Traders need margin to take and maintain positions. Instead of keeping large amounts of cash idle, many use their existing holdings as collateral to get margin. Until now, the margin from pledging was credited only on the next trading day. That one-day delay often became a problem when margin was needed immediately, whether to adjust […]
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Most people think of taxes only when filing their Income Tax Return. But tax isn’t an annual event. It has to be paid as the income is earned, and that’s where advance tax comes in. With the deadline for the third installment of advance tax on 15 December 2025, this is a good time for […]
Every day brings market news, hot tips, and predictions that make us feel like we must act right away. Fear, greed, or even the thrill of a quick profit often push us into choices that hurt us in the long run. Impulsive investing is one of the biggest reasons many fail to build lasting wealth. […]
As a trader, filing your taxes is important whether you’ve made a profit or a loss. Many assume that if they’ve made losses, they don’t need to file—but that’s not true. Skipping it could still attract a notice from the Income Tax Department. We also know tax filing can feel complicated, which is why we’ve […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 isn’t, especially when dealing with huge amounts of data across millions of customers and regularly dealing with complex edge cases such as arbitrary corporate […]
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 to file their Income Tax Returns (ITR) on time. Here’s why: the income tax department has […]
Hindi: इस पोस्ट को हिंदी में पढ़ने के लिए यहाँ क्लिक करें। We all have been in situations where we’ve spent several hours searching for the right gift for an occasion. Choosing a meaningful gift is never easy. One of the things we’ve wanted to do at Zerodha for a long time was to make […]
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 market; and To regulate the securities market. If you’ve been following the actions of the market regulator closely, you’ll notice a spate of regulations introduced in […]
According to the exchange circular (PDF), beginning August 15, 2024, brokers are prohibited from paying referral commissions to individuals not registered as an Authorised Person (AP). As a result, Zerodha will not be permitted to pay the 10% brokerage generated by referrals through the referral programme from August 25, 2024, until the exchange provides further […]
According to the exchange circular (PDF), beginning August 15, 2024, brokers are prohibited from paying referral commissions to individuals not registered as an Authorised Person (AP). As a result, Zerodha will not be permitted to pay the 10% brokerage generated by referrals through the referral programme from August 25, 2024, until the exchange provides further […]
P&L statements typically display charges on an overall basis. So if you search between a time period, you’d see total charges across all trades in that period. Along with this, on Console, we now have scrip-wise charges. This means that you will be able to see what portion of the overall charge was due to […]
Traders, If you are investing or trading, you would need to declare your profits and losses for the financial year (FY) while filing your income tax returns (ITR). All equity investments under the head of capital gains, intraday equity trading as a speculative business, and derivatives trading as non-speculative business income. Check out the Varsity […]
Traders, Financial year (FY) 2017/18 is coming to a close on March 31st. We had a good run on the exchanges until Jan 2018, followed by the drawdown in the last two months. If you have net realized short-term capital gains this FY, and currently hold stocks which have unrealized losses – you have a tax […]
Traders, We keep getting queries on quarterly settlements, hence the detailed explanation below. What is Quarterly Settlement of Funds & Securities? Back in 2009, the market regulator, SEBI, introduced the policy of Quarterly Settlement of Funds & Securities. According to the policy, brokerage firms are required to transfer back all unutilized sums of money kept […]
Traders, You can now pledge almost 1000 approved securities (Stocks & ETFs) to get collateral margin which can be used for trading futures and options on equity and currency. Pledging a Stock Visit the holdings page on Console and in the holdings table, hover the cursor on the stock you want to pledge and click […]
