Why break-even isn't your entry price
Every trade pays a fee on the way in and on the way out. So you don't profit the moment price passes your entry — you profit once it clears your entry plus both fees. At 0.055% taker per side that's about 0.11% round-trip; on high-frequency scalping these fees quietly eat most of the edge, which is why low fees and maker orders matter. Size with the position size calculator and check your liquidation price before entering.
The price you need just to walk away flat
Break-even on a futures position isn't your entry price — it's entry price adjusted upward (for longs) by the total fee load. At 0.055% taker on Bybit, a $1,000 notional round trip costs $1.10. On $100 collateral at 10x, that's 1.1% of your margin before price moves at all.
So your real break-even on a long is entry × (1 + fee_rate). At entry $100 with 0.055% fee, you need $100.055 minimum to flat. Sounds tiny. At 50x leverage on a $50 position, the notional is $2,500 and fees are $2.75 — that's 5.5% of your collateral eaten before the trade goes anywhere.
This is why scalping high-frequency at high leverage is structurally hard to profit from: you're fighting fees every trade. The break-even price moves against you by the fee amount on each open.
Related: true trade cost, maker vs taker savings, exchange fee comparison.