Margin Pledge Benefit for All Traders
Margin Pledge Benefit for
All Traders
Intraday Traders
Use interest free margins for Buy Today Sell Tomorrow trades
Swing Traders
Gain from market swings over a short time with limited funds.
Option Buyers
Pledge to unlock margin for options buying in all segments!
Dhan Users
All Dhan users can access instant pledge margin!
Get More Capital for Trading with Pledge Margin
- Know Margin Benefit Upfront
- Available on 1450+ Stocks
- Instant Pledge & Unpledge
- Sell Pledged Shares at Anytime
- Industry-First Feature
- Convenient Experience

Take Bigger Positions Using Margin Pledge Benefit
Take Bigger Positions Using
Margin Pledge Benefit
You have
₹ 1,00,000
Position Size
₹ 3,40,000
Existing Holdings
₹ 3,00,000

Potential Haircut
20%
Pledge Benefits
₹ 2,40,000
This means you can take up the position when you pledge shares for margin on Dhan!
List of Securities for Margin Pledge

Access Pledge Margin in Just 5 Steps!
Access Pledge Margin in
Just 5 Steps!


How to Pledge Shares on Dhan?
While pledging shares on Dhan is super simple, we've created a walkthrough for you to understand the process. Watch it to find out how to leverage margin pledge benefit in just a few steps.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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With pledge you can use your existing holdings on Dhan as collateral to avail margin benefits. A nominal amount will be charged as interest for utilising this benefit.
In order to pledge for margin on Dhan, make sure you have your portfolio with us. On the Money page you will see an option of “Get Instant Margin” with the margin benefit that you can avail by pledging your holdings. Tap on that and view all the shares available for pledging from your portfolio. Simply select the shares that you want to pledge, a CDSL page will open where you will need to enter the OTP received on your phone & email & your pledge request will be sent. Within the next few minutes, you will receive a confirmation on the addition of pledge margin benefits.
Here is a list of the shares available for pledging with cash/non cash/cash equivalent bifurcation.
The margin pledge charges on Dhan is Rs 15/transaction/ISIN + GST.
Shares are pledged almost instantly on Dhan. You will receive margin benefits from pledging your shares within the next few minutes of pledging.
Option to unpledge your shares is available only when you have pledged your shares with us. In order to unpledge your shares, go to the Money page where you will see an option of “Get Instant Margin” using which you may first pledge your holdings. Tap on that and you will see an option to view “Pledged” shares. On tapping on Pledged, all shares that you have pledged with us will be displayed.
Simply select the shares that you want to unpledge between 9am to 3 pm, confirm the unpledge request and a CDSL page will open where you will need to enter the OTP received on your phone & email. Your unpledge request will then be sent. Post a few validations from our risk team, your stocks will be unpledged by the next working day.
The shares are not available in your free DP (which means that the shares must be available in the user's demat account and must not have margin obligations against them). Citing a few examples:
1. Post buying, pledging is only possible after settlement of these shares in your demat account, that is T+1 day onwards.
2. Shares bought via the proceeds of collateral margins cannot further be pledged.
3. Shares bought via MTF cannot be re-pledged.
4. If the scrip is not available for pledging as per our Risk Management Systems.
These scrips will reflect under the “Not available for pledging section on Dhan”
You will not be able to unpledge shares under the following circumstances:
1. On the same day as pledging of shares.
2. If the shares(pledge) have been utilised for exposure or there is a ledger debit against the pledge.






















