What are Exchange freeze limits?

As part of its risk management systems, NSE has issued freeze quantity limits for Stocks as well as Futures and Options. Orders that are entered into the trading system with a quantity more than the respective freeze quantity limit shall be automatically rejected by the Exchange.

Freeze limits for F&O stocks are available on NSE India website

Freeze limits for indices on which F&O Trading is permitted w.e.f. March 01, 2023

Sr. No.	INDEX SYMBOL	QUANTITY FREEZE LIMIT
1	BANKNIFTY	900
2	NIFTY	1800
3	FINNIFTY	1800
4	MIDCPNIFTY	5500

Freeze limits are subject to monthly review

Freeze quantity is displayed in the order window:

We understand that Exchange Freeze Limits can cause inconvenience to Traders, hence we have come up with Slice Order Feature. To know more, click here