Trading
- Zerodha's open-source contributions
An overview of Zerodha's open-source software projects, including Kite Connect libraries, financial data tools, and infrastructure components published on...
- Zerodha tech stack and engineering philosophy
An overview of Zerodha's documented technology choices: Go for backend services, Vue.
- Zerodha Pi discontinuation and migration
The history, technical capabilities, and eventual discontinuation of Zerodha's Pi desktop trading platform, and how clients migrated to Kite and other.
- Zerodha clearing corporation flows
How trade settlement flows work between Zerodha, NSE Clearing (NSCCL), and Indian Clearing Corporation (ICCL) for equity and derivatives transactions.
- Zerodha and T+1 settlement
How the shift from T+2 to T+1 equity settlement in India affects Zerodha clients: fund availability, stock delivery timelines, and margin implications.
- Zerodha and T+0 settlement (current rollout)
The T+0 optional same-day settlement window on NSE and BSE, how it works, which stocks are eligible, and the implications for Zerodha clients.
- Trigger price vs limit price on Kite
On Kite, the trigger price activates a pending stop-loss order while the limit price controls the execution price of the resulting limit order, two.
- STBT and why Zerodha does not allow it
STBT (Sell Today Buy Tomorrow), overnight short selling of equity shares, is prohibited by SEBI regulations for retail investors.
- SL-M (Stop Loss Market) order on Kite
An SL-M order on Kite is triggered at a set price and then executes as a market order, prioritising execution certainty over price control after the stop fires.
- SL (Stop Loss limit) order on Kite
An SL order on Kite combines a trigger price and a limit price: it activates only when the trigger is hit, then places a limit order at the specified price.
- Power of attorney and DDPI transition
How India's securities market moved from broker power of attorney to the DDPI framework, limiting broker access to client demat accounts.
- Order validity types on Kite, DAY and IOC
DAY and IOC are the two order validity types on Kite.
- Nudges and behavioural design in Kite
How Zerodha's Kite trading platform uses behavioural nudges, friction points, and disclosure prompts to guide retail traders toward informed decisions.
- NRML product code on Zerodha
NRML (Normal) is Zerodha's product code for overnight F&O, currency, and commodity positions held at full SEBI-mandated exchange margins without.
- Nominee process at Zerodha
How Zerodha clients register, update, and manage nominees for their trading account, demat account, and mutual fund holdings under SEBI's 2023 nomination rules.
- Mutual fund pledging on Zerodha
How Zerodha clients can pledge mutual fund units held in demat form as collateral margin for F&O trading, including eligible funds, haircuts, and OTP flow.
- MTF product code on Zerodha
MTF (Margin Trading Facility) on Zerodha allows investors to buy eligible equity shares with borrowed funds, holding positions overnight at interest on.
- MIS product code on Zerodha
MIS (Margin Intraday Squareoff) is Zerodha's intraday product code offering leveraged positions that are automatically squared off by 3:20 PM if not.
- Market order on Kite
A market order on Kite instructs the exchange to buy or sell a security immediately at the best available price, guaranteeing execution but not the price.
- Margin pledge mechanics on Zerodha
How the SEBI margin pledge framework operates on Zerodha: pledge creation, haircuts, collateral margin, re-pledge to clearing, and client safeguards.
- Liquid fund margin (Liquidcase) on Zerodha
Liquidcase is Zerodha's facility to invest idle trading funds in liquid mutual funds and pledge units as margin collateral, earning returns on parked capital.
- Limit order on Kite
A limit order on Kite lets traders specify the maximum price to pay or the minimum price to accept, guaranteeing price but not execution.
- Kill switch on Kite (F&O cooling-off)
The Kite kill switch is a voluntary self-exclusion tool that lets traders freeze all F&O order placement for a cooling-off period after heavy losses.
- Idle funds policy on Zerodha
Zerodha's idle funds policy returns uninvested client cash to the linked bank account after a defined period, complying with SEBI's client funds.
- Iceberg order on Kite
An iceberg order on Kite automatically slices a large order into smaller tranches, displaying only a fraction of the total quantity in the public order book.
- GTT (Good Till Triggered) order on Zerodha
Zerodha's GTT lets traders set conditional buy or sell orders that persist for up to one year, triggering only when the market reaches a specified price.
- Family declaration on Console
The Zerodha family declaration links related accounts on Console for aggregated portfolio viewing, combined tax reporting, and simplified family financial...
- eMandate on Zerodha (UPI and net-banking)
How Zerodha's eMandate facility works for UPI AutoPay and net-banking mandates, enabling automatic SIP debits and recurring fund transfers from linked.
- Disclosed quantity orders
A disclosed quantity order shows only a fraction of the full order size in the exchange order book, hiding the trader's true intent while keeping the full...
- Cover order (CO) on Zerodha
A cover order on Zerodha is an intraday order paired with a mandatory stop-loss, enabling higher leverage by capping maximum loss at order placement.