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As per a SEBI mandate, physical settlement is compulsory if a trader holds a position in any Stock F&O contracts on expiry date.

What is Physical Settlement?

In a Stock F&O contract, when there is an open position that has not been squared off by its expiry date, Physical Settlement takes place. This implies they have to physically give/take delivery of Stocks to settle the open transactions instead of settling them with cash.

Examples of physical settlement:

Futures

Long positions of 1 lot of Reliance, 250 quantity at Rs. 2000 i.e. Rs. 5 lakh contract value

F&O = 20% charges i.e. Rs. 1,00,000. This means, you are required to give Rs. 1 lakh, but if you decide to physically settle then you need to have a complete contract value of Rs. 5 lakhs.

Short positions of 1 lot Reliance 250 quantity at Rs. 2000 i.e. Rs. 5 lakh contract value

F&O = 20% charges i.e. Rs. 1,00,000. This means, you are required to give Rs. 1 lakh, but if you decide to physically settle then you need to have the holdings of 250 quantity of Reliance and Rs. 1 lakh margin money till expiry date.

Options

Long - 1 lot of Reliance, 250 quantity for strike price of Rs. 2000 Call (CE) Options.

If the underlying price of Reliance is greater than the strike price of Rs. 2000, then the contract is said to be ITM (In-The-Money). If you wish to go for physical settlement, you need to maintain a free ledger balance of Rs 5 Lakh in your account, else physical settlement would not be done.

Long - 1 lot of Reliance, 250 quantity for Strike price of Rs. 2000 Put (PE) Options.

If the underlying price of Reliance is lesser than strike price of Rs. 2000, then the contract is said to be ITM (In-The-Money). If you wish to go for physical settlement, you need to provide the Stocks (shares) equal to the lot quantity positioned to be available in Demat account, else physical settlement would not be done.

Please note -- 

• 🔹 Short ITM PE options, treatment would be similar to Long ITM CE options.
  Free ledger balance equal to the contract value to be maintained.
• 🔹 Short ITM CE options, treatment would be similar to Long ITM PE options.
  Holdings shares of lot quantity positioned to be available in Demat account.

What is the process for Physical Settlement on Upstox?
To opt for physical settlement on Upstox, you need to provide your consent first and here are the details for the same:

• 🔹 To provide your consent for physical settlement of open Stock F&O contract(s) with October 2023 expiry visit the ‘Profile’ section on your Upstox account on our App / Web and give your consent from here before EOD on Monday, 23rd October 2023.
• 🔹 Based on your consent, Upstox will evaluate whether your position qualifies for physical settlements and if there is sufficient  ledger balances / holdings (whichever applicable) is available.
• 🔹 Kindly, plan your trades keeping in mind that you will not be able to trade in fresh positions in the current October 2023 expiry F&O contracts from Wednesday, 25th October 2023 onwards. 
• 🔹 Correspondingly, position conversion(s) on carry forward of any stock futures positions shall also not be permitted.

What other impact could this have on your positions?
Your position will automatically be squared-off on expiry day at 12:00 PM in case:

• 🔹 You have not provided your consent for physical settlement
• 🔹 You provided your consent for physical settlement and do not have Ledger Value (equal to contract value) / holdings available for the physical settlement of your positions.
• 🔹 In a case of funds / holdings not being available for all the open positions, we will execute square offs for all the positions. Thus no partial funds / holdings evaluation for the expiring positions will be considered by our team.

What else to keep in mind?
Delivery margins would be applicable as per Exchange norms on all the existing long ITM (In The Money) stock option positions in a staggered manner as explained below:

• 🔹 10% of delivery margins computed on expiry -4 days EOD (Friday)
• 🔹 25% of delivery margins computed on expiry -3 days EOD (Monday)
• 🔹 45% of delivery margins computed on expiry -2 days EOD (Tuesday)*
• 🔹 70% of delivery margins computed on expiry -1 day EOD (Wednesday)*

• 🔸 To avoid margin shortages, Upstox would be blocking such (above mentioned) delivery margins from Beginning of the Day (BOD) instead of End of the Day (EOD).
• 🔸 If the positions are not squared off for any reason (e.g: non-liquidity), then the contract would have to be settled physically and you would be liable to pay the entire amount of the settlement.

* If you have opted for physical settlement, you would be required to fulfil the entire funds (contract value) / holdings requirement by EOD on Monday, 23rd October 2023.

In case of spread contracts, you are advised to provide margins for both the legs  since the risk of one leg square off by you anytime would result in physical settlement of the other leg.

Brokerage in Physical settlement:

Since there is a substantial increase in effort and risk to settle these F&O positions resulting in physical delivery, if F&O positions result in physical delivery brokerage will be 0.25% of the physical settled value. For all the netted off positions brokerage will be 0.1% of the physical settled value. All physical settled contracts (Futures & Options) will also carry an applicable Exchange charge.

And that’s all. Keep a watchful eye on this page for more updates from Upstox!

All ITM Crude Option contracts on 17th OCTOBER 2023 will be converted into Futures contracts. 

To avoid square-off, ensure that you maintain sufficient margin for the Future contracts before 10.00 PM today.

On Account Of Dussehra Tuesday, 24th Oct 2023 is a Trading Holiday. Due to this, keep the following impact in mind:

🔸 Markets will be closed on Tuesday, 24th Oct and trading will resume on Wednesday, 25th Oct

🔸 Standard Fund Withdrawal requests after 8 AM on 23rd Oct, Monday, will be processed on 25th Oct

🔸 Our Instant Withdrawal facility will be available as usual, read more.

🔸 MCX will be closed on 24th Oct. for the morning session. The second session (5 PM - 11:30 PM) will take place as usual

🔸 MCX credit bill of 23rd Oct will not be available for trading on 24th Oct

As per  MCX/TRD/700/2023 and MCX/TECH/694/2023 circular, due to the introduction of a new Commodity (MCX) Derivatives Platform on Monday, 16th October, 2023 note the revised trading hours for orders on 16th October 2023

The Exchange shall restore to the following trading hours from 17th October, 2023:

Keep in mind:

AMO (After-market-orders) will not be available till 10:45 AM, Monday, 16th October 2023.

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has discontinued Stop Loss Market (SL-M) orders from 9th October 2023. 

What are Stop-Loss Orders?

As the name suggests, Stop-Loss is an order placed to limit your losses. A stop-loss can either be a buy order or a sell order and is the opposite of your open trade. For instance, if you have gone long on (bought shares of) Reliance at ₹2,000, the stop-loss is placed at a level below the purchase price, say ₹1,950 or ₹1,900. And if you have gone short (sold), say Nifty Futures at 18,000, the stop-loss is placed above your selling price, could be 18,100.

How will this impact traders?

• 🔹 You won’t be able to place any Stop-Loss Market Orders in BSE Equities, Futures, Options, Currencies  
• 🔹 Cover Orders (CO) where the second leg is a Stop-Loss Market Order will also no longer be accepted
• 🔹 You can continue placing Stop-Loss Limit Orders instead

Why is BSE taking this step?

To resolve the occurrences of frequent freak trades, BSE has decided to discontinue SL-M orders.
A "freak trade" refers to an unusual or unexpected trade that deviates significantly from the typical market price movements.  It can cause confusion and panic in the market, affecting other traders and the overall stability of the market.

Positive responses from the trading community:

Market experts and professionals have welcomed this decision, stating that it will be beneficial for small and retail traders. The discontinuation is also in line with National Stock Exchange (NSE) decision to discontinue SL-M orders in September 2021. Traders are encouraged to use Stop Loss Limit (SL-L) orders as an alternative to SL-M orders. An SL-L order only executes at a specified price within a given range, allowing traders greater control and precision while trading.