Articles tagged “Expiry”

10 articles.

2026 (10)

  • FinNifty futures on Zerodha

    Nifty Financial Services (FinNifty) futures on Zerodha: index composition, lot size, Tuesday expiry, cash settlement, and the November 2024 discontinuation of …

  • Midcap Nifty futures on Zerodha

    Nifty Midcap Select (Midcap Nifty) futures on Zerodha: the 25-stock midcap index, lot size, Tuesday expiry, cash settlement, and the November 2024 …

  • Nifty 50 futures contract specifications

    Nifty 50 futures on NSE as traded through Zerodha: lot size, tick size, three serial monthly contracts, Tuesday expiry, cash settlement, and the margin to hold …

  • Nifty Midcap (Midcap Select) trading restrictions on Kite

    Nifty Midcap Select trading on Kite carries MIS leverage limits, no extra option-buying leverage, and the November 2024 discontinuation of its weekly options, …

  • Nifty Next 50 futures on Zerodha

    Nifty Next 50 futures on Zerodha: the index of companies ranked 51 to 100, lot size, Tuesday expiry, cash settlement, and the liquidity caveats that distinguish …

  • Physical delivery risks in stock F&O

    Why a small option premium can hide a large delivery obligation, how the short-delivery buy-in auction penalty works, the cost of taking or giving delivery, and …

  • Stock-option restrictions near expiry

    Near expiry, Zerodha applies a physical-delivery margin ramp on ITM stock options from expiry minus four days, blocks fresh deep-ITM and illiquid stock options, …

  • STT on options exercise

    Why securities transaction tax on an exercised in-the-money option is levied on its intrinsic settlement value, not the premium, how the post-2019 narrowing …

  • F&O segment on Zerodha

    Futures and options trading on Zerodha: product codes, margin types, SEBI framework, brokerage, expiry mechanics, and tax treatment.

  • Higher margin near expiry

    F&O positions face higher margin in the days leading to expiry, especially for stock options with physical settlement. Explains the pre-expiry margin layer and …