Over my past 20 years in the markets, I have interacted with many retail traders, in various capacities. And one thing I’ve seen that leads retail investors to consistently lose money is option b...
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July 1, 2021
Option buying: The riskiest trade out there
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June 1, 2021
Tagging on Console: Trading journal & tracking goals
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February 24, 2021
24th Feb 2021 – When NSE was down for almost the entire trading day.
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February 19, 2021
Update to CDSL’s TPIN authorisation process for selling stocks
Recent posts
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In the past year or so, we’ve seen a huge spike in new investors. While, in general, this new breed of investors are more informed than the previous generation, some of them continue to make the ...
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Over my past 20 years in the markets, I have interacted with many retail traders, in various capacities. And one thing I’ve seen that leads retail investors to consistently lose money is option b...
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Over-trading is the biggest destroyer of capital when actively trading the markets. The trading frequency is usually inversely proportional to profitability for most traders. This means that when i...
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We launched Console 2.0 earlier this year, a complete rewrite of our entire backoffice and reporting system from scratch. While many assume that generating various types of reports is simple, it is...
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In light of recent events, we’ve received several questions from our clients about how we ensure the security of your account at Zerodha. We’ve explained the security practices we adher...
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Traders, If you hold stocks or mutual funds in your portfolio that have unrealised losses, you can set off these losses against realised profits on which you have to pay taxes. To do this, you can ...
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Rights – A basic overview Before we understand Rights Entitlements, let’s quickly understand what a rights issue is. In a rights issue, a company gives its existing shareholders the r...
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Greed and the ill-conceived lure of quick money is the biggest enabler of trading activity in the markets. Those who trade constantly try finding ways to make more by increasing their trading capit...
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Today at around 10:06 AM on 24th Feb 2021, NSE exchange feeds for Nifty, Bank Nifty and other indices stopped across all brokerage firms in India. But trading continued until 11:40 AM, after which ...
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Hindi: इस पोस्ट को हिंदी में पढ़ने के लिए यहाँ क्लिक करें। In May 2020, the depositories introduced a new process for ...
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I guess you have read the headlines from the US on how retail traders are causing a “short squeeze” in stocks like GameStop, AMC entertainment, etc. If you haven’t, check this article by Fins...
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I was the first one in my extended middle-class family to take up trading as a career back in the early 2000s. Through my 20’s and early 30’s, I was always told to go get a “real job”. The ...
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The list of trading holidays for the calendar year 2021 has been announced by BSE. Here’s a one-page list of all trading holidays for NSE & BSE. Holidays Date Day Republic Day January ...
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Restriction on intraday leverages Peak margin reporting has been brought about to restrict brokers from providing additional leverage over and above what VAR+ELM ( with minimum 20% for stocks) and ...
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NRIs can now buy and hold, on a non-repatriation basis: equity shares, convertible preference shares, convertible debenture, warrants, or units that will be considered domestic investments at par w...
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It’s that time of the year when all of us have to sit down and plan our income tax returns. The last date to file your income tax returns for FY 2019-20 is December 31st, 2020, and traders need t...
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Hindi: इस पोस्ट को हिंदी में पढ़ने के लिए यहाँ क्लिक करें। We all have been in situations where we’ve spent seve...
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Hey there! The US election result is just around the corner. There are many uncertainties surrounding the results, and more importantly, when exactly the results will come out. Sensibull – In...
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Ever since Streak came out in 2018, we have been constantly listening to you, our customers, to understand how to make Streak better for you. One thing that most of our users asked us was to make t...
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Dark theme A dark theme for Kite web has been a much-requested feature for the past several years, and it’s finally here! You can now switch to dark mode on kite.zerodha.com from the “My profil...
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There are two major regulatory changes from Sep 1st, 2020: The method of pledging stocks, and Upfront margin requirements (Stocks and F&O on NSE, BSE, MCX) New pledging system Until now, when y...
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We just won the Economic Times Startup of the year award for the year 2020. This is the most coveted award in India for new businesses. This would not have been possible without your support and lo...
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Hindi: इस पोस्ट को हिंदी में पढ़ने के लिए यहाँ क्लिक करें। Today, the 15th of August 2020, marks ten whole years of op...
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Check this bulletin for updates The three principal objectives stated under SEBI’s preamble are: To protect the interests of investors in securities; To promote the development of the securities ...
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We have an exciting update to Kite charts (Chart IQ). Note: If you are facing issues in loading charts please hit Ctrl+Shift+R This update is currently only available on Kite web. Coming soon to th...