{"id":26631,"date":"2026-04-05T18:53:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T18:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=26631"},"modified":"2026-04-05T18:53:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T18:53:56","slug":"what-is-the-procedure-if-i-want-to-hold-mtf-positions-beyond-the-standard-holding-period","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/article\/what-is-the-procedure-if-i-want-to-hold-mtf-positions-beyond-the-standard-holding-period\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is the Procedure If I Want to Hold MTF Positions Beyond the Standard Holding Period?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>MTF does not have a fixed holding period. Your MTF subscription is valid for life, so you can hold a position as long as you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To keep a position open, you must:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Maintain sufficient margin in your account at all times<\/li><li>Ensure there is no outstanding shortfall on your pledged collateral<\/li><li>Pay the daily interest of 0.05% on the funded amount continuously<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What if the stock drops while you are holding long-term?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the stock falls and your margin drops below the required level, you will receive a shortfall alert. You will need to add funds or pledge additional securities to keep the position open. If you do not act, the position will be auto squared off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For long positions held over weeks or months, the daily interest adds up \u2014 factor this cost into your decision to hold or exit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"ht_kb_category":[2887],"ht_kb_tag":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/26631"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/26631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26633,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/26631\/revisions\/26633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb_category?post=26631"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb_tag?post=26631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}