How to calculate XLM 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 $0.16: investing $1,000 buys 6,250 XLM. If XLM rises 20% to $0.192, 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.
Stellar at a glance
| Token type | Native L1 asset |
|---|---|
| Consensus | Stellar Consensus Protocol (SCP). Federated Byzantine Agreement |
| Mainnet launched | July 2014 (SCP finalized 2015) |
| Founders | Jed McCaleb and Joyce Kim |
| Developer | Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) |
| Block time | ~5 seconds (ledger close time) |
| Typical fee | 0.00001 XLM (fractions of a cent) |
| Max supply | ~50 billion XLM (after 2019 burn of 55 billion) |
Facts from the Stellar brief, which carries the full history, tokenomics and the five-pillar read of what moves XLM. Open the brief.
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