Update: For referrals made before June 1, 2026, the 10% brokerage share will be paid from June 1, 2026, onwards, if the referrer adds at least three new referrals every 12 months. A lot of our customers came to us the same way: someone they trusted told them to. We’ve never run a newspaper or […]
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We have two big updates going live from June 1st. First, if you’re moving your holdings from another broker to Zerodha, we’ll refund the depository charges your current broker charges for the transfer, up to ₹500. This isn’t limited to new accounts. If you already have a Zerodha account and are transferring holdings from another […]
When you have just one or two trades, the positions page is easy to read. But once you have trades across different stocks, indices, and expiries, it becomes harder to make sense of everything in one view. Instead of reading everything as one long list, you can now group your positions on the Kite app. […]
We’re still one of the very few brokers that charges zero brokerage on delivery trades. But that’s just one part of it. We don’t send you notifications designed to make you trade more. We don’t push margin funding (MTF) to get you to borrow and trade. We don’t have differential pricing for trading, MTF, or […]
Even today, a large part of household savings in India sits in fixed deposits. The appeal is simple, predictable returns, no market volatility, and very little to manage once you’ve invested. But that simplicity doesn’t scale well. Once you have FDs across multiple banks, rates are scattered, processes differ, and tracking maturity dates and interest becomes […]
A yearly update from Zerodha Fund House. When we launched our first fund in October 2023, you invested on conviction alone since you didn’t have a track record to rely on. I wanted to write to you about what your trust in us has built and what it means for you going forward. We now […]
Retirement is one of the few financial goals you can’t postpone. But it’s also the one most people delay thinking about. There’s always something more immediate: a house, EMIs, a vacation, or that one stock you’re sure will double. Retirement keeps getting pushed to “next year.” And yet, it’s the one goal where time matters […]
Additional ₹20 charge is only for traders using collateral margin without the required cash and only if the shortfall exceeds ₹5 lakhs. No, the brokerage for F&O at Zerodha has not gone up to ₹40. It remains at ₹20 per order. The only change is an additional ₹20 per order for customers who trade on […]
As traders and investors, we tend to keep adding instruments to marketwatch whenever something catches our attention. Over time, this can turn into a long list of stocks, indices, and contracts that becomes harder to manage. Even if you split them across multiple watchlists, finding the instrument you need at the right moment can still […]
Most trading platforms look the same for everyone. The same layout, the same widgets, and the same workflow, whether you place one trade a month or fifty trades a day. But each trader works differently. Some prefer having charts and the order window side by side; others track multiple watchlists and the option chain simultaneously, […]
Opening an HUF account hasn’t always been the easiest process. It usually involved filling out physical forms, sending documents by courier, and waiting 5–7 business days for the account to be activated. HUF (Hindu Undivided Family) accounts at Zerodha can now be opened entirely online, with most accounts activated within a day. We’ve also removed […]
We’ve added two features on MCX that address some of the everyday friction in commodity trading, managing entry and exits, and tracking contract-specific details. GTT orders for MCX Commodity prices often react to global cues such as geopolitical developments, currency movements, and macroeconomic releases, sometimes beyond regular market hours. Not everyone can monitor positions throughout […]
Most of us learned how to save money long before we learned what a mutual fund was. As kids, we saved small amounts of money in a piggy bank. There was no plan, no minimum amount, and no expectation of returns. We added whatever we could: ₹2, ₹5, and sometimes ₹10. Not because we were […]
If you track stocks, you’ve probably had occasions where you found out about something important, like a quarterly result, a rating change, or an acquisition announcement, hours or even days after it happened. By then, the market has usually already priced the event in. The information was always public. Exchanges publish filings the moment they’re […]
Trading commodity futures and options involves more moving parts than equity derivatives. In equities, most contracts follow a common rulebook. In commodities, the rules change depending on what you’re trading, expiry dates, cut-off times, and even settlement methods can differ from one contract to another. Take Gold and Crude Oil as examples. Gold futures are […]
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 […]
Investing and trading in Indian markets as an NRI has traditionally involved more friction than it should have, extra bank dependencies, CP codes, physical paperwork, and higher costs compared to what resident investors face. Over the course of 2025, some of these long-standing frictions were removed. Following regulatory changes from SEBI and operational changes on […]
Trading apps rely on a chain of background services to connect you to our servers, including global networks like Cloudflare (powers approximately 20-25% of all internet traffic globally). While these networks make the internet faster and safer, they also mean that if a link in the chain breaks, access to the app can be blocked—even […]
We’ve rolled out a set of new improvements and features to charts on the Kite app to make charts load faster, analysing markets easier, and switching between charts more intuitive. Here’s a quick look at what’s new. Quick launcher: open charts from anywhere We’ve added a floating icon called the quick launcher. It stays on […]
Placing multiple orders one by one can be slow, especially when markets are moving quickly. Even a small delay is sometimes enough to miss a good price. If you’re buying several stocks at once or executing a multi-leg options strategy, entering each order separately can become a hurdle. Quick Baskets on the Kite web makes […]
Walk into any good hospital today, and you’ll notice something. Almost nothing is done the old way anymore. What used to be routine laparoscopic surgery is now done with robotic assistance because it improves precision and speeds up recovery. Cardiac bypasses, orthopaedic procedures, prostate surgeries—hospitals increasingly prefer advanced, minimally invasive techniques whenever they can. And […]
If you’re an active trader, you know how quickly your positions list can get cluttered. Different stocks, expiries, and long or short positions, all mixed, can make it hard to see what’s really happening. To make this easier, we’ve added a feature to group and filter positions, which lets you organise your positions just the […]
Helping Indians learn how to manage their money is a cause that is near and dear to all of us at Zerodha. A meaningful part of that has been helping parents invest for their children’s future. The earlier children start learning about money, the better. Good financial habits formed early tend to stick. Which is […]
If you trade F&O strategies with multiple legs, you know how time-consuming it can be to set up multiple positions. Every order must be placed separately, with the product type, order type, and quantity filled in each time. And when markets are moving fast, that’s valuable time lost. That’s why we’ve added a new feature […]
We launched our loan against securities (LAS) product, Zerodha Capital, to help people avoid high-interest personal loans and credit card debt. Borrowing against your investments can be far more cost-effective, but many only realize how expensive unsecured credit is once they’re already paying for it. Since starting full-scale operations in 2023, we’ve steadily expanded LAS. […]
