1. RMS (Risk Management System) - This helps PCAS manage the risk of the company and client from the volatility of the market.
2. Cash - This is the clear balance available in the customer’s ledger account in our books.
3. Margin - The underlying stake provided by the customer in the form of Cash.
4. Exposure - The aggregate of the customer’s obligations arising out of buy and sell trades awaiting settlement in the cash segment and profit/ loss amounts that are yet to be settled on the closed positions.
5. Exposure multiplier - The number of times that exposure is allowed on the underlying margin on the cash segment under Intraday would have to be made either on the availability of cash margin or on the availability of the stocks (which has been sold subject to adjustment of margin requirement) in our margin account.

Policy Statement

1. Setting up exposure limits

   We provide an exposure limit to a client which would be a multiple of the clear ledger balance in the account of the client only in NIFTY 500 scripts. The value of the “multiple” will be Three times or actual margin required by exchange (VAR+ELM) whichever is higher which may be changed by RMS Team from time to time based on market conditions.

   Clients can place orders in two products:

   • Intraday
   • Delivery

   If a client wishes to use margin, he/she can place orders with the Intraday product. Once the trade has been filled, only a portion of the full applicable margin will be blocked as per margin requirements for the stock. PCAS will square off all open positions under the Intraday Product anytime during the last 30 minutes of normal market closure timing.

   If a client wishes to hold a stock overnight, he/she can place orders using the CNC product code. The full amount of margin is applicable at the time of placing the order.

2. Policy for penny stocks

   Stocks which appear in the list of illiquid securities issued by the Exchanges every Quarter are considered penny stocks. These stocks are generally considered to be highly speculative and risky because of their lack of liquidity, large bid-ask spreads, small capitalization and limited following and disclosure. Depending on the market condition and RMS policy of the company, PCAS reserves the right to refuse to allow trading and/or provide limits on penny stocks.

3. Delivery Trades

   The net purchase or sale of scrip in a client account that is settled by way of a delivery on T+1 (or as per settlement schedule). Delivery in respect of sale transactions in the cash segment must be settled by the client by tendering securities either through e-dis/DDPI/POA mode. By not doing so, the client faces the risk of entering in auction.

4. Trading in newly listed shares, illiquid securities

   Newly listed securities, illiquid securities and Trade-to-Trade securities which have high VaR margin are subject to high market risks and rate fluctuations. Illiquid securities and Trade-to-Trade securities will have a daily price range (DPR) whereby the chances that these shares can reach the upper DPR or Lower DPR during a trading day are higher than other securities. Hence, the dealing in these securities will be subject to permission from the surveillance department and will be subject to the available credit balance.

5. Policy for ASM and GSM Securities

   In case of ASM and GSM securities the Company has allowed trades in scrips that fall under ASM/GSM category from grade I/ Stage I. Only those scrips will be blocked for trading where the margin requirement (VAR+ELM) is higher then 100%. Exchanges has vide their respective circulars have provided for guidelines on ASM and GSM securities. The client can refer to the same in case of explanation required.

6. Intraday Margin Exceptions

   Intraday Margin may be reduced on certain days due to any of the following reasons:
   1. Exchange policy changes or regulation
   2. Government policy changes or regulation
   3. Broker policy changes
   4. Excessive or abnormal market movement / turnover / volatility

7. Risk Management (Online Surveillance)

   PCAS utilizes a margin based automated RMS. Total deposits of the clients are uploaded in the system and the client may take exposure on the basis of margin applicable for the respective security as per the VaR based margining system of the stock exchange and / or margin defined by the RMS team based on their risk perception.

8. Mark-to-Market Square-OFF

   At any given point in time if the MTM level of the client breaches 70% of his available Cash margin, the risk team would square off the complete positions of the client with or without intimating the clients.

   For sake of better understanding, the square off percentage of 70% is basically the threshold base limit and it should not be construed as exact 70%. The position may get squared off at or around 70% of the base threshold limit. In case of extreme market volatility, it may not be possible to monitor the square off limit from percentage (%) to percentage (%).

   Further the square off will also be based on the extreme volatility in the market which may have severe impact on the client and the company. The Company may or may not inform the client on the same in case of such circumstances. (SEBI guideline on close out/square off)

   If the client is having MTM loss of more than 40% but less than 70% of his available cash margins, the square off call will be taken by the Risk team. A prior intimation on the same may or may not be given and thus clients are requested to take care of their positions and MTM.

   There may or may not be a margin calls or intimation from our RMS desk.

PCAS shall not be liable for any loss that arises due to selling of scrips by the RMS team on non-payment as well as loss in case where selling of scrips has not been carried out by the RMS team as mentioned above due to any reason.

PCAS reserves the right to change the above policies any time in general or in particular case within the Exchange regulations / SEBI regulations / guidelines.

1. RMS (Risk Management System) - This helps PCAS manage the risk of the company and client from the volatility of the market.
2. Cash - This is the clear balance available in the customer’s ledger account in our books.
3. Margin - The underlying stake provided by the customer in the form of cash, and / or stock Pledge to mitigate market (price) or settlement (auction) risk.
4. Exposure - The aggregate of the customer’s obligations arising out of buy and sell trades awaiting settlement in the cash segment and profit/ loss amounts that are yet to be settled on the closed positions including future and options.

1. Setting up exposure limits

   In the derivatives segment, an initial margin is mandatory. Initial Margin stands for VaR (Value at Risk) + ELM (Extreme Loss Margin) + Additional 5% of (VaR+ELM) i.e. Initial margin can be 105% of VaR+ELM as the case may be.

   In case of Futures and selling of Options, full initial margin will be applicable. For buying of options, the full premium margin amount is required to be paid.

   The limit will be allowed as per the available margin which is "Ledger + Margin pledge" (Margin pledge refers to the margin availed after pledging the approved securities with PCAS) and an Un-cleared cheque will not be considered as Margin.

2. Order Type

   Clients can place orders in for products in the F&O segment:

   • Intraday
   • NRML (Normal)

   Client cannot Carry Forward any positions in Intraday Product. If a client wishes to hold his F&O positions overnight, he/she needs to place the order under the NRML product code. PCAS will square off all open positions under the Intraday Product code anytime during the last 30 minutes of normal market closure timing. Further, All positions under Intraday Product will be subject to 70% MTM Loss i.e. positions will be liquidated if loss reaches to a pre decided level of client margin loss. The OPEN positions (i.e. the carry forward overnight positions) and the intraday leverage position (across segments) will also be squared off at 70% MTM level.

   There will be no margin call before the position is squared off. During times of extreme volatility, the loss could be more than the funds available in your account before the position is squared off. All resulting charges or debts that might occur from such square offs will have to be borne by the client.

   For stocks sold in cash segment, 100% of the selling value will be available for F&O margin on T+1 working day.

   Profits earned on Intraday trades will not considered for margin requirement.

3. Security Margin Pledge

   1. Only DDPI enabled demat/trading account can avail the facility of the Security Margin Pledge.
   2. Only NSE exchange-approved lists of securities will be accepted as Margin Pledge.
   3. Requests placed on any day, will be processed and the benefit in terms of margin for taking new position will be provided on the next working day.
   4. Margin pledge valuation is done on the previous day’s closing price. Net valuation is calculated by applying appropriate haircut based on the margin (VaR + ELM) percentage specified by the exchanges or 25% whichever is higher. In case of Liquid Bees, a haircut of 10% is applicable.
   5. Cash to Collateral ratio can vary from 50:50 to 0:100 as the case may be from client to client. This has to be maintained at all times and in case of any insufficient Cash Margins, Interest would be levied at @18% per annum on the funded amount.
   6. PCAS reserves the right to liquidate any stock in case of debits arising in the client account and subsequent non-payment of such debits at any given point of time. In such cases, the liquidating preferences would be in the hands of the RISK desk of PCAS.
   7. Clients may or may not be able to use Collateral Margin to buy Options and for Delivery (CNC) based trades in the Equity segment.
   8. Clients will continue to get benefits of all corporate actions like dividends, splits, bonuses, etc. on the stocks they have pledged.

4. Derivatives Expiry

   No fresh Buy positions will be allowed in the Stock Futures & Options contract on the last day of the expiry. Clients will only be allowed to square off their existing positions.

   On the day of Expiry all open positions will get squared off during the last 30 minutes of normal trading hours. Physical settlement in case of F&O is not allowed. Client who wish to take physical delivery of securities should square off the existing open position and buy the securities in cash market.

5. Mark-to-Market Square-OFF

   Client is required to pay the MTM loss through fund transfer (Net Banking / NEFT / RTGS).

   MTM loss can be paid through transfer of funds (Net Banking / NEFT / RTGS) at any time till 4 p.m. on T+1 working day, no penalty will be on the client for non fulfilment of MTM loss.

   If MTM loss is not paid by client on T+1 working day, than Position will get automatically sq-off by the system on T+2 working day after 9.30 a.m.

   If Delivery margin in case of In the Money (ITM) stock option is not paid by T+1 working day, than Position will get automatically sq-off by the system on T+2 day any time after 2.30 p.m.

   At any given point in time if the MTM level of the client breaches 70% of his available Cash margin + eligible stock given as margin pledge after respective haircut, the risk team would square off the complete positions of the client with or without intimating the clients.

   For sake of better understanding, the square off percentage of 70% is basically the threshold base limit and it should not be construed as exact 70%. The position may get squared off at or around 70% of the base threshold limit. In case of extreme market volatility, it may not be possible to monitor the square off limit from percentage (%) to percentage (%).

   Further the square off will also be based on the extreme volatility in the market which may have severe impact on the client and the company. The Company may or may not inform the client on the same in case of such circumstances. (SEBI guideline on close out/square off)

   If the client is having MTM loss of more than 40% but less than 70% of his available cash margins + Stock Pledge, The square off call will be taken by the Risk team. There may or may not be a margin calls or intimation from our RMS desk.

PCAS shall not be liable for any loss that arises due to square off of position by the RMS team on non-payment as well as loss in case where square off of position has not been carried out by the RMS team as mentioned above due to any reason.

PCAS reserves the right to change the above policies any time in general or in particular case within the Exchange regulations / SEBI regulations / guidelines.