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Traders, Withdrawing funds from your trading account is pretty simple. Please note all the fund requests have to placed by you online, as we do not accept offline requests. Please follow the simple steps mentioned below for withdrawing funds from your account :- Step 1: Login to the Backoffice – https://q.zerodha.com/ When you click on q.zerodha.com the […]

Hello Traders, MCX-SX is India’s new stock exchange promoted by the Financial Technologies Group and is launching on February 9, 2013. Equity shares of around 1116 companies will initially be permitted for trading on the Capital Markets segment. We are still waiting for information on the various derivative products and will keep you all updated on […]

Nithin Kamath’s Zerodha featured among 25 of most popular startup stories of 2012. We all like the eyeballs and in the current internet age, that translates to traffic and pageviews. The calendar is about to turn a leaf and here we’ll showcase 25 most read startup stories at YourStory from the year 2012. A point […]

Building On What You Do Best A goal of every trader is to achieve enduring success. It’s hard to achieve this goal, however. The only way it can be done is through persistence and practice. Many are drawn to trading, but few can actually trade for a living. This is a discouraging fact of trading, […]

Discount broking makes a comeback By Ravi Ranjan Prasad Feb 03 2013 , Mumbai Brokerages offer flat rates, low broking charges to woo clients Discount broking is slowly making a comeback to the Indian capital market. Quite popular in the west, discount broking offers a better option for traders with fixed broking charge per trade and […]

Dear Fellow Traders, It is that time of the year when all of us have to sit and plan for our income tax returns. I am sure many of you have an umpteen number of queries when it comes to taxation while trading equity, F&O, Commodities and Currencies. It is important to declare either profits […]

“People who look for easy money invariable pay for the privilege of proving conclusively that it cannot be found on this earth” – – Jesse Livermore Taking Risks in Stride All traders must face risk. No trader is immune. Whether you’re a novice trader with a small account or a hedge fund manager trading millions, you […]

Hello Traders, There are many characteristics and skills required to be successful trading markets. Understanding of Technical Analysis, Fundamental Analysis and the ability to spot a trend are a few common traits of winning traders. But what really sets the winners apart are two important ones, “discipline and emotional balance.” Over the years of trading […]

Traders, The best lessons in life are learnt either through experience or through experienced people. The ExpertZ (experts at Zconnect) section will feature articles from our panel of experts from various domains related to capital markets. We will also run a Q&A session at the end of each article where we will try to get […]

The New Indian Express publishes Nithin Kamath’s story on his journey from a Trader, to Founder/ CEO of Zerodha, India’s first Online Discount Brokerage. When 16-year-old Nithin Kamath first thought of making some pocket money, he was seeing silhouettes of potentiality, but not the potential. Clarity came through when some of his Marwari friends introduced […]

“Check out our detailed module on taxation while trading/investing on varsity.“ Traders, I have been trading personally for a very long time and the tax filing times have always been the most painful part, sitting with a CA and accounting for profits, losses, expenses and others. I was in similar shoes as most of you […]

Dear Traders, We hope the New Year has started out just the way you wished. This is a year Zerodha has decided to connect better with you so, you will hear a lot more from us. Please note that Friday, January 25, 2013 is Id-E-Milad, and on this occasion: 1. Currency Derivatives Segment (CDS) on […]

Dear Fellow Traders, Firstly, a very Happy New Year and wishing that this year brings in a lot more of good health, wealth and happiness. Over the last year we have introduced products/services to help you in trading and better the customer support experience. Some of the significant developments during the year were: 1. Launch […]

Hello Traders, Trading is a very stressful job and taking a break may be helpful. One has to be emotionally and mentally prepared to be successful. So plan your breaks around festivities. Here is the list of trading holidays for 2013 for Equity (NSE, BSE) & Commodity (MCX). List of trading holidays for NSE/BSE-2013: s# Holidays […]

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 […]

Business Standard talks to Nithin Kamath, Founder/ CEO of Zerodha about the future goals of the company. Zerodha, a Bangalore-based online broking and trading start-up, targets to be among the top three online trading firms in terms of turnover in India over the next three years. Zerodha, which started operations in August 2010 with a brokerage-free model […]

Hello Traders, If you already have a basic understanding of Technical Analysis (TA), please skip this blog. But understanding this is essential before proceeding to learn about the AmiBroker Plugin. How do you decide on buying/selling? There are people who trade just based on their gut, but it is important to have a system for […]

Traders, 1. Pre-market Orders: NSE started the concept of pre-open session a few months back to minimize the volatility of securities during the market opening every day. Between 9:00 AM to 9:15 AM is when the pre-market session is conducted on NSE. During the pre-market session for the first 8 minutes (between 9:00 AM and […]

Traders, In this blog we shall talk about BTST/ATST which stands for Buy Today / Sell Tomorrow or Acquire Today / Sell Tomorrow. This is a facility offered by most of the stock brokers in India (including Zerodha) where you can buy stock today and sell it tomorrow before you get the delivery of the […]

From Trading Alone at the Age of 17 to Starting Up Zerodha: Nithin Kamath’s Inspiring Story The Asian financial markets are ascending to new heights. The global financial crisis has reached a different stage all together, and this has exposed the market players to myriad challenges. If we were to go by the definition that […]

  Traders, Margin Policy can change at any point of time based on market volatility. The following post will give you our standard margin policies while trading equity intraday & delivery, f&o, currency and commodity. You can trade equity either intraday or delivery on NSE, BSE and MCX-SX. If you are not enabled on the latter […]

Traders, Muhurat Trading Is the customary trading tradition on the day of Diwali that is unique to India where markets open for a short duration to pay obeisance to Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity(Lakshmi Puja). Lots of traders and market old hands use Deepawali(Lakshmi Puja) as a reference point to record how […]

Traders, Each one of you when opening a demat account with an online broker would have had to sign a POA (Power of Attorney). Sounds like a very serious document and hence arises a lot of questions from investors on why exactly you are signing this piece of document. My first recall of the acronym […]

Nithin Kamath Founder/ CEO,  authors article on Online Trading for Business Line. You should start with brokers who have a physical presence to help you with the basics, even if they charge a higher brokerage. Interest in trading has gained momentum because of the recent rise in stock prices. Both old and new investors have […]