Commodity

Due to increased volatility, MIS/BO/CO margins are higher than usual. Keep track of the latest intraday leverages offered in all segments here.

Zerodha is among select few brokerages to not levy the additional 5% special margin and hence has the lowest margin(NRML) requirement for trading futures for overnight/positional.

Commodity margin (PDF) Last updated: 08 Apr 2020

# Commodity Lot size Price NRML Margin MIS Margin
1 ALUMINI 1 MT 132.85 12288 6144 Calculate
2 ALUMINIUM 5 MT 133.6 61790 30895 Calculate
3 COPPER 2.5 MT 389.3 91582 45791 Calculate
4 COTTON 25 BALES 16500 38156 N/A Calculate
5 CPO 10 MT 632 76472 N/A Calculate
6 CRUDEOIL 100 BBL 2034 109998 54999 Calculate
7 GOLD 1 KGS 44824 545059 272529 Calculate
8 GOLDGUINEA 8 GRMS 35551 3480 1740 Calculate
9 GOLDM 100 GRMS 43888 50163 25081 Calculate
10 GOLDPETAL 1 GRMS 4405 456 228 Calculate
11 LEAD 5 MT 134.05 75403 37701 Calculate
12 LEADMINI 1 MT 133.55 15024 7512 Calculate
13 MENTHAOIL 360 KGS 1090 57879 N/A Calculate
14 NATURALGAS 1250 MMBTU 137 29711 14855 Calculate
15 NICKEL 1500 KGS 872.4 129158 64579 Calculate
16 SILVER 30 KGS 43005 248095 124047 Calculate
17 SILVERM 5 KGS 43120 38549 19274 Calculate
18 SILVERMIC 1 KGS 42000 7648 3824 Calculate
19 ZINC 5 MT 146.8 67895 33947 Calculate
20 ZINCMINI 1 MT 147.75 13666 6833 Calculate
Product type Name Used for
NRML Normal Overnight/positional or intraday trade futures using NRML with margins mentioned below. Once a position taken as NRML, it can be held till the expiry provided the requesite NRML margin present in the trading account.
MIS Margin Intraday Square off Intraday trade using MIS for additional leverage(50% of NRML margin) from 10am to until 25 minutes before market closing when all MIS positions get squared off.
CO Cover Order Please use the Bracket Order & Cover Order calculator for CO calculations