
Fyers F&O Margin Calculator is India’s one of the best online margin calculator that enables you to calculate extensive margin requirements for futures and option writing/shorting when trading equity and currencies on National Stock Exchange (NSE). At Fyers you get the best margin deals for trading in Intraday futures in both equity & currency futures. Read our Margin Policy to know more.
Benefits of using our Margin Calculator:
• You do not have to calculate approximate margins manually.
• It saves you a lot of time & energy.
• Understand the leverage component per scrip on an ongoing basis.
• Scan through the list of banned scrips right here.
• The Margin calculators are always updated on a daily basis.
• Simultaneously you can use our Options Strategies Lab to trade options like a pro. It is a portal where you can take choose from over 43 different strategies without knowing how to construct them. We have done it on your behalf to make your life easier and more efficient. You can choose strategies based on your market outlook and risk preferences. So the amount of time taken to execute strategies like Iron condor & butterfly spreads is almost nullified. Learn how to use it here.
Equity Futures Margin Requirement:
Total margin = SPAN margin (Exchange) + Exposure margin (Broker)
Total margin is collected to hold the position overnight which is also known as MARGIN under the products available at Fyers. If you choose the product code as INTRADAY instead of MARGIN while placing an order then you will get an additional leverage benefit of 40% of the total margin requirement. Fyers F&O Margin Calculator helps you fetch the margin requirements for Near, Next and Far month derivative contracts at just one go.
See the example below for NIFTY futures margin requirement.

Margin Calculator – Fyers
Calendar Spreads – Margin Requirement:
Calendar spread is a position established by simultaneously entering a long position in futures or options expiring on a particular date along with a short position of the same underlying asset expiring another date or vice versa. This is also known as a horizontal spread which basically hedges your positions. We are among a handful of stockbrokers who provide the margin benefit on calendar spread positions.
Total Margin = SPAN margin (Exchange) + Exposure margin (Broker) – Spread benefit
Options Writing/Shorting Margin Requirement:
The total margin is collected on option writing/shorting which varies based on the underlying asset, volatility, expiry and more. It is like futures positions with some inherent differences due to the strike prices. For instance, deep in the money (ITM) options will require significantly more margins than say an Out of the Money (OTM) options. Total margin is collected to hold the position overnight which is also known as MARGIN under the products available at Fyers. If you choose the product code as INTRADAY instead of MARGIN while placing an order, you will get an additional leverage benefit of 40% of total margin requirement. If you need further clarification on the basics of options, I suggest you read our FAQs. We have covered many useful topics there.
As mentioned earlier in the post, we also have 43+ option strategies which are uniquely designed and explained with a step by step guide. If used correctly, it can be a potent weapon in the hands of an active option trader. A quick glimpse, before you get started.
Multi-Leg Options Strategies – Margin Requirements:
Using our unique Options Strategies Lab, you can enter options strategies with great ease. Since, it includes almost all possible types of strategies, you will need a clear understanding of how margins will be blocked and whether you will receive margin benefit for hedged positions. The exchange calculates risk & provides margin benefit for hedged positions based on SPAN calculations and their internal risk policies. I must highlight that the quantum of margin benefit is rather small due to their limitations. For instance, hedged positions can be squared off by traders at any time. Hence a substantial margin benefit is not provided to manage risk effectively. Speaking of risk management, I encourage you to look at some of our 4 legged options strategies:
• Iron Condor
• Reverse Iron Condor
• Iron Butterfly
• Reverse Iron Butterfly
• Long Call Ladder
• Long Put Ladder
Disclaimer: Fyers Margin Policies can change without prior notice as we dynamically manage risk according to the prevailing market conditions and regulatory requirements.
If you have any clarifications, feel free to ask in the comments section below.
Happy Trading!
Tejas Khoday
Tejas is the Co-Founder & CEO at FYERS, the youngest team to get NSE’s broker license. He has a specialization in finance and has over 10 years of work experience spanning across proprietary trading, risk management, and broking. Tejas & his team started FYERS, a technology-focused brokerage as a mission to transform the trading/investment landscape in India.
TEJAS, In fyers web platform can u provide the PREVIOUS Day HIGH & LOW lines? same like FYERS ONE PLATFORM? Its very useful for me like intraday trader. thanks. please reply. waiting for your valuable reply. even if you cant make
Hi Anitha, the charting front-end on FYERS Web is based on TradingView and we provide what is available on the platform. Other than that, we can customize the back-end. We have taken note of your feedback and will work alongside TradingView to get this done.
Suppose if I have short sold options and on options expiry day that particular option has become zero and I need to buy it but if there is no one to sell what will happen?
One more question is that can I hold options short sell over a week or till expiry or does it need to only intraday?
1. If there are no sellers, then you can’t buy. The best way to buy is by placing aggressive bids. But if there still aren’t any, then you will have to continue to hold the position till there is a buyer or until expiry if there isn’t one.
2. You can carry forward your F&O trades and hold them for as long as you want if you choose the product type as MARGIN instead of Intraday.
Keep up the great work guyz.
Please add feature to check options margin also
Great you are giving high leverage but please show exact margins for options shorting also.
Hello,
How do I get to know the margin requirements for equity cash. Tried searching on your site, back office but was not able to find the same.
Hello Rakib, please contact us at support@fyers.in or call us on 080-46251111.
You are giving good intraday margin. Can you give delivery margin 4 futures & options too?
Nopes. Cannot provide overnight margin for derivatives. It is neither healthy for you or us. This is because derivatives are already leveraged and it more likely than not, it can have an adverse impact on your P&L. Fact: Futures are already leveraged by 6-7 times.
Hi Tejas I am your client, I would like to give you a suggestion. Fyers is well known among online traders but you need to target also less active people by advertising on tv or newspapers. I referred my friend to open an account with you and he agreed but I had to tell him the benefits as he had not heard about your name on any big media. Hope you are working on that. Fyers One is much better than Zerodha Pi and Sharekhan Trade Tiger for sure.. I know this but others are not knowing this at all. Best of luck.
Hey Samir, We’re glad you like our trading platforms. We only started acquiring clients about a year ago and we’re happy with our growth rate especially because its all organic. We’re a fully bootstrapped firm and not big on advertising. Instead, we focus on our products and customer services. It is faithful clients such as yourself that make a company successful. Thx for your suggestions, your point is taken.
My brother recommended I might like your platform for trading.. I want to move from Edelweiss to Fyers Tejas. Ask your person to mail me your account opening details.
Will be done in a few minutes Pratap.
Please implement Amit Kumar Pandey’s suggestions. I was going to ask same question.
Sure.
Tejas can I shift my account from Samco to Fyers without any charges?
Yes. If you only want to open a trading account then its free. But if you want to open a demat account, it costs around ₹400 + tax. (This is charged by IL&FS and not us).
If there is notification showing how many lots you can buy in buy window, then also it will be more useful.
Basheer, you’re giving us good suggestions. Thanks have noted this one too.
WHy don’t you introduce ban scrips should show alert in your trading platform? It will avoid wrong positions. Because everytime we cannot come here to see which scrips are in ban right?
Hmm good suggestion. Have taken note of this.
If you tweak few things, you can be better than zerodha. I faced many trading problems witht hem but you don’t have MCX otherwise I could ahve joined Fyers.
Hi Kamal, agreed that we don’t yet have MCX but its in our roadmap. That’s for sure..
Can I get more margin for carry forward in futures? As in can I carry forward with lesser margin in a/c?
Hi, that’s not possible as you are required to fulfill SPAN + Exposure Margin as per exchange requirements.
Multiple opions to add positions will be good. Ban scrips useful I didn’t see this previously.
Can you introduce margin required for multiple positions in this?
You don’t have options in this… include it first.
We’re working on it Rajanna.
Can you show margin benefit as it will be more helpful.
Tejas, is this updated daily? Because I faced problem with Samco It was sometimes not updated and used to show old margin required.
Hi Shakir, we update the margin calculator on a daily basis. So far there has never been a delay 🙂
WHen are you coming up with Options margin calculator? The ban scrips list is a good one on your calculator.