How-to Auction Console History

How to track previous auction trades on Console

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Zerodha Console is the source-of-truth for historical trade data. Auction trades, like all other trades, are recorded in the Tradebook and can be filtered, reviewed, and exported. This guide walks through finding your auction history.

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Step-by-step procedure

Six steps per the procedure infobox. The notes below cover Console navigation and the reports available.

The Tradebook report

Console > Reports > Tradebook is a chronological list of every trade you’ve executed. Each row shows:

  • Trade date.
  • Scrip and segment.
  • Quantity, price, side (buy / sell).
  • Charges per trade.
  • Total trade value.

For auction trades specifically, the segment column shows “Auction” or similar tag.

Filtering by segment

To see only auction trades:

  1. Open Tradebook.
  2. Apply the segment filter (top of the report).
  3. Select “Auction”.

Some Console builds let you multi-select segments; others limit to one at a time.

Date range

Auction trades from the recent 30 days are typically visible by default. For older trades:

  1. Set a custom date range.
  2. Console retrieves the older records.

Console retains trade history for the full lifetime of the account; older records are accessible via FY-end reports.

Cross-checking with daily auction outcomes

For each auction you participated in:

  1. The auction outcome is published by NSE in the daily auction report (publicly accessible).
  2. Compare with the trade reported in Console.

Discrepancies are rare but should be raised with Zerodha support.

Charges per auction trade

Charges on an auction trade:

  • Brokerage (same as regular delivery: Rs 0 for delivery on Zerodha).
  • STT (0.025% on sell, like any delivery).
  • Exchange transaction charge.
  • GST.
  • Stamp duty.
  • SEBI fee.

For a Rs 50,000 auction sell:

  • STT: Rs 12.50.
  • Exchange + SEBI + stamp + GST: ~Rs 5-10.
  • Net deduction: ~Rs 20-25.

Export for offline analysis

For accountants, tax filing, or personal record-keeping:

  1. From the filtered Tradebook view, click Download.
  2. Choose XLS or CSV format.
  3. The export includes all visible columns and the filtered period.

For FY-end tax compilation, Console also offers a dedicated Tax P&L report that aggregates trades by FY with the appropriate tax categorisation.

Tax treatment

Auction trades are taxed as regular delivery trades:

  • LTCG if held over 12 months.
  • STCG if held 12 months or less.

For a short-delivery seller whose auction obligation triggered, the auction price and the original sell price are reconciled in the same financial year for tax purposes.

For complex situations involving multiple auction trades, consult a Chartered Accountant before filing.

See also

External references

References

  1. Zerodha Console, Tradebook report, console.zerodha.com.
  2. Zerodha Support, Auction trade reporting, support.zerodha.com.
  3. NSE India, Daily auction report, nseindia.com.
  4. Income Tax Act, 1961, section 48 and 112A.

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