Zerodha,
I want to know the Margin needed for carrying.......for.......
1.Short 5200CE & Short 5200PE.
2.Short 5200CE & Buy 5300CE.
If I trade this separately, how will it get clubbed at EOD.
I hv never Shorted Option. Hence very apprehensive.
The general logic behind margin required for shorting options or trading futures is:
Margin varies based on your portfolio.. So margin required to short your 3 positions would be based on all the 4 positions.. As I had mentioned earlier, no one gives you a tool today which can tell you before hand how much is the margin required.. We will have it for you soon..
But to give you an idea, for overnight,
5200 call and 5200 put shorting, will each require around 22k and 23 k respectively.. Your buy 5200 call , significantly reduces the risk of your short 5200 call(on one side) and short 5200 put reduces the risk of short 5200 call by just a bit..
So to give you an idea, if you were taking 1 lot in all the above 4 contracts..
You would require around 40k to setup the first(20+20) and around 22k to setup the second.. All ball park numbers, for me to know how much exactly, I would have to take a position first..