calculate Margin required for futures.

chinmay_23

How to calculate margin required for futures(formula).

for Ex :

{"margin": 25.23, "co_lower": 6.82, "mis_multiplier": 0, "tradingsymbol": "AARTIIND21FEBFUT", "co_upper": 10.0, "nrml_margin": 131681.47, "mis_margin": 46088.5145}
Reference : "https://api.kite.trade/margins/futures"
Margin required for 1 lot of "AARTIIND21FEBFUT" require ₹28,374.81 .
Price : ₹1236.9
1 Lot = 425 N
Please Explain the Calculations.

sujith

You can just fetch values, you don't have to calculate. You can know more here.

sujith

This will be more accurate since it considers your portfolio as well.

sujith

Like pending orders and open positions.

chinmay_23

@sujith , @rakeshr
I used the functions you told : " kite.margins('equity') "
It returns funds in my account for equity.
Still didn't got fund required for 1 lot of equity future for a instrument.

rakeshr

Are you using Python kite connect client?
If yes, then for margin computation you should use order_margin. You can refer python example here.