Calculator

Futures P&L Calculator

See the profit or loss on a long or short futures position, given the agreed price and where the market price ended up.

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PositionAgreed (contract) price

Actual market price at settlement

Number of contracts / units

Profit

$8,000.00

Total locked-in value

$50,000.00

Price difference

-$0.80 / unit

How the math works

Short P&L = (Agreed price − Market price) × contracts
          = ($5.00 − $4.20) × 10000
          = $8,000.00

This P&L is relative to what you'd have gotten transacting at the market price instead — the whole point of locking in the agreed price was certainty, not necessarily coming out ahead.