Order Rejection on WebNotes

GTT order limitations and rejection reasons

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

A GTT (Good Till Triggered) order on Zerodha Kite is a broker-stored conditional instruction that releases a single regular limit order to the exchange when your trigger price is touched, and it is rejected when that released order fails validation, most often for insufficient funds, a freeze-quantity breach, an ineligible or blocked scrip, or an expired contract; because the GTT is not lodged at the exchange and fires only once, it is best-effort rather than guaranteed. The distinction that trips up traders is that a GTT can pass placement-time checks today and still be rejected at trigger time months later, when the funds, eligibility, and exchange limits are re-evaluated. This article documents the instrument-eligibility, quantity, funds, and structural limits, the specific rejection messages, and the reason a GTT should be treated as a convenience layer, not a certainty.

How to fix a basket that partially executed on Kite

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

A basket order on Kite is not an atomic transaction, so a basket can partially execute: some legs fill while others reject for margin, a price band breach, low liquidity, or a freeze-quantity cap. Kite sends each leg to the exchange in sequence, and the exchange accepts or rejects each one on its own merits. When a leg rejects, the rest of the basket still goes through, which can leave you holding part of a structure you meant to enter whole. The fix is to identify the failed legs, clear the specific reason each one rejected, and re-place only those legs.

Why a GTT triggered but did not execute on Zerodha

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

A GTT (Good Till Triggered) order on Zerodha can trigger and still not execute because the trigger does not place a market order; it releases a limit order at your chosen limit price, and that limit order fills only if the market offers a matching price. When the last traded price has already moved past the limit, when the account lacks the funds or margin the released order needs, or when a circuit locks the stock, the order rests unfilled or is rejected, and the GTT is marked triggered but not executed.

Why orders get rejected on Kite

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A Kite order is rejected when a pre-trade check, run either by Zerodha’s Risk Management System or by the NSE, BSE, or MCX matching engine, fails before the order can rest in the book. The rejection is not silent: the exact reason is written into the order detail in the Kite Orders tab, and that string names the specific rule that blocked the order. Reading it is the whole diagnosis. Almost every rejection reduces to one of a fixed set of causes, and each cause has a documented fix.

Exchange mass cancel reason

Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

When Kite shows “exchange mass cancel” as an order rejection reason, the exchange has cancelled multiple orders due to specific operational or market conditions.

Common triggers

Pre-open session matching: Some pre-open orders may be cancelled if they’re outside the indicative price range.
Circuit breaker activation: Index-level circuit halts can cancel pending orders.
System maintenance window: Planned exchange downtime cancels open orders.
Trading halt: Specific scrip suspended; pending orders on it are cancelled.
Operational issues at the exchange: Rare; may cancel a batch of orders for risk management.

What happens

When mass cancel applies:

How to fix MTF buy order not allowed (open holding sell)

Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

When an MTF buy order is rejected with “open holding sell” message, you have a pending sell order on the same scrip that conflicts with the new MTF buy.

Resolution

Either:

Cancel the pending sell order, then place MTF buy.
Wait for the sell to execute, then place MTF buy.

Why the conflict

The broker’s RMS prevents simultaneous buy and sell on the same scrip:

Conflicting positions.
Margin / pledge complications.
Avoid unintended round-trips.

External references

References

Zerodha, MTF order rejection reasons, support.zerodha.com.

How to fix MTF buy order not allowed for the day (sell position)

Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

When MTF buy is blocked with “not allowed for the day, sell position” error, you have an open or recent sell on the same scrip that prevents the MTF buy from being placed today.

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Order Rejection on WebNotes

GTT order limitations and rejection reasons

How to fix a basket that partially executed on Kite

Why a GTT triggered but did not execute on Zerodha

Why orders get rejected on Kite

Exchange mass cancel reason

Common triggers

What happens

How to fix MTF buy order not allowed (open holding sell)

Resolution

Why the conflict

See also

External references

References

How to fix MTF buy order not allowed for the day (sell position)