Guides
A growing collection of how-to guides and reference notes.
- Employees' Provident Fund Organisation
Stub article on the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), the statutory retirement-savings body that invests in equity through ETFs. A full encyclopedic entry is pending.
- Electronic Contract Note (ECN)
An electronic contract note is the digitally signed legal record of a trade that a stockbroker delivers by email under the SEBI framework. Covers the contract note's legal status, the ECN circulars, mandatory contents, the issuance timeline, and Zerodha access.
- eKYC vs offline KYC at Zerodha
How Aadhaar-based eKYC through DigiLocker differs from offline or physical KYC at Zerodha, when each is required, the KRA role, and the SEBI framework behind both.
- DP charges on Zerodha
Stub article on DP charges on Zerodha. The full encyclopedic entry is pending.
- DP charge on BTST trades at Zerodha
A BTST sell at Zerodha incurs the Rs 15.34 DP charge because the sell debits your demat on T+1, even though you never held the shares for long.
- Documents required to open a Zerodha account
PAN and an Aadhaar linked to your mobile number open a Zerodha account online; income proof is needed only for F&O, with thresholds such as a salary slip above Rs 15,000.
- Documents Required for Offline Zerodha Account Opening
The self-attested physical document set for opening a Zerodha account by courier: PAN, address proof, bank proof, photograph, signature, income proof, and IPV.
- Dinesh Balachandran
Stub article on Dinesh Balachandran, fund manager at SBI Funds Management. A full encyclopedic entry is pending.
- DigiLocker
Stub article on DigiLocker. A full encyclopedic entry is pending.
- Derivatives trading in India
Stub article on Derivatives trading in India. A full encyclopedic entry is pending.
- Depository participant
Stub article on Depository participant. A full encyclopedic entry is pending.
- Dematerialisation
Stub article on Dematerialisation. A full encyclopedic entry is pending.
- Currency trading in India
Stub article on currency trading in India. The full encyclopedic entry is pending.
- Crude oil futures on MCX
Stub article on crude oil futures on MCX. A full encyclopedic entry is pending.
- Contract note on Zerodha
Stub article on Contract note on Zerodha. A full encyclopedic entry is pending.
- Contract note
Stub article on Contract note. The full encyclopedic entry is pending.
- Commodity trading in India
Stub article on commodity trading in India. A full encyclopedic entry is pending.
- Collateral margin
Stub article on Collateral margin. A full encyclopedic entry is pending.
- Client Master Report (CMR / CML)
A Client Master Report (CMR), also called a Client Master List (CML), is a one-page document a depository participant issues that summarises a demat account's details: name, BO ID, DP ID, PAN, bank, and address. Covers what it is, what it contains, CMR versus CML terminology, the three-month validity rule, and the uses in off-market transfer, mutual fund SoA-to-demat conversion, transmission, and IEPF claims.
- Clearing Corporation of India
Stub article on Clearing Corporation of India. A full encyclopedic entry is pending.
- Clearing charges at Zerodha
What clearing charges are, why Zerodha levies none as a self-clearing member, and where clearing costs sit in the trading charge stack.
- Central KYC Records Registry
Stub article on Central KYC Records Registry. A full encyclopedic entry is pending.
- Can you open multiple accounts with Zerodha
The SEBI and depository rules on multiple Zerodha accounts: one trading account per PAN, multiple demat accounts allowed, the BSDA single-account limit, accounts across brokers, and joint versus individual.
- Call and trade charges
Stub article on Call and trade charges. A full encyclopedic entry is pending.
- BTST (Buy Today Sell Tomorrow)
Stub article on BTST (Buy Today Sell Tomorrow). A full encyclopedic entry is pending.
- BSDA charges and eligibility at Zerodha
BSDA at Zerodha charges nil AMC up to Rs 4 lakh holdings and Rs 100 a year from Rs 4 lakh to Rs 10 lakh, per SEBI's 2024 circular. Slabs, eligibility, conversion.
- Benchmark Asset Management Company
Stub article on Benchmark Asset Management Company, the pioneer of Indian ETFs acquired by Reliance Capital in 2011. A full encyclopedic entry is pending.
- Bank account validation (penny drop)
Stub article on Bank account validation (penny drop). A full encyclopedic entry is pending.
- Auto square-off charges
Stub article on Auto square-off charges. A full encyclopedic entry is pending.
- Authorised person
Stub article on the authorised person. A full encyclopedic entry is pending.