{"id":28091,"date":"2026-06-08T09:27:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=28091"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:29:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T11:29:50","slug":"understanding-optimal-margin-requirement-and-delayed-payment-charges","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/article\/understanding-optimal-margin-requirement-and-delayed-payment-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Optimal Margin Requirement and Delayed Payment Charges."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When you trade, the exchange sets a minimum margin that needs to be maintained in your account. To keep your trades running without any interruptions, it is recommended that you maintain a little more than just the minimum, this is called the Optimal Margin. Ideally, keeping an extra 10\u201325% above your required margin gives you a safe cushion so that you are never caught off guard during market fluctuations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your account falls below this optimal margin, you will be charged Delayed Payment charges of up to 5.10% on the shortfall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How Are Delayed Payment Charges Calculated?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your Delayed Payment charges are calculated at 1.10% on the maximum optimal margin used, and 18% GST is applicable on top of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, if your maximum optimal margin used was \u20b91,00,000:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Delayed Payment Charge = \u20b91,00,000 \u00d7 1.10% = \u20b91,100 GST (18%) = \u20b91,100 \u00d7 18% = \u20b9198 Total Delayed Payment Charges = \u20b91,100 + \u20b9198 = \u20b91,298<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How Can You Avoid These Charges?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simply keep 10\u201325% more than your required margin in your account at all times. For example, if your required margin is 50%, maintaining 60\u201375% in your account will ensure you never run into these charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"ht_kb_category":[2883],"ht_kb_tag":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/28091"}],"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=28091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/28091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28093,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/28091\/revisions\/28093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb_category?post=28091"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samco.in\/help-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb_tag?post=28091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}