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1. Stock Brokers can accept securities as margin from clients only by way of pledge in the depository system w.e.f. September 1, 2020. 2. Update your mobile number & email Id with your stock broker/depository participant and receive OTP directly from depository on your email id and/or mobile number to create pledge. 3. Pay 20% or “var + elm” whichever is higher as upfront margin of the transaction value to trade in cash market segment. 4. Investor may please refer to the Exchange’s Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) issued vide circular refrence NSE/insp/45191 dated July 31, 2020 and other guidelines issued from time to time in this regard. 5. Check your Securities /MF /Bonds in the consolidated account statement issued by NSDL/CDSL every month. 6. “Prevent Unauthorised transaction in your Trading/Demat Account Update your mobile numbers/email IDs with your stock brokers /Depository Participant. Receive alrets/information of your transactio/all debit and other important transaction in your Trading/Demat Acount directly from Exchange/CDSL at the end of the day.Issued in the intrest of investors.” 7. “KYC is one time exercise while dealing in securities markets –once KYC is done through a sebi registered intermediary (broker,DP,Mutual Fund etc.), you need not undergo the same process againg when you approach another intermediary.”
8. “NO need to issue cheques by investor while subscribing you IPO. Just write the bank account number and sign in the application form to authorize your bank to make payment in case of allotment. NO worries for refund as the money remain in investor’s account.”
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Home Margin Pledge & Repledge FAQ
A: A client who had POA was given exposure against his existing DP holdings. The client would keep his shares in his own DP, and we in turn would give buying power. If required, at the End of day risk management would transfer shares to pool account or sell the position based on margin requirement using POA.
A: In the new system, approved securities in the client’s holdings can be marked as lien (pledged) in favour of PENTAGON STOCK BROKERS PVT LTD and in turn the client will get buying power based on the market value after applying defined haircut.
  • While doing so, client is also giving consent to re-pledge the same to clearing corporation for availing margin
  • The advantage of this system is that the shares remain in the customer’s Beneficiary Account and benefit of all corporate actions will be directly credited to the customer’s DP account or bank account.

A: There are 2 steps involved in pledging securities to PENTAGON STOCK BROKERS PVT LTD

  • 1. (a)Client gives Request(Scrip, quantity to be pledged)
  • 2. (b)Client gives Confirmation (Input PAN, get the OTP, Confirm with OTP)

Once DP gets confirmation message from respective depositories, pledge will be marked.

A: Client can request for pledge/ unpledged in the following ways:

  • (a)Selfie (online trading portal or mobile application)
  • Customer care site (PSBPL)
  • Call customer care
  • Call branch
  • Physical form

Please note for selling you don’t require to unpledged, you can sell the shares and PENTAGON STOCK BROKERS PVT LTD t will release the pledge and give Pay-in to the exchanges.

A: One can give full quantity or partial quantity to pledge. Such requests are validated against approved instruments (shares) and available quantity and sent to Depository Systems. Depository Systems in turn send a link to the registered mobile and email of the client. As of now, maximum time taken for sending the link to the customers is 60 to 70 minutes. Once the request is accepted by the Depository (NSDL/CDSL) Systems, an email and SMS is triggered to the clients registered email id and mobile. A sample of the email/ SMS is given below:

“ Dear Investor, your DP PENTAGON STOCK BROKERS PVT LTD has initiated margin pledge from your CDSL demat account 12xxxxxx xxxxxxxx. You may confirm the same by clicking on

A: The link is valid till the end of business day of the Depository services. Business day is defined as BOD (Beginning of Day) to EOD (End of Day) on working days. For example, if a request is given at 4:30 PM on a working day then the validity of the link is till the EOD process of Depository Services (NSDL/CDSL).

A: On clicking the link, NSDL/CDSL eServices will open and you will be prompted to enter your PAN. Key in the PAN and check the instruments and quantity selected for pledge. All approved instruments can be confirmed with one click on the check box “All” or client can select the instruments and confirm.

There are 4 things to be done in the eServices window:

  • (a) Enter the PAN
  • (b) Click the button – ‘I am not a robot’
  • (c) Selection of Instruments
  • After you submit these details, an OTP is triggered
  • (d) Enter the OTP

A: Once OTP is triggered, validity of OTP is for 5 minutes

A: The link sent by NSDL/CDSL is valid till end of Business day of Depositories. The OTP is valid only for 5 minutes.

A: Login to IDeAS portal of NSDL or Easiest of CDSL, to pledge the shares. Once UCC is updated you can use the links of customer care for pledging.

A: The physical process should be used in the following cases:

  • (a) If the client does not have email and mobile (irrespective of whether he has POA or not)
  • (b) If the client does not have POA and he is unable to pledge/unpledge through Selfie or Customer Care portal or through IDeAS/ EASIEST

A: If you do not have POA, then you cannot pledge/ unpledge through branch or by calling customer care. You can either use Selfie, Customer Care portal, IDeAS/Easiest or physical form.

A: Yes, margin pledge is available in these applications. If you have already registered for IDeAS or EASIEST you can use the facility to pledge.

  • Once shares are pledged, customers can request to un-pledge the shares through customer care portal, Selfie mobile /web, Call Centre, branches or physical forms.
  • Unpledge does not require OTP
  • Unpledge instructions will be validated against buying power utilisation and on validating with RMS, the instruction will be sent to Depositories to unpledge
  • Unpledge can be done partially as well
  • Confirmation time window is the same as that of the Pledge Process

A: Securities that are pledged to Clearing Member can be repledged to Clearing Corporation if required.

A: 100% ordervalue is required as margin either by ledger balance or Equivalent Pledge value after hair cut. Selling from demat holding with POA is also considered as margin for subsequent trades of the client subject to Early Pay in being made on the same day to Exchange . PENTAGON STOCK BROKERS PVT LTD will pull the shares from DP on T day and give early pay-in to exchanges.

A: 50% VAR(Value at Risk) margin on order value for NIFTY stocks subject to min 10% or 20% or exchange margin whichever is lower is required as margin either by ledger balance or Equivalent Pledge value after hair cut. Selling from demat holding with POA is also considered as margin for subsequent trades of the client subject to early pay-in being made on the same day to Exchange .

A: 100 % SPAN + Exposure (Actual Exchange Margin) margin on order value is required either by ledger balance or Equivalent Pledge value after hair cut. Selling from demat holding with POA is also considered as margin for subsequent trades of the client subject to early pay-in being made on the same day to Exchange .

A: 50% SPAN margin on order value is required either by ledger balance or Equivalent Pledge value after haircut. Selling from demat holding with POA is also considered as margin for subsequent trades of the client subject to early pay-in being made on the same day to Exchange

A: 100 % SPAN + Exposure (Actual Exchange Margin) margin on order value is required either by ledger balance or Equivalent Pledge value after hair cut. Selling from demat holding with POA is also considered as margin for subsequent trades of the client subject to Early Pay in being made on the same day to Exchange .

A:You can keep the positions as BTST only on the trading day . From T+1 onwards these shares are converted to cash in Selfie terminals. After T+2 if the payment is cleared shares will be moved to Client DP a/c or else it will be kept in CUSA (Client Unpaid securities account) till CUSA clearance day.

Ledger balance Position Margins Margins Value Buying power Days Remarks
10000 20000 25%* 5000* 0 T day Will report Rs.5000
10000 20000 100% 20000 -10000 T+1 day Will report Rs.5000
-10000 20000 NA NA T+2 Day Rs -10000 will be shown as a/c balance and buying power

a) *Margins mentioned here are the buy margins only. However for the order to be accepted, you need to have margin requirement x 2, so in the above example it will be 10000 requirement x 2, so in the above example it will be 10000

b) Since there is shortage in reporting, further exposures cannot be allowed. However you can maintain this position till CUSA clearance. Once you sell the share after settlement (T+2) we can give the early pay-in to the exchanges and permit further exposures.

c) Margin reporting arrived is only based on Execution rates & so violation due to M to M or due to other margins is not mentioned here.

Product Deal T T+1 T+2
Cash Purchase with 100% Margin (either cash or MPR) Yes Can Sell T Purchase Positions subject to Margin rules. Margin will be deducted from the sale value Note : Risk management will apply restrictions based on high VAR Margin or liquidity Yes. Can sell T purchase positions. We give full credit. Early Pay-in will be triggered from the pool
Cash Sale of Stock (POA Holder) Yes without Margin. Buying Power will be provided. Early pay-in will be triggered Buying Power against Selling credit will be provided Continue with the Buying
Intraday Purchase/ Sale with Margin Yes Square off at the end of the day
BTST Purchase with Margin (Charge Twice the Margin) Yes Yes. Selling of outstanding position is possible. Margin will not be released. Beyond T day no BTST Yes. Sell is possible. Margin will be released Power
MTF Same rule is applicable except transfer of shares to collateral and keeping funded stock in the Pool. Margin has to be pledged Funded Stock also to be pledged. If client has not given pledge confirmation for the funded stock by T+2, MTF position will be squared off on T+3. 0

A: No, subject to clients having signed the POA with us. In such cases we can take the shares from demat account on T day itself and can give EPN (early pay-in) to Exchange to avoid the margin requirement for selling the shares.

A: Positions will be cleared after margin call if there is no payment /further pledge. Shares held in beneficiary account will not be considered as margin if it is not in pledged status.

A: Yes. The shares need to be pledged in favour of PENTAGON STOCK BROKERS PVT LTD. - Client Securities Margin pledge account (CSMPA). Here also, the shares used as collateral will be reflected as pledged towards MTF collaterals in Beneficiary account of the client.

A: Yes. MTM can be reported in Equity , Equity derivatives, Currency derivatives & Commodity segments by form of pledge.

A: No, with these new changes you cannot utilise intraday profits for taking fresh positions.

A: You can check through Selfie as well as PSBPL( CUSTOMER CARE ). In PSBPL( CUSTOMER CARE ) your demat holdings will show in pledged status & in Selfie portfolio you can see the pledged quantity column.

A: Exposure will be based on PIS funds available in PIS banks. Pledge cannot be allowed for such accounts. Pay-in needs to be cleared within T+2. Buying against sell positions will not be permitted till T+2.

A: Yes you will be permitted to sell the shares subject to maintaining sufficient margins.

A: Penalty is applicable based on the ledger balance. 50:50 is required to avoid penalty (50% cash and 50 % security, after applicable haircut, is required for getting the margin benefit as per Exchange).

A: There are no restrictions applied

A: No, PMS shares cannot be pledged.

A: Yes, these shares are like any other shares lying in the demat account. Why is Error message showing: - can’t process pledge and we will get back to you with details’ in some cases. This is due to failure in UCC upload at depository. A one-time visit and pledging from IDeAS (NSDL) or Easiest (CDSL) will resolve the issue

A: There could be multiple reasons for this - please check with DP whether the correct email id and mobile number has been updated in the DP system. If this is not the issue, it is possible that the UCC may not be uploaded with Depository.

Visit the customer care of PENTAGON STOCK BROKERS PVT LTD in the KYC page there are provisions to change the Phone numbers/Email

A: Please contact our customer care numbers 42577000 / 42577015 or write to us at pentagonbroking1@gmail.com