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Futures & Options (F&O)
  1. What is interoperability of exchanges and how does this affect my Equity and F&O trading?
  2. What is F&O (Futures and Options)?
  3. How to view the option chain on Kite and what are its features?
  4. What are the risks of trading Futures and Options (F&O)?
  5. What are the new lot sizes for Index F&O contracts?
  6. Can F&O positions be rolled over during the ban period?
  7. What are Open Interest (OI) limits?
  8. Why are weekly expiries no longer available for certain F&O contracts?
  9. How to trade weekly nifty option contracts in Zerodha?
  10. Why is buying stock options close to the expiry not allowed?
  11. Why were funds deducted from my Zerodha account when I exited a profitable short options position?
  12. What is Zerodha's policy on the physical settlement of equity derivatives on expiry?
  13. What are currency derivatives, and how to trade them on Kite?
  14. Why is the option order being rejected with a request to place it around the theoretical price?
  15. What are interest rate derivatives?
  16. How is buy average calculated for F&O trades?
  17. What are the risks associated with the physical delivery of stock Futures & Options (F&O)?
  18. What are electricity futures and how to trade them on Zerodha?
  19. How are electricity contracts settled at Zerodha?
  20. Why was the settlement price 0 for the option position, although the Last Traded Price (LTP) is not 0?
  21. Why can't market orders be placed for certain index and stock option contracts at Zerodha?
  22. What happens if the option contract is not squared off on the expiry date?
  23. Why are F&O contracts not displayed for a particular stock?
  24. Why do F&O contracts enter ban period?
  25. What does Rollover mean?
  26. If an F&O position results in taking delivery of the stock, when will the stocks show up on Kite?
  27. What is the impact of corporate actions on futures and options?
  28. Why are there restrictions on placing Nifty and Sensex option orders for certain strike prices?
  29. Why are there restrictions on placing Bank Nifty and Nifty option orders for certain strike prices?

Market sessions
  1. What are stock market timings?
  2. What are pre-market and post-market sessions on NSE & BSE?
  3. What are the auto square-off timings for open intraday positions?
  4. What are the trading hours for a stock on the listing day after its IPO?
  5. What is periodic call auction and why are some stocks traded in this category?

Commodity trading
  1. How are MCX contracts settled?
  2. What is devolvement for commodity option and how does it work?
  3. Why is trading in some agri commodities not allowed?
  4. What is the position limit for agricultural commodities?
  5. Why is an additional margin charged for energy futures contracts close to expiry?
  6. How long can I hold MCX contracts?
  7. Why do MCX prices differ from international prices for gold, silver, aluminium and zinc?
  8. What does clubbing of open position limit on MCX mean?
  9. What does the devolvement of ITM commodity options mean, and what impact does it have on the positions?

Securities Lending and Borrowing (SLB)
  1. Can SLB positions be rolled over?
  2. How to place orders for SLB?
  3. What is Securities Lending and Borrowing (SLB) and how to avail it?
  4. Where can I find the list of approved securities for SLB?
  5. Where can I check SLB bids and offers?
  6. What do Repay and Recall mean in SLB, and how can I foreclose my SLB position?
  7. What are the charges for SLB transactions?
  8. What are the eligibility criterias for placing SLB orders?
  9. Does Zerodha offer the facility of Securities Lending and Borrowing (SLB)?
  10. Can an NRI, HUF, Corporate account avail SLB services?
  11. How to get the trade confirmation memo for Securities Lending and Borrowing (SLB) trades?
  12. How are Securities Lending and Borrowing (SLB) trades taxed?
  13. Is DDPI mandatory to avail of SLB services at Zerodha?
  14. Can pledged shares be lent under SLB?
  15. How to activate and deactivate Securities Lending and Borrowing (SLB)?
  16. Is POA mandatory to avail of SLB services at Zerodha?

Trading categories and groups
  1. What do the different groups on NSE and BSE mean?
  2. What does the SM or M symbol beside a stock mean?
  3. Where can the ETFs listed on the exchange be found?
  4. Where can I see the stocks I hold that are suspended?
  5. How to buy NCDs, bonds, and tax-free bonds on Kite?
  6. What happens when a stock is suspended?
  7. Can Zerodha Fund House securities be pledged for margin?
  8. How are shares settled in a BTST transaction?
  9. What is ASM (Additional surveillance measures)?
  10. What does GSM mean?
  11. Why is buying restricted for GSM stage 2 and above stocks?
  12. What are large cap, mid cap and small cap companies, and how to identify them?
  13. What is BZ Category of stocks on NSE?
  14. What are the risks associated with trading in securities under surveillance measures?

Others
  1. Everything you need to know to get started with your Zerodha account
  2. Does Zerodha have a desktop platform?
  3. When does cash settlement happen to close out short delivery?
  4. What does settlement cycle mean?
  5. What is short delivery and what are its consequences?
  6. Why are the purchased shares not visible in the holdings?
  7. Where can Pi be downloaded?
  8. What are market-wide circuit breakers?
  9. What are circuit limits or price bands?
  10. Can I buy shares on one exchange and sell on another?
  11. Can I carry out arbitrage trades between two exchanges?
  12. Why is there a difference between the LTP and closing price on exchange?
  13. Can the product type of the hedged position be converted?
  14. Why isn't my order getting executed even though it has been placed successfully?
  15. Which commodity options contracts can I trade on Kite?
  16. What are Trade to Trade or T2T stocks?
  17. Does Zerodha support Stockreports+?
  18. How can I regenerate my CDSL TPIN if I've forgotten it?
  19. Why do option contracts show no price movement when the stock and futures are moving?
  20. How safe are the funds and securities with a stockbroker?
  21. What is a settlement holiday and its impact?
  22. How safe is it to trade with Zerodha?
  23. What is the difference between holdings and positions?
  24. How to trade weekly currency options at Zerodha?
  25. Can I invest in foreign stocks through Zerodha?
  26. Why is the circuit limit showing differently on Kite after the stocks circuit limit has already been hit?
  27. Why do I experience delays in order placement during market opening?
  28. Can I pledge covered bonds as collateral for margin at Zerodha?
  29. Can NSE/BSE commodities be traded at Zerodha?
  30. Why are bids and offers at 0 being displayed in the market depth?
  31. Why is the account in debit after placing a stop-loss order?
  32. What is BTST and how does it work?
  33. What does IRP (Insolvency Resolution Process) mean?
  34. What is a daily margin statement, and how to understand it?
  35. How to do BTST trades at Zerodha?
  36. How to check all the trades placed with the broker on the exchange?
  37. Why do I receive SMS and email from NSE, BSE, and MCX when trading?
  38. What is available cash and opening balance on Kite?
  39. Why is the opening price of a stock different from its previous day's closing price on Kite?
  40. Can cross-currency derivatives be traded in Zerodha?
  41. Why is intraday trading not allowed for contracts if the underlying security is under a ban period?
  42. What are the risks involved in BTST?
  43. Where can I obtain Form 10DB at Zerodha?
  44. What are partly paid shares?
  45. Why has my fund balance increased but shares are missing from my holdings?
  46. What are unsettled funds?
  47. What are Exchange Traded Funds(ETF’s)?
  48. What are Differential Voting Rights (DVR) shares?
  49. Will Zerodha square off the positions in case of “freak trades”?
  50. What happens to my investments if a stockbroker becomes bankrupt?
  51. What are CFDs (Contract for Difference)?
  52. How to track global indices on Kite?
  53. How to generate the CDSL TPIN required to authorise the CNC sell transactions?
  54. What is the validity of the CDSL authorisation?
  55. Does Zerodha offer demo accounts for paper trading?
  56. Can I track my reading progress on the Varsity web?
  57. What is TradingQ&A?
  58. What is Z-connect?
  59. Is there a mobile app for Zerodha Varsity?
  60. Does Zerodha help clients learn how to invest and trade?
  61. What is Zerodha's brokerage calculator?
  62. What is the CDSL TPIN and how to use it to sell the stock holdings?
  63. How does Zerodha square off positions?
  64. Why does Zerodha square off positions?
  65. How to short sell?
  66. Can I visit Zerodha offices to trade?
  67. Can I trade currency derivatives on BSE?
  68. Does Zerodha assign a relationship manager who provides advisory tips?
  69. Can orders be placed by calling Zerodha?
  70. Where can an investor or trader learn about relevant taxes?
  71. Will Zerodha help me learn to invest and trade?
  72. How to backtest the technical strategies on Kite by Zerodha?
  73. Why have I been charged margin penalty?
  74. How is Option premium calculated when there are multiple trades?
  75. What happens to the funds and holdings if a stockbroker defaults?
  76. Why is MIS not allowed for certain instruments?

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