Introducing Margin Trading Facility (MTF) on Dhan: Now Trade with Less 💰

We understand that as traders, the most important thing for you when you trade is to make money - and more important thing to do is minimise your capital while you trade. Less money you bring, the less is your risk - it’s that simple.

We worked with Traders and understand their needs, with that over time we have transparently brought on multiple products & features for you with respect to Trading & Margin -

Dhan allows you to get additional margin benefit against pledge on over 1450+ stocks (Introducing: Pledge Shares for Margin Benefit - Product Announcements 🔈 - MadeForTrade) - and you know already that this margin benefit can be used across all segments, on all exchanges, on all order types and also on Options Buying as well as Option Selling. Pledge on Dhan is instant and selling & un pledged is in-line which means you do not have to first un pledge and then sell. And only on Dhan we show you the real-time value of Pledge Benefit.

For Intraday traders, Dhan also provides you up to 5X intraday leverage on 850+ stocks; more features like industry first Transaction Estimator (Now Live on Dhan - Transaction Estimator - Product Announcements 🔈 - MadeForTrade), Basket Orders with Hedge Benefit, and introducing the margins for quick reference on all the scrips on Dhan.

We understand that for traders, beyond the ones mentioned above there could be multiple opportunities to trade, specially for Swing Traders, Short Term Investors or BTST Traders. There are times when your funds are blocked in existing positions and you spot an opportunity in the markets or you simply want to use leverage to increase the potential returns from a trade. In such scenarios, margins are the go to product and now we take a step further to make trading even more fruitful with Margin Trading Facility (MTF) on Dhan.

Introducing: Margin Trading Facility (MTF) on Dhan. Now available on Dhan Web & App

MTF stands for Margin Trading Facility (commonly referred to as Margin Funding) wherein when you have to trade / invest, you bring in part of the funds of the trade (known as your margin) and the stock broker (in this case Dhan) brings in the remaining funds on behalf of you - so that you can by the desired shares with lower margins / capital required from your end. Note: The exchange always requires the full capital, so Dhan arranges for the same in this case for a smaller interest amount.

Now, once purchased you can hold these stocks for as long as you want till the margins are provided by Dhan. MTF as a investing / trading product is particularly built keeping in mind the interest of :

  • Equity Swing traders
  • Short Term traders
  • Traders looking at doing BTST trades.

Incredible MTF experience on Dhan

Here are some cool offerings that we bring to Dhan for a better Margin Funding experience with MTF for you:

  • We give up to 4X leverages while buying 950+ stocks using MTF ( List of stocks eligible for Margin Funding)
  • Hold Stocks for Unlimited Period: No restrictions on time period, stocks bought using MTF can be held as long as you want and maintain required margins.
  • Margin Funding Estimator: To make things as transparent as possible, we introduce a Margin Funding estimator that shows you the margins that will be required to place along with all estimates before you take your MTF trade.
  • Simple Order Flow: MTF is integrated and easy. Simply select MTF while placing orders, Dhan will automatically show you when MTF is applicable and the margins provided.
  • Shares bought via MTF will be tagged separately in the Positions & Portfolio section.
  • These MTF holdings can be sold seamlessly from MTF tab without any un-pledging required.
  • Enjoy interest free funding on stocks till they are settled.
  • Interest Rate of 0.0438% per day on the funded amount.
  • Pledging of MTF shares is seamless and quick. Pledge anywhere between 4-9 pm and enjoy the benefits of Margin Funding.

How do I place an MTF order?

Placing an order using Margin Trading Facility is as simple as placing any other order on Dhan. There are no additional steps or processes required for its activation.

  • Select a stock on which Dhan provides MTF, say for example SBI.
  • Tap on Buy and go to the order screen and select MTF (This section will be activated for stocks eligible for MTF)
  • Add the required quantity and order type. You can also view the margin required to buy that stock using Funding Estimator and accordingly place the order.
  • Tap on “Buy with MTF” and your order is placed! Pledge these holdings between 4-9 pm from the Positions page for it to qualify as an MTF order.

Refer to the video for a better understanding :point_down:

Here is the link to our MTF Calculator: MTF Calculator - Calculate Interest, MTF Charges & Margin Available | Dhan

While this is only the first version of our MTF release, expect many more exciting updates to the product as we go along. For any other questions that you may have please refer to our detailed FAQs. We will also be releasing a detailed note on the important things to keep in mind while using MTF so lookout for that.

As always, we hope to provide you a wholesome trading & investing experience & look forward to your feedback.

Please note: We provide upto 5X leverages on 850+ stocks for intraday and upto 4X leverages on 950+ stocks for MTF.

Thanks,
Pranita
Product @ Dhan

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Interest of 16% a year, difficult to generate that return from markets on bigger capital but great feature nonetheless :slight_smile:

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Good to see you back on community after a while @doubles.

As a business - we will never compete on pricing, we focus on building a better product & customer experience in everything we do.

For a business, the cost of capital today varies from 14-18% depending on its source - either from a bank or NBFC. It’s more or less public data, you will see it on many places, here’s one of references: https://www.paisabazaar.com/business-loan/interest-rates/

We spend a lot every month in product, technology and infrastructure. Have shared my personal views on broking industry and pricing here: Stock Broking Industry: Some perspective on Pricing / Brokerage & Way Forward | being practical

If the cost of funds become lower, we will pass on the benefit to our users.

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@PravinJ Can you clarify the following?

  • MTF will help us to buy stocks with only 25% fund in our account. The stocks which are bought can be pledged and the pledged collateral can be used for trading in options. Is that right?

  • Suppose if I buy a stock today and sell it after 10 days. What will be the approximate interest rate? I am assuming interest will be calculated for 8 days (as interest calculation starts after T+2 days). So it will be (0.046% * 8 * fund allocated by Dhan)

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Hi Stanly,

MTF is already a leveraged product & pledged product, it can’t be pledged further. Its the other way, if you have a pledge stock against which you have a margin benefit - you can buy stocks on MTF with that… provided all rules of cash + collaterals are met.

Yes, your calculation is correct. Please check the settlement of stock, they are now T+1 and T+2 as well.

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Suppose I buy an stock on T+2 settlement. I have funds of Rs 10,006.96 and dhan funded me Rs 28,976.14 Now i want to sell it after 10 days !!

Interest will be calculated as 0.0438% x 8 x 28,976.14 = Rs 101.53

Am i correct ?

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Hey @Pradhan ,

Yes, your calculation is correct. Interest will start getting charged on funded amount post T+2 days in your case.

Thanks,
Pranita

Two Queries:

  1. What about Pledge charges (is it12.5 per transaction + GST ) ?
  2. I believe I must mark the transaction as ’ MTF ’ on the same day after 4:00 PM or after T1- T3 ?

Regards

Hi @suhasg

A pledge and un-pledge charge of ₹ 12.5 /transaction / ISIN + GST each is applicable.

Pledge your holdings anytime between 4 PM - 9 PM on the same day with Dhan.

Hi @GalaticX,

We are working on your concern, and will revert you on your registered email id.

Hi,
I bought some shares of VBL using MTF on Friday, planning to sell it on monday, a BTST trade.
But I am not able to sell or even place limit order in any tabs stating insufficient fund.?

Hey @Abdunafih ,

A margin of 20% is required as per exchange norms in case of BTST trades. Could you confirm if you have maintained that?

Thanks,
Pranita

Hi,

No I didn’t maintain that. I mailed the customer support and they also pointed it out.
Thanks for the reply.

Regards,
Abdu Nafih

Suppose i have 10k and after selecting mtf i got 30k extra total 40k so the daily interest of 0.043% i need to pay on 10k or 30k or 40k

You will be charged interest on the funded amount only, in this case 30K.

I cannot find the option to convert from MTF to delivery.

@CHANDAR,

This is on our list of things to do. Meanwhile, please share this request via your registered email to help@dhan.co.

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16% is too much, please lower the rates with respect to your competitors.

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Hi @therakesharma,

We have explained this scenario here.

Hello, a great feature indeed. A query:
How to place bracket orders (BO) in margin trading facility (MTF)?