What is Cover order? How to Use Cover Order? Benefits of Cover Order?

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Cover Order is Intraday or Carry Forward or Delivery order?

Cover_Order

Introduction

A Cover Order (CO) is two leg orders where first leg of the order creates position and second leg of the order is position off setting/closing stop loss order. As name suggest second leg stop loss order give cover or protection to losses which may arise from first leg order, hence called Cover Order (CO). Cover Order has inbuilt protection. Cover Order is synthetic order is not supported by Exchange API and is created by combining one normal or regular order with one stop loss order, hence synthetic order.

Benefits of Cover Orders

Cover Order allows you to simultaneously place position creating order and corresponding position closing order, in one go.

Cover Orders help you limit any potential losses that could be incurred on a position.

Limited Risk/loss and Maximum Profit: Cover Orders minimize downside risks and provide effective control over risk management. Since there is always a second leg stop loss corresponding to first leg trade/position, Cover Order help users trade in a disciplined manner.

In Nutshell, Cover Order reduces downside risk without imposing any limits on their returns.

How Does a Cover Order Work?

  • A Cover Order (CO) is a two legged order. First leg can be Buy or Sale with compulsory corresponding stop loss order in the opposite direction as second leg of the order.
  • First leg is also known or referred as parent order and second leg as child order.
  • Most Stock Broker if they allow CO, The first entry order will always be a Limit order. However at ProStocks, first leg which will create position can be limit or market or even stop loss order, which is superior to CO where first leg can only be Limit order.
  • Stop loss order will sit in the order book as a Stop-Loss trigger pending order; once last traded price reaches or crosses the trigger price, it gets triggered (Converted) as a normal Limit order (from SLL) or normal limit order (from SLL). At ProStocks, second leg is always SLL and first leg if placed as stop loss position creator order, than SLL.
  • The trigger price range will be defined daily and the client must place the stop loss order within the specified range. For example, suppose Infosys is trading at Rs. 1700/- and daily price range (also known as circuit limit) for the day is Rs 1530/- to Rs 1870/-. In this case the client can specify the Stop Loss order between the price ranges of Rs.1530/- to 1870/- as the trigger price. Clients are expected to keep sufficient gap from lower and upper limit to ensure that order gets traded.
  • Once first leg of the Cover Order (position creator order / parent order) gets traded, the client will not have the ability to cancel the second leg (child) of Cover Order. Second leg (position closing / child) order can be modified but cannot be cancelled.
  • Cover Order is presently available as intraday product. Intraday position will be auto squared-off by our system if you do not square them off within the stipulated timings on best efforts basis.
  • If second leg of the cover order is rejected / cancelled for any reason, please regenerate second leg or you will have to reach our dealing desk over the phone to square off the position or regenerate the second leg. Please get in touch with us on our helpline at +91-22-62434343 and press 1 for dealing from 9 AM to 5 PM on working days.
  • Cover Order are available for Equity, Equity Future & Option and Currency Future & option.
  • ProStocks soon intent to introduce Cover Order as Delivery (For Equity segment) and Carry Forward (for Derivatives segment) product.

How to place Cover Order

Buy Cover Order where First Leg is Normal Order

E.g. Infosys current price is Rs 1671.9 and you intend to buy 100 shares @ Rs 1665/- per share and to protect yourself from downside, you want to keep a stop loss of Rs 5.

To place Buy Cover Order go to order entry window and select Cover. Then you need to give the Quantity as 100, Price as 1665 and Stop Price as 5.

In Stop Price you need to put the difference price between limit price per share and trigger price per share.

So as and when Infosys Price falls to Rs 1665 your Buy Order will get traded and a Sell Stop Loss Limit Order (SL-LMT) will get placed where Trigger Price is 1660 and limit price will be 1% below trigger price i.e. 1643.40. Remember your actual trade may be lower than Rs 1660 (as this is SL-LMT) as trigger will happen when last traded price will come to Rs 1660 and trade will happen at best possible market rate however if price falls below 1643.40 also as soon as SLL get triggered, your order will be pending and you would need to manually sq off.

Please note that starting 27th Sep 2021, NSE has placed restrictions on Stop Loss market Orders.

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Buy Cover Order with first leg is also Stop Loss order

E.g. Infosys current price is Rs 1672.75 and you intend to buy 100 shares if price goes to Rs 1680/- per share and to protect yourself from downside, you want to keep a stop loss of Rs 5.

To place Buy Cover Order with First Leg is Stop Loss, go to order entry window and select Cover and then select SL. You need to give the Quantity as 100, Price as 1680, Stop Price as 5 and First Leg Trigger Price as 1679.25.

So as and when Infosys Price goes to Rs 1679.25, your Buy SL Order will get triggered with limit price of Rs 1680. Assume 100 shares got bought @ Rs 1679.50. Now Sale Stop Loss Limit Order (SL-LMT) will get placed where Trigger Price is 1674.5 i.e. actual buy price of Rs 1679.50 minus stop loss of Rs 5 and limit price will be 1% below trigger price i.e. 1657.75. Remember your actual trade may be lower than Rs 1674.5 (as this is SL-LMT) as trigger will happen when last traded price will come to Rs 1674.5 and trade will happen at best possible market rate however if price falls below 1657.75 as soon as SLL get triggered, your order will be pending and you would need to manually sq off.

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Sell Cover Order where first leg is normal order

E.g. Infosys Current Price is Rs 1673 and you intend to sell 100 shares @ Rs 1680/- per share and to protect yourself from downside, you want to keep a stop loss of Rs 5.

To place Sell Cover Order go to order entry window and select Cover. Then you need to give the Quantity as 100, Price as 1680 and Stop Price as 5.

So as on when Infosys Price rises to Rs 1680 your Sell Order will get traded and a Buy Stop Loss Limit Order (SL-LMT) will get placed where Trigger Price is 1680 and limit price will be 1% above trigger price i.e. 1701.85. Remember your actual trade may be greater than Rs 1680 (as this is SL-LMT) as trigger will happen when last traded price will come to Rs 1680 and trade will happen at best possible market rate however if price goes above 1701.85 as soon as SLL get triggered, your order will be pending and you would need to manually sq off.

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Sell Cover Order with first leg is also Stop Loss order

E.g. Infosys Current Price is Rs 1672 and you intend to sell 100 shares if price goes to Rs 1665/- per share and to protect yourself from downside, you want to keep a stop loss of Rs 5.

To place Sell Cover Order with First Leg is Stop Loss, go to order entry window and select Cover and then select SL. You need to give the Quantity as 100, Price as 1665, Stop Price as 5 and first leg trigger price as Rs 1665.75.

So as and when Infosys Price goes to Rs 1665.75, your Sell SL Order will get triggered with limit price of Rs 1665. Assume 100 shares got sold @ 1665.50. Now Buy Stop Loss Limit Order (SL-LMT) will get placed where Trigger Price is 1670.5 i.e. actual sell price of Rs 1665.50 plus stop loss of Rs 5 and limit price will be 1% below trigger price i.e.1687.21. Remember your actual trade may be greater than Rs 1670.5 (as this is SL-LMT) as trigger will happen when last traded price will come to Rs 1670.5 and trade will happen at best possible market rate however if price goes above 1687.21 as soon as SLL get triggered, your order will be pending and you would need to manually sq off.

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Starting 1st Oct 2020, Clearing Corporations (CCs) is taking 4 snapshots of client position and margin thereof at random intervals. CCs are providing these Peak Margin files to Stock-Brokers/Clearing Members (TM/CM) to ensure that they are collecting margin upfront to meet the requirement of Peak Margin. This is in addition to existing Margin Collection, Reporting and Penalty requirement for end of the Day Margin Reporting.

Starting 1st Dec 2020, Clients would be subject to Peak Margin requirement as well as End of Day (EOD) Margin requirement. Short-fall in Peak Margin or EOD Margin would be subject to penalty at prescribed rates along with 18% GST.

The penalty would be collected by Clearing Corporations from Client through Stock-Brokers/Clearing Members.

What has changed at ProStocks:

  1. Effective from 1st September 2021, Client selling delivery from Demat Holding will get 75% Credit for Sale (CFS) on a real-time basis in Trading Application. Remaining 25% CFS will be available from next day.
  2. Client selling delivery from previous day's buy position, also known as T1 Holding or BTST or Stocks to be received (SR) will get 50% CFS on a real-time basis in Trading Application. Remaining 50% CFS will be available from next day.
  3. NRE, MINOR and NRO (without CP Code Client) will get 100% CFS for delivery sale and 65% for sale of T1 Holding or BTST or Stocks to be received (SR) and remaining from next day.
  4. Resident client has an option to opt for 100% CFS (65% for T1 Sale). Once opted they will not be allowed intraday as well as sq. off of delivery trades on same day.
  5. CFS will be at Zero percent for Stocks which are in Trade to Trade Category. NSE listed Stock having Series BE instead of EQ are Trade to Trade Stocks.

Why 75% CFS or 50% CFS instead of 100%

NSE allowed that Client's margin can be considered equal to 100% of the sale value once Early Pay-In of Securities sold by the Client through NSE Circular and Annexure A NSE/INSP/45191 dated July 31, 2020.

............However, in respect of sale of shares by a client for which early pay-in has been accepted by CC, since settlement of the trade is guaranteed by the CC, member may choose to give credit of the sale value of the shares in the ledger account of the client, which may be considered as margin towards subsequent trade/s of the client.

NSE by Download Ref No: NSE/INSP/46485 and Circular Ref. No: 72/2020 dated November 27, 2020, just a day prior to Peak margin Penalty provisions coming into effect has modified the above-said clarification/guidelines by an answer to question 1 of Annexure A of the said circular.

........However, the sale value of such securities (EPI value), as reduced by value of the 20% upfront Margin, shall be available as Margin for other positions across all the segments

Care and Caution for Client Trading Derivatives and availing In-built Hedge Margin Benefit (HMB)

Whenever you are removing hedge or sq off or changing the portfolio, Please extremely careful to first sq off the higher margin / naked or risky leg before you sq off the leg which created the hedge or reduced the risk and or Margin.

Example: Assume you have available Margin of Rs 1,60,000 and one lot Nifty Call Buy position for which you have blocked / paid margin of Rs 10,000. Now you want to sale one lot of Nifty Futures for which margin is Rs 1,60,000. Instead of you getting charge margin of Rs 1,70,000, You were subject to a margin of just Rs 17,000 (which is 10% of actual margin otherwise payable) for both the position, together and got HMB of Rs 1,53,000. Post this position, now you have an available margin of Rs 1,53,000. Further, assume that you bought delivery of Rs 1,50,000 from the available margin of Rs 1,53,000 and the now available margin is Rs 3,000.

Now if you go ahead and do sale / sq off of one lot Nifty Buy Call leaving one lot Nifty futures sale as naked/unhedged position and margin requirement for this position is Rs 1,60,000 against available Margin of Rs 13,000 (Rs 3000 plus RS 10000 from sale of Call Option) leaving Margin Shortfall of Rs 1,47,000.

Be extremely careful to sq off the naked leg first which in this case was Nifty Future Sale position before you sq off leg which created hedge. In case of Margin shortfall even of peak margin and even for a few seconds, you are expressly agreeing to agree to bear the penalty and consequences thereof.



S P Toshniwal

www.prostocks.com

+91-22-62434343

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Starting 1st Oct 2020, Clearing Corporations(CCs) is taking 4 snapshots of client position and margin thereof at random intervals. CCs are providing these Peak margin files Stock-Brokers / Clearing Members (TM/CM) to ensure that they are collecting margin upfront to meet the requirement of Peak Margin. This is in addition to existing Margin Collection, Reporting and Penalty requirement for end of the Day Margin Reporting.

Starting 1st Dec 2020, Clients would be subject to Peak Margin requirement as well as End of Day (EOD) Margin requirement. Short-fall in Peak Margin or EOD Margin would be subject to penalty at prescribed rates along with 18% GST.

The penalty would be collected by Clearing Corporations from Client through Stock-Brokers / Clearing Members.

What has changed at ProStocks :

  1. Effective from 1st March 2021, Client selling delivery from Demat Holding will get 50% (70% between 1st Dec 2020 to 28 Feb 2021) Credit for Sale (CFS) on a real-time basis in Trading Application instead of 100% (Prior to 1st Dec 2020), in all the three Trading Platform which we have, Namely PROSTOCKS, PRO AND BEST. Remaining 50% CFS will be available from next day.
  2. Client selling delivery from previous day's buy position, also known as T1 Holding or BTST or Stocks to be received (SR) will get 50% CFS on a real-time basis in PROSTOCKS AND PRO Trading Application and Zero (NIL) instead of 100% CFS (Prior to 1st Dec 2020), they were getting so far. Remaining 50% CFS will be available from next day.

Why 70% CFS or 50% CFS instead of 100%

NSE allowed that Client's margin can be considered equal to 100% of the sale value once Early Pay-In of Securities sold by the Client through NSE Circular and Annexure A NSE/INSP/45191 dated July 31, 2020.

............However, in respect of sale of shares by a client for which early pay-in has been accepted by CC, since settlement of the trade is guaranteed by the CC, member may choose to give credit of the sale value of the shares in the ledger account of the client, which may be considered as margin towards subsequent trade/s of the client.

NSE by Download Ref No: NSE/INSP/46485 and Circular Ref. No: 72/2020 dated November 27, 2020, just a day prior to Peak margin Penalty provisions coming into effect has modified the above-said clarification/guidelines by an answer to question 1 of Annexure A of the said circular:

........However, the sale value of such securities (EPI value), as reduced by value of the 20% upfront Margin, shall be available as Margin for other positions across all the segments

Care and Caution for Client Trading on BEST Platform for Derivatives and availing In-built Hedge Margin Benefit( HMB)

Whenever you are removing hedge or sq off or changing the portfolio, Please extremely careful to first sq off the higher margin / naked or risky leg before you sq off the leg which created the hedge or reduced the risk and or Margin.

Example: Assume you have available Margin of Rs 1,60,000 and one lot NIfty Call Buy position for which you have blocked/ paid margin of Rs 10,000. Now you want to sale one lot of Nifty Futures for which margin is Rs 1,60,000. Instead of you getting charge margin of Rs 1,70,000, You were subject to a margin of just Rs 17,000 ( which is 10% of actual margin otherwise payable) for both the position, together and got HMB of Rs 1,53,000. Post this position, now you have an available margin of Rs 1,53,000. Further, assume that you bought delivery of Rs 1,50,000 from the available margin of Rs 1,53,000 and the now available margin is Rs 3,000.

Now if you go ahead and do sale / sq off of one lot Nifty Buy Call leaving one lot Nifty futures sale as naked/unhedged position and margin requirement for this position is Rs 1,60,000 against available Margin of Rs 13,000 ( Rs 3000 plus RS 10000 from sale of Call Option) leaving Margin Shortfall of Rs 1,47,000.

Be extremely careful to sq off the naked leg first which in this case was Nifty Future Sale position before you sq off leg which created hedge. In case of Margin shortfall even of peak margin and even for a few seconds, You are expressly agreeing to agree to bear the penalty and consequences thereof.

Impact of Peak Margin Reporting effective 1st Dec 2020 on Resident Indian Client using the PROSTOCKS, PRO and BEST Trading Platform

Impact of Peak Margin Reporting effective 1st Dec 2020 on Non Resident Indian Client having NRE Trading and Demat Account linked with NRE PIS Bank Account and using the PROSTOCKS , PRO and BEST Trading Platform provided by ProStocks

NRI Client buying against sale of delivery or against PIS Bank balance has to ensure that their Bankers makes us payment by Trade Plus 1 Days. Most Banks including HDFC Bank has allowed NRI to debit their PIS Bank Account and credit Sunlight Broking LLP ( ProStocks 's Bank Account with respective Banks).

In case funds are not received by Settlement Date ( Which is Trade plus Two Trading Days) , Exchanges / Clearing Corporation will levy penalty of 1.18 % ( 1 percent plus 18 percent GST on 1 percent) of shortfall amount for two days, so this will be 2.36 percent for the shortfall amount.

ProStocks will recover from client and will make the payment to Exchanges/ clearing corporation.

Impact of Peak Margin Reporting effective 1st Dec 2020 on Non Resident Indian Client having NRO NON PIS Trading and Demat Account linked with NRO Savings Bank Account and using the PROSTOCKS , PRO and BEST Trading Platform provided by ProStocks


Peak Margin Reporting and its Impact effective 1st September, 2021



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