Dear Investors, Yes, Coin is now absolutely free! We launched Coin, our direct mutual fund platform in April 2017. Over the last 16 months, 100,000+ clients have invested over Rs 2000 crores in direct mutual funds and saved tens of crores in commissions that they would have otherwise paid a regular mutual fund platform. But, […]
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Traders, Options trading is probably the toughest business to make easy money. Yes, it seems easy, but less than 1% of options traders make any money in the long run. The reason for this is because most people trade options as if it were a lottery ticket. Through the Options module on Varsity, we educate […]
Investors & Traders, Through Varsity, TradingQ&A, and Z-Connect we have continuously tried to share as much knowledge as possible. After 8 years as Zerodha and interacting with lakhs of investors and traders, there is still a lot to be done to empower/upskill people through education. To make information about trading, investment, and finance easier, accessible, […]
Investors, Super happy to let you know that we have had 100,000+ clients invest over Rs 2200 crores in the last 15 months on Coin. Even more gratifying is the fact that we have helped our clients save potentially tens of crores in commissions by enabling them to invest in direct mutual funds. Coin is […]
Note: As of October 2019, our policy on compulsory physical delivery has changed. You can read the new policy here.
Investors, It’s been over 5 years that SEBI made it mandatory for all mutual fund houses to offer direct plans. Even so, around 90% of retail individuals still invest in regular funds as they don’t know the difference between regular and direct plans — the ridiculous commissions paid out from their investment on regular plans […]
Traders, One of the more popular requests we had from all of you was for a price alerts tool. A notification on your mobile/email whenever the underlying hits the price you have set. The challenge with existing tools is that the alerts are just based on last traded price and they run on your machine. […]
Dear Clients, We are now the 3rd largest stock broker in India in terms of active clients. Thank you for helping us achieve this in just under 8 years. I also want to thank the exchanges, especially NSE, for the NOW platform that was launched almost a decade ago, that helped kick-start our business. Not […]
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, Our tech team has been slogging away for the last one and a half years to bring you an even better version of almost everything at Zerodha in the next few months – from new tools/utilities to trading, to Coin, to reporting. Yes, the long overdue new backoffice is very near the launch! You […]
Traders, As you know, we have grown exponentially over the last 2 years, and have still strived to provide the best possible support experience. We’ve observed that when it comes to the large volumes of support queries we receive every day: Most support queries are repetitive in nature and in fact have answers already available. […]
Update [September 2018]- UPI will continue to remain free till December 2018. Traders, Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is an instant payment system developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), an RBI regulated entity. UPI is built over the IMPS infrastructure and allows you to instantly transfer money between any two parties’ bank accounts. The number […]
To all the women out there who have helped Zerodha be the success it is today – a happy Women’s Day. Our women investors will enjoy Zero brokerage on all trades today as a small token of our appreciation. Team Zerodha,
Traders, Streak is a startup that we have partnered as part of Rainmatter in our quest to broaden retail participation in the Indian capital markets. Over the years, we have offered various tools to help our clients trade systematically – Kite Connect, Pi bridge, NEST-AMI bridge, etc. Systematic trading brings in the discipline required to trade […]
Traders, Super thrilled to announce the launch of Kite 3.0 beta. It has taken our technology team one whole year to rebuild the vast Kite ecosystem from the ground up, all the way from the backend systems, APIs, and to the web front-end. We have learnt and adopted new technologies and have replaced the underlying […]
Hello Traders, The list of trading holidays for the calendar year 2018 has been announced by NSE. Here’s a one-page list of all trading holidays for NSE & BSE. Holiday Date Day Republic Day January 26, 2018 Friday Mahashivratri February 13, 2018 Tuesday Holi March 02, 2018 Friday Mahavir Jayanti March 29, 2018 Thursday Good […]
Traders, We turned 7 years old on Aug 15th and I’d like to start off by thanking all of you, our clients. We have had a great journey as a business and it wouldn’t have been possible without your love, support, and patience. In this post, I’ll update you on what has been happening over […]
Filters on F&O contracts now on screener Firstly, a huge thanks to all of you for the appreciation and constructive feedback you have shared with us in the last month for screener We are constantly working towards providing the best stock discovery experience. Since our launch in May, we received a lot of requests for providing filters for future […]
Traders, I like most of you have always found discovering the right stock to invest/trade in to be quite a challenge, considering most research websites out there focus on just single stock pages. We had also received a lot of requests for a screening tool. Presenting screener by smallcase – the most powerful & comprehensive stock screener […]
Note: Balance app has been acquired and all services have been discontinued. All investments made on Balance will remain accessible on the Zerodha Coin app and website. For more information on the shutdown, including best practices on how to manage your investments, please click here Traders and Investors, We promote products which have high risks and rewards. But […]
Traders, Check this charting video and user manual for all features on Kite charts. Below are the latest updates. Lot more data & Quick trends End of day data from 1996 for top stocks and intraday data from Feb 2015 (more than anyone out there). Below is a 21 year chart of Shipping corporation of India. New charts nimble […]
Investors, Mutual funds today can be purchased in two ways – either through a distributor or directly from the AMC. Through a distributor When purchased this way, the distributor earns an upfront commission of upto 1.5% on your investment and a trail commission of up to 1.5% every year for as long as you are invested […]
Traders, Portfolio investing is probably the best way to invest in the stock markets since you are taking a diversified approach to investing in stocks (more here). However, investing in portfolios is a cumbersome process, involving at least 3 different portals and 100+ clicks for each of the four steps involved. Discover/Create – finding portfolio-related […]
Traders, If you aren’t already aware, we run the following popular educational initiatives: Varsity – an easy to follow and in-depth guide to investing and trading. Z-Connect – a blog on everything about trading at Zerodha. Trading Q&A – a Q&A community to discuss and explore all things markets. Even though these 3 initiatives together are […]
Traders/Investors, I know with whatever little experience that two things govern success in the capital markets – being well informed about the industry and having the ability to make decisions without letting emotions get the better of you. We have – through Varsity, Trading Q&A, and other initiatives – tried to provide quality financial education to everyone looking for it. I’ve always wondered; what if […]
