Presale pitches love a big multiple. What they rarely show you is how much of your bag you can actually sell on day one. This calculator does both. Enter what you would put in, the presale price, and where you think it lists, then add the vesting terms. You get the headline ROI and a month-by-month table of what is really liquid.
| Month | Unlocked | Tokens liquid | Value at listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 20% | 10,000 | $500.00 |
| 1 | 20% | 10,000 | $500.00 |
| 2 | 28% | 14,000 | $700.00 |
| 3 | 36% | 18,000 | $900.00 |
| 4 | 44% | 22,000 | $1,100.00 |
| 5 | 52% | 26,000 | $1,300.00 |
| 6 | 60% | 30,000 | $1,500.00 |
| 7 | 68% | 34,000 | $1,700.00 |
| 8 | 76% | 38,000 | $1,900.00 |
| 9 | 84% | 42,000 | $2,100.00 |
| 10 | 92% | 46,000 | $2,300.00 |
| 11 | 100% | 50,000 | $2,500.00 |
Estimates only, using the numbers you enter. Listing price is an assumption, not a promise. Nothing here is financial advice. Do your own research.
How the math works
Three numbers drive the return. Tokens bought is your investment divided by the presale price. Value at listing is those tokens times the listing price. ROI is the gap between the two, as a percentage of what you invested. That is it. If you buy at $0.02 and it lists at $0.05, you are looking at a 2.5x before any tokens are even liquid.
The vesting side is where people get burned. Say 20% unlocks at TGE with a one-month cliff and ten months of linear vesting after that. On listing day you can touch a fifth of your position. The rest arrives in slices. If the price fades while your tokens are still locked, the ROI you saw at listing was never really yours to take. The unlock table makes that trade-off visible.
A worked example
Put in $1,000 at a $0.02 presale price. That buys 50,000 tokens. If it lists at $0.05, the full bag is worth $2,500, a +150% return on paper. But with 20% at TGE, only 10,000 tokens (worth $500) are liquid on day one. The remaining 40,000 vest over the next ten months. Whether you keep that 150% depends entirely on where the price sits as those tokens unlock.
How this fits the rest of your presale research
A calculator tells you the shape of a deal, not whether the deal is real. Before you trust any of these numbers, read how to spot a presale scam, learn what a presale actually is, and see the current best crypto presales worth a look.
Frequently asked questions
How is presale ROI calculated?
Divide your investment by the presale price to get the number of tokens you buy. Multiply those tokens by the expected listing price to get the value at listing. ROI is the value at listing minus what you put in, divided by what you put in. So a $0.02 presale price against a $0.05 listing is a 2.5x, or +150%.
What does unlocked at TGE mean?
TGE is the token generation event, roughly the moment the token goes live. The TGE percentage is how much of your allocation is liquid straight away. If 20% unlocks at TGE, only a fifth of your tokens can be sold on day one and the rest is released later on the vesting schedule.
What is a vesting cliff?
A cliff is a waiting period after TGE during which nothing new unlocks. A one-month cliff means that after your TGE tranche, you wait a month before the linear release begins. Cliffs stop early buyers from dumping the entire supply the instant a token lists.
Why does the vesting schedule matter for ROI?
Because paper ROI and realised ROI are different things. You might be up 150% at listing on paper, but if only 20% of your bag is liquid and the rest drips out over ten months, the price you actually sell at can be very different from the listing price. The unlock table shows how much is genuinely liquid each month.
Is presale ROI guaranteed?
No. The listing price you enter is an assumption, not a promise. Plenty of presales list below their presale price. Treat this as a way to sanity-check the numbers a project is quoting, not as a forecast. Nothing here is financial advice.
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