A full page feature on the journey of Zerodha till now on “Economic Times” The year was 2009. Nithin Kamath, a 29-year-old stock trader, was badly in need of funds to roll out a business idea: an internet broking platform that offered significantly lower brokerage rates than the industry. Read the entire […]
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Traders & Partners, We will be celebrating our 4th Anniversary this Independence day, 15th Aug 2014. I will be sending you all our plan of action for this year and some really exciting news soon, but here’s some sweet music to get August started. Clearing charges dropping further to the lowest in the Country Thanks to your […]
It was a dream that 33-year-old Nithin Kamath nurtured ever since he entered the stock trading industry as a 17-year-old—of having a good broker. With his venture Zerodha, a Bangalore-based online stock brokerage firm which was started in 2010, Kamath has done just that.
Traders, We take great pride in letting you all know that, our CEO, Nithin Kamath is one of the winners of the prestigious CII (Confederation of Indian Industries) “Emerging Entrepreneur Award for 2013”. The due diligence for this award which involved studying everything from our business model to our financials was done by Grand Thornton and Boston Consulting, and the jury were the who’s […]
Zerodha – First brokerage firm from Karnataka to create a national presence. Read the e-paper , Special Supplement “Isiri”, Page 1 and Page 3.
Short Note on VIX by Nikhil in the Hindu Business Line, 2nd Feb 2014. ” VIX is a trademarked symbol for the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Market Volatility Index. It represents the market’s expectation of volatility over a pre-defined period. India VIX is a volatility index based on the Nifty index option prices. From the […]
Zerodha SPAN featured – Tech tools in Hindu Business line, to know how to use check this blog. Do you trade in future and options? As a Futures & Options (F&O) trader, you may want to know the margins you require ahead of making a trade. However, margins vary depending on factors such as the […]
Nikhil Kamath explains Federal Reserve and it’s importance on Nifty and Sensex. Love it or hate it; but you cannot ignore it. That is the Federal Reserve for you. Words like taper, QE, Fed are peppering most stock market conversation these days and are also the perpetrators of huge doses of volatility in recent times. […]
Nithin Kamath, Founder and CEO of Zerodha speaks to Business Today on what it takes to make a successful trader. Trading for a living or active trading is a rewarding career , especially because of the financial independence and instant gratification. But a decision to become an active trader has to be made very carefully after […]
Some of you who trade in the markets would have probably received notices for defective returns from the Income Tax department for the assessment year 2012-13. One possible reason could be that you did not take note of the the amendment to section 44AD which deals with computing profits and gains from a […]
Business Line talks to ZERODHA CEO, Nithin Kamath on introducing a first-of-a-kind Trading platform in India… KOCHI, JULY 23: Zerodha, the Bangalore-based online trading platform, is in the process of introducing a new trading platform with advanced charting software. This would enable technical analysis and back-testing strategies before making a trade. The idea is to provide […]
Economic Times covers launch of Zerodha’s Ahmedabad support centre. ” AHMEDABAD: Bangalore headquartered Zerodha, online discount trading firm, today announced the launch of its support centre in Ahmedabad, that is designed to allow active traders to buy and sell financial instruments such as stocks, futures & options, currencies and commodities. Zerodha brings on the table a brokerage […]
Nithin Kamath, Founder/CEO of Zerodha shares his view on SEBI’s proposed move. The Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi) proposed move to make co-location facilities more fair and transparent — ensuring that even those that do not avail of this facility get a fair chance to execute their trades speedily — might significantly impact […]
Nithin Kamath, Founder and CEO of Zerodha, featured on Economic Times, among the most promising entrepreneurs of the country. As kids in school, we were always asked, ‘who would you like to be when you grow up?’ and the answers would vary – from being a doctor, to pilot. Today, the answer might veritably be […]
Live Mint discusses Zerodha’s unique broking model with it’s Founder and CEO, Nithin Kamath. The market environment for financial services has changed significantly post the 2008 global financial crisis. While regulators have realized that services and products need to have a greater focus on customers, service providers themselves have acknowledged that the endgame is in […]
Business Line talks to Nithin Kamath CEO/Founder of Zerodha, on introducing Discount Broking in India. March 23, 2013: Can stock broking be a paying proposition? Numbers from big Indian brokerages don’t suggest so. But Zerodha.com, an online trading portal that started out in August 2010, seems to be raking in the money, with clients flocking […]
Bangalore-based online broking firm, Zerodha is looking at a three-fold growth in revenues. Buoyed by a steady rise in new trading accounts and untapped potential in North India, Bangalore-based online broking firm Zerodha is looking at a three-fold growth in revenues to Rs 60 crore in 2013-14 and is in talks with US-based brokerages to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]