Hi Zerodha.. the only confusion i have is about the margin requirement for stock futures contracts. As you have mentioned in you earlier replies that for 1 lot of nifty you require to have 10000 (If it is intraday) which is the MTM. But need to have 32000 (Which is exchange requirement) if i have to carry it to the next day. how about stock futures?? lets say if i have to buy 1 lot of Reliance for intrady then how much do i require?? is it the only MTM i.e. aroung 13,000 ? or the full amount stipulated by exchange i.e. aroung 40,000.?? would appreciate your prompt response..:thumb:
Hi Vijay,
If we receive it before 6pm, I will make sure we open the trading account immediately and you could start trading from friday, have an image we need to keep up on traderji
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As far as your query is concerned:
Every future contract(index and stock) margin has 2components to it:
1. SPAN margin(min margin which exchange requires the broker to keep for 1 lot if the position is held overnight)
2. Exposure margin(margin that is kept over the SPAN margin to take care of all the volatility in the markets)
Total margin for overnight= SPAN + Exposure
If you are trading intraday(for both stock and index futures) you need to have only 50% of the SPAN margin.
If you want to keep it overnight(3.10pm onwards is the square off times) you need to bring in the total margin.
For eg, Nifty SPAN is 21000 and exposure is around 10, total margin for overnight is 31000. If you want to do intraday , margin is around 10500(50% of 21000) and if you want to carry overnight it is 31000. The same rule applies for stock futures also.
Cheers..