How to calculate DOT profit
Take the dollars invested, divide by the buy price to get coins, multiply the coins by the sell price, then subtract the original investment and the fees on both sides. As a worked example at the April 22, 2026 snapshot price of $3.50: investing $1,000 buys 285.714286 DOT. If DOT rises 20% to $4.20, the position is worth $1,200. With a 0.1% fee on each side the fees are $2.20, and the net profit is $197.80, a 19.78% return. The calculator above runs the same arithmetic on the live price and on any numbers you enter, including leverage and short positions.
Polkadot at a glance
| Token type | Native Relay Chain asset |
|---|---|
| Consensus | Nominated Proof of Stake (NPoS) |
| Finality | GRANDPA (finality gadget) + BABE (block production) |
| Mainnet launched | May 26, 2020 |
| Founder | Gavin Wood (Parity Technologies, Web3 Foundation) |
| Governance | OpenGov (on-chain referenda) |
| Block time | ~6 seconds (Relay Chain) |
| Max supply | No hard cap (~10% inflation target, variable) |
Facts from the Polkadot brief, which carries the full history, tokenomics and the five-pillar read of what moves DOT. Open the brief.
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