How-to Marketwatch Kite Watchlist

How to add instruments to the marketwatch on Kite

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This is the short form of the marketwatch-add procedure on Kite . Whether the instrument is an equity scrip, an F&O contract, an MCX commodity, an ETF, a sovereign gold bond, or a G-sec, the addition flow is the same five clicks.

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Step-by-step procedure

Five clicks per the procedure infobox above. The notes below cover the small differences between instrument classes.

Instrument-class quick reference

ClassType in searchExchange tag in dropdown
Equity (NSE)Symbol or company nameNSE
Equity (BSE)Symbol, scrip code, or nameBSE
Index futuresUnderlying + expiry monthNFO
Index optionsUnderlying + expiry + strike + CE/PENFO
Stock futuresUnderlying + expiryNFO
Stock optionsUnderlying + expiry + strike + CE/PENFO
Currency futuresPair + expiryCDS
Currency optionsPair + expiry + strike + CE/PECDS
CommodityCommodity + contract monthMCX
ETFETF name or symbolNSE / BSE
Sovereign gold bondSGB series identifierNSE / BSE
G-secISIN or symbolNSE / BSE
IPO (subscription window)Company nameNSE-IPO / BSE-IPO
MF (Coin)Scheme nameMF (added on Coin , not Kite marketwatch)

Mutual fund schemes are added to a separate watchlist on Zerodha Coin , not the Kite marketwatch.

IPO subscription window scrips

During an IPO subscription window, the IPO row appears in the dropdown under an NSE-IPO or BSE-IPO tag. Adding it to the marketwatch lets you monitor subscription updates from the panel without switching to the bids screen.

See also

External references

References

  1. Zerodha Support, Adding instruments to the marketwatch, support.zerodha.com.
  2. NSE India, Tradable segments and symbol conventions, nseindia.com.
  3. BSE India, Equity segment scrip code lookup, bseindia.com.

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