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title: "How to check margin required for F&O trades?"
description: "You can find the margin required for your trades through the order window while placing orders or by checking the margin calculator before trading."
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# How to check margin required for F&O trades?

> You can find the margin required for your trades through the order window while placing orders or by checking the margin calculator before trading.

## Short answer

You can find the margin required for your trades through the order window while placing orders or by checking the margin calculator before trading.

## Where to check margins

Order window: View margin requirements directly while placing orders for equity intraday, futures, option shorting, commodities and currency trades.

Margin calculator: Check margins using iRage's margin calculator for all trading segments.

Basket orders: You can also check margins using basket orders.

To know the brokerage that will be charged before entering and exiting a position, enter your trade details in iRage's brokerage calculator to get an approximate of the charges and taxes involved.

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