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Traders, This is November 7, 2012 and very close to Diwali. This year the auspicious occasion of Dhanteras is on November 11, 2012. Dhanteras as explained on wikipedia: Dhanteras (Hindi: धनतेरस, Marathi : Dhantrayodashi) is the first day of the five-day Diwali Festival as celebrated in parts of North India. The festival, known as “Dhantrayodashi” or “Dhanvantari Triodasi”. The word Dhan means wealth and Teras means 13th day as […]

Economic Times talks to Nithin Kamath Founder/ CEO of Zerodha on how he turned his online broking firm to a Rs 20 crore venture. Being the son of a bank manager, I learnt about the importance of money at an early age. In fact, I had to earn my pocket money right through college. Instead […]

Traders, We have introduced newer platforms since this post was published. Check out this user manual for Kite and Kite explainer videos here. We will cover everything to do with Orders in this section: The order window on Zerodha Trader looks as below, you can use the shortcut key F1 to Buy and F2 to […]

Traders, We have introduced newer platforms since this post was published. Check out this user manual for Kite and Kite explainer videos here. The NEST starter pack is absolutely free and you get a lot of advanced charting tools and features. To start the charting tool  ensure that you are logged into NEST Plus on […]

Nov 5, 2013: We have released a fully online SPAN calculator tool, the first of its kind in India. The tool is free for everyone, and can be accessed here. Traders, SPAN calculator is a unique tool designed to help you figure out margin requirements even before you take a trade. What is unique about this […]

Traders, There are certain mandatory documents required while opening either Trading, Demat or Commodity account. 1.PAN Card (Permanent Account Number): You are required to provide a self attested photocopy of your PAN card. 2.Address Proof: Everything at Zerodha is online and all the information from us will be sent to you on your email. Even […]

Traders, At Zerodha you can open an Equity & Derivatives Trading account, Demat account and Commodity Trading account. Let me explain what can be done with each of these accounts: Equity & Derivatives Trading Account An Equity & Derivatives Trading account is what you open with a Trading Member (Stock Broker) of a recognized Stock […]

Nithin Kamath, Founder and CEO of Zerodha, talks to Business Line on his cost effective business model. Mumbai, Oct. 15: The pillars of the Indian retail broking model are slowly morphing into an e-broking structure without any physical presence. While most brokers are struggling to stay afloat in this uncertain market scenario, e-broking firm Zerodha is […]

Traders, Check out these easy steps to transfer funds into your trading account using ZT/Kite/Pi either for Equity/F&O/Currency or Commodities. While trading at Zerodha, you can transfer funds to your trading account using the instant payment gateway (Rs 9 per transfer), NEFT/RTGS/IMPS or through cheques. Our instant payment gateway is available for around 30 banks […]

Registering on Nest Plus: Your ZT will be pre-enabled for Nest Plus through which you can enjoy free charting and algoZ for life. This can take a maximum of 48 hours from when your account is opened. If you don’t want to wait until then, you can go ahead and register on your own and […]

Traders, Zerodha Trader version 3.10.57.97.7 onward has the feature of auto updation whenever any new feature is introduced. So you would ideally never have to re-install unless you are using a version older than 3.10.57.97.7 or you have not installed the software properly. Step 1 and Step 2 will be the same as installing the […]

Zerodha Trader (ZT) Introduction ZT is what we call the downloadable software version of our trading platform. The software is developed by Omnesys Technologies under their proprietary name “NEST.” NEST is the preferred choice of some of the biggest retail brokerage firms in India. Omnesys Technologies is headed by Mr. Shrikant Pandit and NSE (National […]

This post is out dated. Please refer to our Brokerage Calculator. Dear Fellow Traders, Brokerage is what your pay your broker for letting you access and trade through his platform on the various stocks/commodities exchanges. At Zerodha you can trade on NSE, BSE, MCX as well as MCX-SX. When trading  there are things under your […]

The Zerodha Journey till date(10th October 2013)… Z-Connect is an endeavor from our side to keep you connected with everything new at Zerodha and help you understand the various tools/utilities available. We would also be covering various other topics which can help you become a better trader from taxation to coding strategies. The content on Z-Connect will be in a blog-like format where we will have Q&A at the end of each post.

Trading platform Zerodha to launch automated trading option HYDERABAD, AUG. 13: Online trading platform Zerodha is expanding its presence to more cities beginning with Kochi recently and following it with Hyderabad today. The Bangalore-based company is planning to open another centre in Mumbai and is finalising plans to launch an automated trading module for individuals […]