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Combined contract cost calculator

Compare the total assumed cost of two exhaustive outcomes with their common settlement value.

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Use one currency and unit throughout. Every field is required; no market or personal financial data is loaded.

Scenario result

Fill in every field and the result appears here as you type. An empty field is missing information, not zero.

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Checked November 5, 2026.

Combined contract cost calculator uses the formulas shown above and assesses no personal financial circumstances.

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This calculator adds the assumed prices of one unit of each side and the total fee, then subtracts that cost from the entered settlement value. It describes a two-outcome arithmetic scenario. It does not discover orders or establish that both sides can be acquired together at those prices.

Hypothetical example: prices of 0.40 and 0.55 plus total fees of 0.02 give a combined cost of 0.97. With a settlement value of 1, the modeled difference is 0.03. That result depends on the sides being exhaustive outcomes of the same underlying question with identical settlement treatment. Different rules invalidate the paired assumption even when the titles look similar.

Keep executable quantity, timing, currency and counterparty assumptions separate from the arithmetic. The form does not measure order-book depth, transfer costs or failures. A positive number is a conditional model output that depends on all of these assumptions.

Important information

In the United States, certain event contracts are offered through Designated Contract Markets (DCMs) subject to oversight by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Regulatory arrangements and product availability differ between platforms and jurisdictions. CFTC oversight does not constitute approval or endorsement of any particular contract. Event contracts are derivatives products, not sports betting or gambling products, and are not licensed by any state gaming or gambling regulator.

Trading event contracts involves substantial risk of loss. You may lose some or all of the funds you use to trade. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.

Nothing on this page constitutes investment, trading, or legal advice, or a recommendation to buy or sell any contract. Content is for general informational purposes only.