calculate Margin required for futures.

chinmay_23 · February 2021

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 · February 2021

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

sujith · February 2021

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

sujith · February 2021

Like pending orders and open positions.

chinmay_23 · March 2021

@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 · March 2021

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

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