Margin requirement for covered call

Zerodha
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Obviously I will have one lot worth of shares of scrip I want to sell covered call on
but since I have full lot …do I still require margin if yes how much?

and near expiry day margin will increase if yes give details

@ShubhS9 @Akash_Shah @Sanjukumar.K @Meher_Smaran @Ragavendran_M

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Hi @curiousvi

For now, there is no additional margin benefit for the one lot worth of stock holding. The applicable physical delivery margins have to be maintained.

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You said for now - for how many years you have been saying this ?

Do you guys have some sense of responsibility or respect for your own words?

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“For now” in this context is…Current regulations which don’t allow extra margin benefit in case of covered call strategy :slight_smile: This is not Zerodha-specific, @curiousvi