There could be several reasons why your order didn’t go through. Some common ones are:

1.Insufficient funds: If you don’t have enough balance to cover your buy order, it will be rejected. Example: You try to buy shares worth ₹10,000 but only have ₹8,000. Order gets rejected.

2.Selling more than you own: You can only sell shares that are settled and available in your account. Example: You try to sell 200 shares but only have 150. Order gets rejected.

3.Buying a stock immediately after selling: Some stocks can’t be bought back right after selling due to settlement rules (T+1). You must wait until the sale is settled.

4.Price beyond allowed limits: Each stock has upper and lower price limits (circuit limits) set by the exchange. Orders outside this range cannot be placed.

5.Intraday restriction: Some stocks are in “Trade-to-Trade (T2T)” or restricted categories. For these, intraday trading is not allowed – only delivery trades can be done.

To know the exact reason for a rejected order, go to: Orders tab > Orders > Tap on the relevant rejected order. The rejection reason will be shown there.

Sometimes, even if your account balance looks sufficient, your order might still not go through. Here’s why:

You have pending orders: Funds may be blocked for orders that are still open and haven’t been executed yet.

You have hedged positions: If you’re trying to create a hedge and the hedge order hasn’t executed, the margin required may still be reserved, so other orders can’t use it.

You have funds from selling Options: Money received from selling options can only be used for trades in the same options segment. You cannot use it for other buy orders.

Check your account for open orders, hedges, or option positions to see if the required margin is blocked. This usually explains why an order gets rejected.

Sometimes your order may get rejected even if the Available Margin shown is greater than the Required Margin. This usually happens because a part of your margin is already blocked for other pending orders. Example: You have ₹50,000 as available margin.

You place one order that blocks ₹20,000.

The system may still show ₹50,000 as available, but only ₹30,000 is actually free for new trades.

If you now place a fresh order that needs more than ₹30,000, it will be rejected.

Tip: Before placing new orders, check if you have any open/pending orders. These may be reserving part of your margin and causing rejections.

In equity intraday, new positions cannot be created after 3:20 PM IST. At this time, your open intraday positions start getting squared off automatically. During this process, placing fresh intraday orders is restricted. You may also see similar rejections if you try placing orders in the post-close market.

Some stocks are placed in the Trade-to-Trade (T2T) category by exchanges. In this category:

Intraday trading is not allowed.

Every buy must result in delivery.

Every sell must come from your existing holdings.

That’s why your intraday square-off attempt was rejected. You’ll need to take delivery of the shares and sell them on a later day.

Sometimes, exchanges block trading in a stock due to regulatory action, surveillance measures, or risk concerns (like high volatility or suspected fraud).

In such cases, no fresh buy/sell orders are allowed.

If only a specific product type (e.g., intraday) is restricted, you may still be able to trade in delivery mode.

Often, however, complete restrictions apply until the exchange lifts them.

You currently have an outstanding debit balance (negative cash balance) in your trading account. Until you add funds and clear this amount, new trades will not be allowed. You can only square off (sell) your existing positions to reduce exposure. To resume normal trading, please clear your pending ledger balance.

Some stocks are not permitted for intraday trading because of factors like high risk, low liquidity, or regulatory restrictions. These can only be traded in delivery mode. That means if you buy them, they’ll be added to your demat account, and you won’t be able to square them off on the same day.

Limit Price Protection (LPP) is a safeguard used by exchanges to prevent your order from being executed at unreasonable prices, especially in low-liquidity situations. For example, if there’s a sudden gap in buy/sell orders, a market order or incorrectly set limit order could get executed at a price far away from the stock’s current market price. To avoid this, exchanges restrict orders that are placed outside a safe price band around the current price. If you see this error, check the stock’s live price and place your order closer to that range.