The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi)'s new mandate in margin trading, which was brought into effect last year in a phased manner, has increased upfront requirement to 100% from Wednesday. Sebi hiked the upfront margin requirement to 50% from 25% from 1 March 2021 and further to 75% in June.

Will Sebi change the rules?

SEBI New Margin Rules: Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India's (SEBI) new margin rules will come into effect from Wednesday (September 1). ... In the first phase, traders were supposed to maintain at least 25 per cent of the peak margin between December 2020 and February 2021.

Will Sebi reduced margin?

From September 1, brokers will be penalised if margin was less than 100 per cent of the above metric. What does this mean? The second order effect of the new Sebi rules is substantial for day traders in the market.