I was at the Blossom Book House in Bengaluru last week buying some comics for my son, when a 20-year-old recognised me (behind a mask!) and got really excited. In my head, I thought to myself, “h...
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October 12, 2021
The rise of Algo trading platforms & everything you need to know
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September 13, 2021
Introducing online nomination
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August 22, 2021
Freak trades in F&O, removal of execution range, the importance of limit orders and more
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August 15, 2021
11 years of Zerodha
Recent posts
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It doesn’t feel like the end of 2021, but rather a long 2020 just ended. I was thinking of writing about a year-end personal finance checklist, but then I realized 2021 deserves a different k...
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Queries around F&O margins are perhaps the ones that are most asked by our customers. We launched our margin calculator in 2013 and have continuously tried to educate users about the nuances of...
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Physical delivery of stock options can potentially lead to systemic risk in the capital markets and pose a risk to traders. But before I explain these risks, let me first set the context with an ou...
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I was at the Blossom Book House in Bengaluru last week buying some comics for my son, when a 20-year-old recognised me (behind a mask!) and got really excited. In my head, I thought to myself, “h...
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We launched Varsity 8 years back using this cover image and this was what we planned to attempt. Excerpts from the original post: At Zerodha we took inspiration from the MOOC (Massive Open Online...
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When we started off, one of the things we were aware of was that taxation for traders was never simple. We have explained how taxation works for traders and investors in the Varsity module on taxat...
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If you ignore the brutal bear market over the last one month, we’re still in a raging bull market. A lot of people think that the markets are in a bubble. I don’t know. I guess nobody k...
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Here’s the trading/stock market holiday calendar for 2022 for equity and F&O segments. Holiday Date Day Republic Day January 26, 2022 Wednesday Mahashivratri March 01, 2022 Tuesday...
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Over the last 4 years, we have spent a lot of time listening to our users and taking continuous feedback from everyone. After spending months on user research combined with all the inputs, we are f...
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Hindi: इस पोस्ट को हिंदी में पढ़ने के लिए यहाँ क्लिक करें। The world of investing has evolved significantly from when ...
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Wishing you all a Happy and prosperous Diwali🪔 from all of us here at team Zerodha! This post got a little big because we wanted to cover some basic yet extremely important personal finance conc...
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Wishing you all a Happy and prosperous Diwali from all of us here at team Zerodha! As has been our tradition, there won’t be any brokerages for trades executed in the Muhurat trading session....
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Update (9th Dec 2021): SEBI has put up a consultation paper, which I am guessing is due to their worry about the growing popularity of unregulated algo trading platforms that offer off the shelf au...
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There’s nothing new that you can say about investing. The basics – save more, spend less, diversify, keep costs low, and don’t tinker with your portfolio have remained the same for ages. ...
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अब आप अपने ट्रेडिंग और डीमैट खाते में एक या उससे ज़्यादा नॉमिनी को Console पर ऑनला...
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Hindi: इस पोस्ट को हिंदी में पढ़ने के लिए यहाँ क्लिक करें। You can now add single or multiple nominees to your trading...
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Hey there! We are super thrilled to present our all-new positions page for you- free for a while! This page will always be free and be accessible to all users without any charge. The analysis of po...
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Over the last couple of weeks, many traders have been sharing screenshots of trades being executed far away from the current market price in F&O contracts on social media, referred to by many a...
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Happy Independence Day! Aug 15th, 2010 happens to be the day we started Zerodha, which means we turn 11 today 🙂 The past year, 2020-2021, has been highly eventful, to say the least. Society chan...
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In the past year or so, we’ve seen a huge spike in new investors. While, in general, this new breed of investors are more informed than the previous generation, some of them continue to make the ...
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Over my past 20 years in the markets, I have interacted with many retail traders, in various capacities. And one thing I’ve seen that leads retail investors to consistently lose money is option b...
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Over-trading is the biggest destroyer of capital when actively trading the markets. The trading frequency is usually inversely proportional to profitability for most traders. This means that when i...
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We launched Console 2.0 earlier this year, a complete rewrite of our entire backoffice and reporting system from scratch. While many assume that generating various types of reports is simple, it is...
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In light of recent events, we’ve received several questions from our clients about how we ensure the security of your account at Zerodha. We’ve explained the security practices we adher...
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Traders, If you hold stocks or mutual funds in your portfolio that have unrealised losses, you can set off these losses against realised profits on which you have to pay taxes. To do this, you can ...