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Stablecoin Peg Stress Calculator

A peg stress scenario measures what a stablecoin balance would be worth at a price you choose. Enter token units, an entry price, and a stressed price in the same quote currency to compare initial value with scenario value. This is useful for separating token quantity from its monetary value: unchanged units can still produce a gain or loss when price changes. The calculation runs locally in your browser using supplied inputs. It does not fetch a current peg, estimate redemption availability, or assign a likelihood to the scenario.

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Calculate value and price change

Entry value equals units × entry price. Stressed value equals units × stressed price. Profit or loss equals stressed value minus entry value, and the percentage price change equals (stressed price ÷ entry price − 1) × 100. A depeg decline can also be expressed as (1 − stressed price ÷ entry price) × 100. This tool measures deviation from the entered reference, which need not equal one dollar.

Compare losses from two reference prices

For a hypothetical 10,000-token balance entered at $1.00 and stressed to $0.94, initial value is $10,000 and scenario value is $9,400. The loss is $600, or 6%. If the same units were entered at $0.98, their entry value would be $9,800 and loss $400, approximately 4.08%. The stressed balance is identical; changing the cost reference changes the measured return.

Keep valuation separate from realizable proceeds

The model applies one stressed price to every token and keeps quantity fixed. It excludes withdrawal restrictions, spreads, market depth, redemption fees, accrued rewards, and taxes. Entry price must be positive to define a percentage change; stressed price may be zero for a total-value-loss scenario. A quoted or assumed price does not guarantee that the entire position could be sold at that level. Multiple stablecoins should be modeled with their own quantities and prices.

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