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What is the CDSL TPIN and how to use it to sell the stock holdings?

If you have enabled DDPI for your Zerodha account, you can sell shares without entering CDSL T-PIN and OTP, and the Authorise option will not be visible to you.

CDSL TPIN allows you to authorise the sale of your stock holdings for delivery transactions. If you have enabled DDPI, you can sell shares without entering CDSL TPIN and OTP, and the Authorise option will not be visible to you. As per CDSL regulation, if you are a non-DDPI/POA customer, you must use CDSL TPIN and OTP to authorise the debit of securities from your demat account for delivery sale transactions.

With CDSL TPIN, you can pre-authorise the sale of your stocks at the beginning of each trading day, eliminating the need to do it for every delivery sell order you place during the day. You can pre-authorise your holdings after 7:00 AM for that particular day.

Getting your CDSL TPIN

CDSL sends your TPIN via email from [email protected], and to your registered phone number. If you cannot locate or have forgotten your TPIN, you can generate your TPIN again.

How to sell with CDSL TPIN authorisation on Kite app

  1. Tap on Holdings.
  2. Tap on an instrument and place a sell order.
  3. Tap on Continue on the Authorisation window.
  4. Select all the instruments or a particular instrument and quantity to authorise by tapping on the box beside the name of the instrument. This authorisation is valid for a maximum of one day.
  5. Tap on Continue to CDSL.
  6. Enter the TPIN and tap on Verify.
  7. Enter the OTP received on the registered number and email, and tap on Verify.
  8. Place a sell order again.

How to pre-authorise holdings without placing sell orders

You can pre-authorise the sale of your stocks at the beginning of each trading day without opening the sell order window:

  1. Tap on Holdings.
  2. Tap on the authorise icon.
  3. Tap on Continue to CDSL.
  4. Enter the TPin and tap on Verify.
  5. Enter the OTP received on the registered mobile and email and tap on Verify.

As per the limit set by CDSL, you can authorise a maximum of 100 instruments at once.

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