I want to start trading in F&O but am little confused about margins.
for example,
-Suppose I have 800 Infosys in my demat ac, purchased a long time ago.
-I want to go short in futures of Infosys, for that margin is needed. Now I already have that much worth of shares in my demat ac. Still do I have to transfer cash for limits? Can I somehow use the already present shares instead of forking out the cash? There is something like 'shares as margin' mentioned. What exactly is that? Also do I have to pay for this? The brokers' site doesn't mention it clearly.
for example,
-Suppose I have 800 Infosys in my demat ac, purchased a long time ago.
-I want to go short in futures of Infosys, for that margin is needed. Now I already have that much worth of shares in my demat ac. Still do I have to transfer cash for limits? Can I somehow use the already present shares instead of forking out the cash? There is something like 'shares as margin' mentioned. What exactly is that? Also do I have to pay for this? The brokers' site doesn't mention it clearly.