What is the intraday margin available for equity shares?

What is the intraday margin available for equity shares?

As per SEBI regulations on peak margins, starting September 1, 2021, intraday leverages have been reduced to ensure 100% of the margin required is collected for all Equity and derivative positions.

The minimum margin for equity intraday trades will be 20% of the trade value based on the volatility of the stock (VaR+ELM+Adhoc margins of the exchange). So, you will get up to 5 times intraday leverage in the equity cash segment.

For example, you have 1 lakh rupees in your account and want to buy ITC shares (Intraday).

Leverage in ITC: 5X

You can buy up to 100000*5 = 500000 Rs of shares.

So, for buying shares of 5 lakhs, you should have only a 20% (approx.) margin that is 1 lakh rupees.