simple unleveraged securities trade with percentage-on-notional and fixed transaction fees only. Enter all amounts in one currency. Examples are illustrative. No live quotes, execution, recommendations, leverage, derivatives, recurring fund fees, taxes or automatic exchange schedules. Entered charges may omit actual broker costs; this is not a market-specific complete fee calculation.
Subtracting only the buy commission or calculating return on the share purchase value while ignoring buy fees in the cash outlay.
Sources and assumptions
Method BROKERAGE_FEE-1.0; last formula review 2026-11-05. Sources and their supported claims. Calculation methodology.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: Investor Bulletin: How to Open a Brokerage Account. Brokers have differing costs and fee structures; entered transaction charges are not a claim of complete fees.