What is Margin trading?

What is Margin trading?

In a normal transaction, to buy shares you need 100% of the value in cash and to sell shares you need 100% of the quantity available in your Demat account. With margin trading, you use leverage on your available funds or securities to trade positions of larger value than what you could have taken in a normal delivery transaction.

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