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Upper / lower circuit on Zerodha trading

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When a stock on Zerodha hits upper or lower circuit (the day’s price band):

  • Upper circuit: Price cannot go higher. New buy orders queue but don’t execute; sellers can still sell to existing queued buys.
  • Lower circuit: Price cannot go lower. New sell orders queue but don’t execute; buyers can still buy from existing queued sells.

Stuck at circuit

A scrip locked at circuit:

  • Limited trading at the circuit price.
  • Queue of unfilled orders building.
  • Liquidity concentrated at one price.

For more on the framework, see Circuit filters NSE BSE .

Exit options

If you hold a falling scrip locked at lower circuit:

  • Wait for the circuit to release.
  • Use limit order at the circuit price (queue for execution).
  • Accept partial fill at the circuit.

If you hold a rising scrip locked at upper circuit (good for sellers):

  • Sell at circuit price to release the queue.
  • Or wait for further price discovery next day.

See also

External references

References

  1. NSE India, Circuit framework, nseindia.com.
  2. Zerodha Support, Trading at circuit, support.zerodha.com.

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