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Starting with tomorrow’s stock F&O expiry, calendar spread margin benefits will not be available on the expiry day of the near-month leg of stock F&O calendar spreads. Here’s all you need to know. 👇 Calendar spreads let traders hold offsetting positions in F&O contracts across different expiries, which lowers margin requirements because the overall risk is lower. Until now, this margin benefit was available for single-stock derivatives even on the expiry day, including when one leg of the spread was expiring. SEBI has now aligned this with index derivatives. On the expiry day, if one leg of a calendar spread is expiring that day, the spread will no longer receive margin benefits. For example, suppose you create a calendar spread in Reliance futures by buying May futures and selling June futures. The margin requirement for a single position is around Rs. 1.2 lakh. With the calendar spread benefit, the margin for the May–June spread is around ₹24,000. Currently, even on the May expiry day, the position continues to get the calendar spread margin benefit. From this month’s expiry onwards, the May–June spread will not receive a margin benefit on the May expiry day. This means the required margin can increase from ₹24,000 to roughly ₹2.4 lakh (₹1.2 lakh for each contract). If you instead hold a June–July spread on that day, the margin benefit will continue, since neither contract is expiring. The reason for this change is risk management. When the current month's contract expires, margins on the remaining open position can rise sharply. Removing the benefit on expiry day allows traders to adjust positions or bring in margins in time. In addition, existing physical delivery margins continue to apply for stock contracts nearing expiry: support.zerodha.com/category/tradi…

@lifeofsudesh Hi Sudesh, we've replied over DM.

@zerodha @Nithin0dha Why do you need a ticket when I am sharing thw issue here?

@zerodha @Nithin0dha I am not getting alert in zerodha for last two days. I am getting 4-5 alert out of 10-15 triggered which I can see from alert-disabled section. Please check the issue #zerodha

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A lot of people don’t realise this, but our support portal is probably one of the most comprehensive support libraries in the world. It has 1,400 articles that explain not just our products but also simplify various market and process-related topics. If you ask ChatGPT or Claude to search our support portal for a question, there’s over an 80% chance the answer is already there.

@FcukIndianGovt Hi Aman, this should be fine now. Please retry and let us know if you continue to face any issues. We’re sorry for the inconvenience.

What is the Zerodha.....??? I needed to sell my holdings.....What kind of error is this.... I've lost money as I needed to place the order on 9:00 AM ...now if I place it won't trigger....will you pay for it ???

@ms_krish @MotilalOswalLtd Hi Krishna, we are sorry to hear this. Could you please DM your registered details, so that we can look into this? links.zerodha.com/twitter-dm

@MotilalOswalLtd @zerodha I have partially redeemed my units of MF- Motilal Oswal Nasdaq 100 fund of fund from coin zerodha on May 8th 2026, It has been more than T+5 days, Amount is yet to be credited, please check and update asap.

@gullapalli123 Hi, we’re working on making EGRs available for trading on Kite. We’ll keep you posted.

@zerodha Your new workspaces are amazing. When you are going introduce EGR investing?

Leverage is pro-cyclical i.e., increase as the markets go up, which has been the case in the post-pandemic period. While leverage in F&O has steadily reduced because of regulatory tightening, some of it has migrated to margin trading facility (MTF). MTF's popularity is very recent and most retail customers don't really understand the risks. While we offer MTF, we do it without being loud about it or constantly pushing it. We are probably the only platform to warn users before they enable MTF.

@Ajaxjacksss Hi, we are currently working on the option to download Family holdings in Excel format. We'll keep you posted. Additionally, the XIRR for both individual stocks and the overall portfolio is already available on Console. Please check this article for more: support.zerodha.com/category/conso…

@zerodha, Why is there no option to download Family holdings in Excel, just like the personal holdings? Also, would highly recommend having a holding period in days in the holdings Excel file, which can be very helpful to analyze the annualized or XIRR return %

@Omkar855107 @nithinkamath Hi Omkar, we’re working on making EGRs available for trading on Kite. We’ll keep you posted.

Hey @zerodha @nithinkamath, when will the Electronic Gold Receipts (EGR) segment be enabled on Kite? Looking to start buying EGRs soon. Please activate this at the earliest. #Zerodha #EGR #Gold #Investments

@pkrmarthala @AskZerodha Hi Praveen, we've noted your feedback. We'll look into the possibilities. Thanks.

Dear @zerodha, @AskZerodha, Need an option that lists all GTT orders that I have for a particular stock from my "Holdings", "Positions" and "Watchlists" screens. Please check and do the needful in the next releases. Have been asking for a long time now. Thank you!

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To add the BSE Focused IT index contracts to marketwatch search FOCIT.

BSE has launched the BSE Focused IT Index (FOCIT). The index tracks the top 14 IT companies from the BSE 500. Futures and options contracts on this index are available for trading on Kite.

@samiranm Hi, could you please create a ticket at support.zerodha.com and provide more details along with a screenshot/video recording so we can check this?

@zerodha tradingview chart is not working properly. The functions I have already inserted are not showing. If I insert those functions again especially the macd, the chart behaves improperly. My id is FET030. I use the kite app on my mobile.

When it comes to personal finance, people somehow keep making the same mistakes over and over again. There’s very little creativity in the mistakes people make. Take investing. Pretty much every influencer, every serious finance writer, and the financial media have been screaming for years: don’t mix insurance with investments. ULIPs are usually a bad idea. Endowment policies are usually a bad idea. And yet, ULIP sales continue to grow and endowment plans continue to be sold. People continue to fall for the same pitches, despite all the articles, videos, and excel sheets explaining why these products are bad. The same applies to health insurance, though I have a little more sympathy there. Health insurance is genuinely complicated. There are tiny clauses, room rent caps, waiting periods, exclusions, and conditions that most people don’t fully understand and then they find out the hard way, when they still have to pay out of pocket despite having a policy. But with products like ULIPs and endowment plans, there’s no excuse. These are not impossibly complicated products. Even a cursory Google search will tell you the problem. And today, in 2026, you can just ask ChatGPT or Claude whether a product is a good idea, and they’ll usually show you the math, explain the catches, and give you pointers on what to do. And yet, people still keep falling for the same thing. @PrateekLearnapp from @Zero1ByZerodha has made a really nice video on some of the biggest mistakes Indians make with investing and health insurance. It’s worth watching, and sharing with your friends and family too.

Since 2020, cash market activity hasn't grown much relative to options. At the same time, MTF (Margin Trade Funding) activity has significantly increased. MTF as we know it today, began around 2019 and started growing after 2022. MTF is mostly on NSE, and the growth in options activity over the last 3 years is mostly due to BSE (options started on BSE in 2023). Our MTF numbers have also grown significantly during the period; our total MTF book size is approximately ₹7,400 crores today.

We’re excited to launch a fun and interactive financial literacy program for kids aged 8+ covering money basics. Sessions will be held in both Hindi and English through activities, skits, games, and quizzes. Kids will explore: - Budgeting basics - Smart spending habits - The magic of compounding - Banking fundamentals - Online financial safety 📍Online. Date: 10th May (Sunday) ⏰ Time: 11 AM – English; 4:30 PM – Hindi Registration link in the comments!

Update: The intermittent issue at MCX appears to have stabilised. Orders and status updates should be reflecting normally. MCX continues to monitor the situation closely. As always, please trade with caution.

There is an intermittent issue at the exchange (MCX) across brokers, due to which some orders may get rejected or order status updates may be delayed. If you are trading commodities, please trade with caution. We are following up with the exchange to get this resolved at the earliest.