A total that grows over time, so its record is the yardstick: the high is ₹1.5 lakh cr, in September 2026. Up from ₹1.1 lakh cr a year ago.
What it is. Money investors have borrowed from brokers to hold shares (the margin trading facility), in rupees.
How to read it. This grows with the market, so the rupee amount sets records often. The share of market value, next to it, is the fairer measure.
| Latest | ₹1.5 lakh cr | 1 Oct 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| A week ago | ₹1.5 lakh cr | |
| A month ago | ₹1.5 lakh cr | |
| A year ago | ₹1.1 lakh cr | |
| Median | ₹23,719 cr | |
| Lowest | ₹96.7 cr | 17 Jul 2017 |
| Highest | ₹1.5 lakh cr | 30 Sept 2026 |
| Percentile, full history | 100 | |
| Percentile, last 5 years | 100 |
The usual range is the middle half of readings since 2017. A percentile is the share of the 2,276 readings since 1 Jun 2017 that were below today's. Data: statistics, history (JSON); history as CSV.
To cite: tipsheet, “Margin-trading book”, data to 1 Oct 2026, https://tipsheet.markets/i/mtf-book/
the usual range: the middle half of all readingstodayEach line runs from the lowest reading ever to the highest.