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 […]
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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 […]
Investors, We Indians love fixed income instruments, hence over Rs 110 lakh crores sit in bank fixed deposits (FD) and over Rs 10lk crores (over 50% of total MF AUM) in debt mutual funds. What most of us don’t know are the various alternatives that exist which are better than bank FD’s, namely Government Securities […]
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, 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 […]
Traders, One of the most popular requests we get every tax filing season from traders on our education modules on taxation is, “Why don’t we also help them with tax filing and audits”. Introducing www.tradetax.in Tradetax is a Rainmatter initiative formed by a team of experienced Chartered accountant’s (CA) with trading knowledge. We are the same team which […]
Traders/Investors, Firstly, a question I have been asked quite often in the last few months. Why don’t we have special free trading offers for new clients? Why don’t we extend the 60 day challenge into a competition between traders and have a big lottery prize for the winner – the temptation of the lottery should get […]
“Check out our detailed module on taxation while trading/investing on varsity.” Note: This article might contain information that will not comply with the current tax laws. Please read the Taxation module on Varsity for updated information Traders, Taxation is an often neglected aspect especially more for people who trade/invest on the capital markets. With the […]
“Check out our detailed module on taxation while trading/investing on varsity.” Traders, FY 2014/15 has been a great year for the markets with over 30% increase in the benchmark Nifty index. There have been stocks that have been multi-baggers and there have been laggards as well. With a few days left for the end of […]
Dear fellow NRI Investor/Trader, The below blogpost is our effort to simplify what goes into opening a NRI trading and demat account for investing in the Indian Stock Exchanges through the PIS route. Open an NRE/NRO savings bank account in India NRE Account? Non-resident External Account (NRE) is a bank account where both the principal and […]
Finance is actually very simple, but it’s made to look complicated to justify fees – Morgan House on fool.com Dear Traders & Investors, The digital age has transformed the way in which we perform our day-to-day activities – be it reading books, watching movies, or trading stocks. Technology has penetrated in every aspect of our […]
Traders, “Q” is our new reporting/backoffice tool built to be your next generation – trading journal and financial assistant. Some features on the first release other than the fact that it works on all browsers 🙂 are Summary of your account shown using a donut chart Funds page to place/track withdrawal requests Portfolio to track […]
Traders, It has been a rocky few weeks for the equity markets, but as Zerodha, we believe that it is an intermediate downtrend in a bull market. It is the lack of liquidity in the markets which is causing the sudden upward/downward movements. A few important updates: 1. Commodity transaction tax, which was proposed in […]
Traders, Firstly it is important to understand the difference between Assessment Year(AY) and Financial Year(FY). If someone is saying that he has just filed his returns for AY 2012-13, this means it is for income in the financial year 2011-12(Apr 1st 2011 to March 31st 2012). So technically AY 2012-13 and FY 2011-12 are 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 […]
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 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.
