As the year winds down, I want to take a moment to reflect on everything we’ve achieved at Zerodha Fund House in 2024. It’s been a year of exciting milestones, bold steps, and laying the groundwork for what’s next. Why we started Having spent over 20 years in the industry, one thing that stood out […]
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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, […]
Since joining Zerodha, a SEBI-regulated business, my calendar has been dominated by deadlines for upcoming regulations. We discuss these regulatory changes daily — analyzing their business impact, evaluating their effects on customers, and identifying the system and process updates needed for seamless business continuity. This year, we’ve begun a new tradition: compiling a comprehensive list […]
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 […]
We turned 14 on August 15th. The past 12 months have been quite volatile for me personally. Nikhil and I lost our dad in December, and I was hit by a stroke immediately after that in January. I am now feeling better and have recovered about 85%, but I’m still struggling with my speech and […]
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.
NSE published a circular on August 14 that says: With a view to safeguard the interest of investors, it is hereby clarified that any person referring a client to the Trading Member (broker) shall be appointed as an Authorised Person (AP) of the Trading Member after obtaining specific prior approval from the stock exchange for […]
You can now easily invest in mutual funds using a minor account on Coin.
We recently sent SEBI a routine summary of significant infrastructure and software upgrades and performance improvements that we have made in the last 18 months. Here’s a copy of the document. It does not include product features and improvements, only major upgrades in the backend. Hardware Our OMS installations and exchange connectivity run on independent […]
Starting June 29, 2024, account opening is now free for all resident Indians.
The finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2024 today and announced several changes aimed at simplifying the taxation of capital gains. These changes will have a direct impact on your take-home gains and there’s a lot of confusion going around the same. So, we will try to provide clarity on how your capital […]
It is critical for traders and investors to file their taxes, whether they made a profit or a loss. People often think that they don’t need to file taxes if they’ve made losses, but that’s not true. We also understand that filing your taxes might seem difficult, so we have created reports on Console to […]
