Author: Team Zerodha

The Portfolio Performance Curve shows the actual performance of your investments and trades (equity, mutual funds (MF), MTF, F&O, intraday, and commodities) after accounting for cash inflows and outflows. Looking at the absolute P&L of your portfolio does not tell you anything about your performance because it is just a snapshot in time. To accurately […]

A Systematic Transfer Plan (STP) is a smart way to invest gradually. Instead of putting a large amount of money into mutual funds all at once, STP lets you automatically transfer a fixed amount at regular intervals from one fund to another. STPs help when you want to move money from low-risk funds like liquid […]

The Indian markets have grown more in the last five years than in the preceding decade and a half. Before 2020, it took roughly a decade for the unique investor count to double from 1.5 crores to 3 crores. After the pandemic, it only took a couple of years for the investor count to keep […]

Over the past few months, we have been working hard to introduce new features to simplify your order placing experience on Kite. Here are some useful additions we have made to the Kite order window: Order slicing – You can now easily place large orders without having to worry about exchange freeze limits. Available margin […]

Kite and Coin are two of our primary transaction platforms. Kite is designed for active traders, while Coin is meant for long-term investors who invest in mutual funds. Given the different use cases and audiences they are aimed at, we have kept both the platforms separate. Combining them would clutter the interface with features only […]

Options traders rely on option chains to spot opportunities and make informed decisions. Think of it as your trading dashboard—showing all available contracts, strike prices, premiums, and market sentiment in one view. We have redesigned the option chain on Kite to bring together market depth, trading, and position tracking all in one place, making it […]

As an investor or trader, staying updated with market-moving events is important. But tracking multiple economic announcements and IPO openings can be overwhelming, making it easy to miss important updates. We have been working on making this easier for you. Zerodha Economic Calendar Last year, we launched the Zerodha Economic Calendar to help you track […]

Nithin recently made a post on Twitter about how we at Zerodha have never advertised. While this strategy has worked really well for us, it got us thinking — do our customers know everything we have to offer? For example, did you know that we are the only large broker to still offer 0 brokerage […]

It’s the end of another year, and it’s a good time to look back on the year that was. Performance-wise, 2024 was a weird year. Whether you were bullish or bearish, the markets gave everyone something. When you look at the broad indices, it was a good year for the markets. Look underneath the indices, […]

As we begin 2025, we wanted to take a moment to look back at what we have been up to in 2024.

We are happy to finally announce the launch of MTF (Margin Trading Facility) at Zerodha. This one has been a long time coming and is probably the most frequent feature request we’ve received over the years. We were caught up in two minds about whether to offer MTF or not. But eventually, given the pace […]

Ever wondered who’s behind the brands and products you use every day? We’ve made it super simple to find companies just by searching their brands or products names on Kite.

The number of people falling for fake website and app scams is increasing day by day. Not a day goes by where someone doesn’t tell us they’ve lost money to these scams. The scale at which these scams operate is scary. These scams take advantage of the familiarity that you have with major brands, celebrities, and companies like ours.

We are happy to announce the launch of Money Mindful, a new financial education series that aims to help anyone enter the financial services industry.

Educating traders and investors has been a core focus for us at Zerodha since day one. In 2024, we’ve ramped up these efforts with a variety of new initiatives, all aimed at helping people understand the markets and manage their money better. Our last update on content initiatives was in July, so we thought it […]

Over the past few months, we’ve been working hard to introduce new features and enhance existing ones to simplify your trading and investing experience. To make sure you don’t miss out, we’ve compiled all the updates for you in this post.

Pledged cash-equivalent securities such as Liquid ETFs, Sovereign Gold Bonds, and Government Bonds can now be sold instantly without waiting to unpledge them.

SEBI issued new circulars that affect how securities are credited to a client’s demat account. These guidelines, which will be implemented in two phases beginning October 14, 2024, aim to improve operational efficiency while reducing risks associated with the traditional system.

We’ve updated the Technicals Widget on Kite to give you all the key market information in one place.

On October 1, 2024, SEBI released a circular that changes a few things for index derivatives. Here’s a breakdown of all the changes and their impact. Increase in contract size Currently, the contract size for index F&O contracts is between Rs. 5 lakhs to 10 lakhs. Starting November 21, 2024, the contract value will be […]

In July SEBI released a “true to label” circular stating that market infrastructure institutions (MIIs) have to be “true to label” in the charges they levy to bring in more transparency in pricing. This circular comes into effect from October 1, 2024, and as a result, the exchanges have revised the Exchange Transaction Charges (ETC)—these […]

Introducing Alert Triggers Order (ATO) feature on Kite. With ATO, you can link a basket of orders to an alert, and as soon as the alert is triggered, your orders are placed on the exchange.

Fake trading apps have become a significant problem, with thousands of people losing crores of their hard-earned money. To help raise awareness, we explain how these scams operate, why people are drawn into them, and how you can protect yourself from falling victim.

You can now keep all your sensitive information regarding your investments and trading positions hidden using the new Privacy Mode on Kite web.

You can now easily invest in mutual funds using a minor account on Coin.