What is the exposure margin?
An additional margin over and above the Span margin is collected, known as the Exposure margin.
It is like an adhoc margin calculated on the value of the exposure taken. The margin is blocked over and above the span to support any MTM losses.
For Index, it is 2%, and for stocks, it is min 3.5%.
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