How to add instruments to the marketwatch on Kite
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
| Class | Type in search | Exchange tag in dropdown |
|---|---|---|
| Equity (NSE) | Symbol or company name | NSE |
| Equity (BSE) | Symbol, scrip code, or name | BSE |
| Index futures | Underlying + expiry month | NFO |
| Index options | Underlying + expiry + strike + CE/PE | NFO |
| Stock futures | Underlying + expiry | NFO |
| Stock options | Underlying + expiry + strike + CE/PE | NFO |
| Currency futures | Pair + expiry | CDS |
| Currency options | Pair + expiry + strike + CE/PE | CDS |
| Commodity | Commodity + contract month | MCX |
| ETF | ETF name or symbol | NSE / BSE |
| Sovereign gold bond | SGB series identifier | NSE / BSE |
| G-sec | ISIN or symbol | NSE / BSE |
| IPO (subscription window) | Company name | NSE-IPO / BSE-IPO |
| MF (Coin) | Scheme name | MF (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
- How to add scrips to the Kite marketwatch
- How to use the marketwatch on Kite
- How to create multiple marketwatch in Kite
- How to add F&O contracts to the marketwatch
- How to add Nifty / BankNifty options to the marketwatch
- How to add indices to the Kite marketwatch
- How to add MCX F&O to the marketwatch
- How to add BSE F&O contracts to the marketwatch
- How to add Bharat Bond ETF to Kite
- How to search gold bonds on Kite
- How to search stocks, ETFs, MFs, IPOs, G-secs on Kite
- Market depth view on Kite
- Day’s change in absolute and percentage
- Kite Holdings tab explained
- Kite Positions tab explained
- Kite (Zerodha)
- Kite web
- Kite mobile app
- Zerodha Coin
- IPO
- Sovereign gold bond
- National Stock Exchange
- Bombay Stock Exchange
- MCX (Multi Commodity Exchange)
- Zerodha
External references
References
- Zerodha Support, Adding instruments to the marketwatch, support.zerodha.com.
- NSE India, Tradable segments and symbol conventions, nseindia.com.
- BSE India, Equity segment scrip code lookup, bseindia.com.