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Compare the full cost of buying Litecoin

Compare a fixed cash budget or calculate the cash needed to receive a target amount of Litecoin after fees and minimums.

Set a like-for-like comparison

Start with the price, trading charge and withdrawal fee for each offer. Blank means not checked, not free. Enter 0 only when you have checked that a charge or minimum does not apply. Open “Extra costs and minimums” to enter the remaining terms, or explicitly confirm that no extra charges or minimums apply. Incomplete offers are shown separately and cannot win the comparison.

Use the selected cash currency for every cash amount. Changing the currency changes the labels; it does not convert your entries. Convert other-currency quotes first, and count an FX margin or spread only once. For a positive withdrawal minimum, check whether it is measured before or after its fee.

For funding in another currency, compare fiat conversion rates and fees with Currency Converter Live. Use your actual bank debit to check the total cash paid, and count the FX cost only once.

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Open a comparison to see why similar-looking amounts or percentages can differ.

Fixed budget, net target and minimums

Use the same goal and checked terms for every offer. Incomplete or invalid offers cannot win.

Fixed cash budget

Compares the most delivered LTC among complete offers that meet their trade and withdrawal minimums. The full budget includes the entered cash charges.

Example: A fictional EUR 100 total budget is the same for every offer.

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Net LTC target

Compares the lowest required cash among complete, eligible offers that deliver at least the target. Required cash rounds upward to a whole cent, then the same forward calculation checks the outcome.

Example: A fictional 1 LTC target is measured after the withdrawal fee.

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Trade and withdrawal minimums

These are eligibility rules, not extra charges. The largest target or minimum requirement sets the required purchase; several constraints can bind together.

Example: At a fictional EUR 50 per LTC, a EUR 500 trade minimum requires 10 LTC purchased even when the net target is only 1 LTC.

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A target-mode winner can have a different effective unit price from another offer because minimums can force different delivered quantities. Compare the cash needed for your chosen goal.

Execution price, FX margin and effective price
Execution price

The entered cash price of one LTC before the separately entered costs. A quoted price may already contain a spread.

Example: Fictional price: EUR 100 per LTC.

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Separate FX margin

A separate percentage deduction from cash after funding costs. Changing the currency selector does not perform conversion.

Example: A fictional 3% margin on EUR 97 of cash after funding deducts EUR 2.91.

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Cash per delivered LTC

The full modeled cash budget divided by delivered LTC after the entered costs and withdrawal fee. It uses the entire budget conservatively, including fractional-coin rounding value.

Example: Fictional EUR 100 cash divided by 0.99 LTC delivered is about EUR 101.010101 per LTC.

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A lower execution price alone does not establish the better delivered outcome. Check the full quote and avoid counting the same spread or FX cost twice.

Cash fees, LTC withdrawal fee and rounding
Cash funding, FX and trading costs

These reduce the cash available to buy LTC. Funding percentage uses the full budget, FX uses cash after funding, and trading percentage uses purchase notional.

Example: The same percentage can deduct a different cash amount when its calculation base differs.

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LTC withdrawal fee

This reduces coins delivered after purchase. It is not also charged as cash in this model, and it is not automatically equal to the blockchain fee.

Example: Fictional 1 LTC purchased minus a 0.01 LTC withdrawal fee leaves 0.99 LTC delivered.

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Fractional-coin rounding value

Purchased LTC rounds down to whole litoshis. The value below one whole litoshi is shown separately and is not an extra service fee. Actual service cash rounding and quantity steps can differ.

Example: One litoshi is 0.00000001 LTC; smaller purchase fractions are not delivered by this model.

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Use the units and calculation bases in the actual quote. Blank charges remain unchecked; explicit zero means zero only in the entered model. Coin-denominated trading fees require a separate exact-quote comparison.

Calculation order

Funding cost = budget × funding rate + fixed funding charge. FX cost = remaining cash × FX margin. Subtract the fixed trading fee; divide the remaining amount by (1 + trading fee rate) to solve for the purchase notional. Purchased LTC = notional / execution price, rounded down to a whole litoshi. Delivered LTC = purchased LTC − withdrawal fee. Effective price uses the full cash budget divided by delivered LTC, a conservative comparison.

Target mode first finds the cash notional needed for your net LTC goal, minimum trade notional and chosen withdrawal-minimum basis. The largest requirement binds. It reverses the same charge order and rounds the required cash upward to a whole cent for EUR, USD, GBP or PLN, then checks the result forwards. Minimums can make the actual delivered amount exceed your goal. The supported cash budget limit is 1,000,000,000; a quote outside that limit is reported separately.

Charges and purchase notional are calculated from the entered budget without separately rounding each cash fee. The fractional-coin rounding value is the notional value below a whole litoshi; it is not an extra service fee. Actual cash debits, trading quantity steps and fee rounding can differ. Target, withdrawal fees and withdrawal minimums must be exact whole litoshis. Minimum trade means cash notional before the trading fee.

This model assumes the trading percentage is charged in cash on the purchase notional. If a service deducts a coin-denominated trading fee or quotes a final “you receive” amount, use its exact quote separately: cash paid divided by coins credited. Rebates, live execution, additional order-size steps, price movements and tax are not modeled. A lower modeled cost does not establish service availability or suitability.

There are no preset exchange fees or affiliate links in this tool. Save the source and time of each quote, and compare offers from the same moment. Our €100 order-book study separates observed prices from illustrative funding and withdrawal charges.

Frequently asked questions

Why look at delivered LTC instead of just the quoted coin price?
A headline spot price excludes deposit charges, foreign-exchange spreads, percentage or fixed trading commissions and LTC withdrawal deductions. Comparing net delivered coins divided into total cash paid shows the true effective cost per LTC.
Why does leaving a fee field blank block an offer from winning?
To avoid understating costs, a blank field is treated as unverified rather than zero. Enter 0 explicitly only when you have confirmed that the charge or minimum threshold does not apply to that offer.
Does this tool pull live exchange order books or affiliate offers?
No. All calculations run locally in your browser from the numbers you enter, with no preset exchange profiles or affiliate links. Use quotes gathered at the same moment for a like-for-like comparison.