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What is Shares as Margin facility? Why do I need Shares as Margin facility? How does Shares as Margin work? What forms of Margin are acceptable for taking F&O and Equity positions? When should cash be made available for settlement dues? What happens if cash is not made available for any settlement dues? How do I deposit Securities as Margin? Can I deposit any security lying in my demat account as Margin? On depositing securities as margin, when do limits become available there against? After depositing securities as margin, by how much do limits increase? Where can I view all securities deposited as margin? What does "Pledge & Allocate to Equity", "Pledge & Allocate to F&O" on the 'Pledge & Create Limit' page mean? Why the limit arising out of securities deposited as margin changes every day and sometimes during the day also? What happens to the securities pledged as margin? How do I revoke securities pledged as Margin? After revocation of pledge, by how much do limits decrease? What happens to the securities on revocation of pledge? How does ICICI Securities go about selling my pledged securities in case I do not make cash available for any settlement dues? For a given shortfall which is less than potential sale proceeds of the entire securities deposited as margin, how does ICICI Securities determine which of the deposited securities to sell and how much ? Can I also sell securities pledged as margin for eg. In case prices of the securities are going up? Are there any separate charges for the above transactions? Yes, below pledge charges will be charged in accordance with depositories NSDL and CDSL. These charges are applicable on a per-ISIN basis in each instruction. Type of instructions: Initiation/Closure/Invocation. Rs 20 per ISIN instruction. Can I place revocation and invocation of pledge requests simultaneously for the same scrip on the same date? Can I place multiple revocation of pledge requests against the same scrip on same date? How the delivery towards sell of SAM (Shares As Margin) Funded shares will be effected? How does "Pledge & Allocate to NWB", on the 'Pledge & Create Limit' page works on 'ICICIdirect - Stock, F&O, MF' & 'Traderacer'?