Fee drag reality check

Cost of Fees Calculator

Compare the tidy gross return in your head with the net path after spreads, commissions, swap, and monthly account costs. Fees are small until they start eating the sandwich.

Projected fee drag 0.56% / month $560 monthly cost estimate
$560monthly cost drag
6.7%annualised drag on start
$160,844gross ending balance
$143,807net ending balance

Readout

Fees consume 22.1% of the projected gross profit over 24 months.

Cost mix

Spreads are doing most of the nibbling here.

Gross vs net balance path

Monthly cost breakdown

Fee impact summary

24 month projection
Total fees paid$13,440
Gross profit$60,844
Net profit$43,807
Profit consumed22.1%

Projection table

Every few months, not every tiny spreadsheet cell

How to use it

  1. Enter your average trade size and monthly trade count.
  2. Estimate spread or slippage as a percentage of notional. Keep it honest; tiny assumptions compound too.
  3. Add commission, swap, and platform costs that apply to your setup.
  4. Compare the gross ending balance with the net balance, then check how much gross profit the fees consumed.