Required margin vs final margin on a Kite basket

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

On a Kite basket order , the required margin is the money Zerodha needs to place every leg of the basket, computed leg by leg before any offset, and the final margin is the smaller amount actually blocked in the account once the basket executes and the hedge benefit between offsetting legs and any written-option premium credit settle. The two figures appear side by side on the basket summary, and the gap between them is not an error or an extra charge: the final margin is the slice of the required margin that stays blocked after the net position is computed.

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Required margin vs final margin on a Kite basket