Sharing baskets on Kite

Sharing a basket order on Kite means exporting the basket as a downloadable .JSON file from Kite web and sending that file to another person, who imports it into a new basket on their own Zerodha account and then edits or executes the legs. Kite does not generate a live shared link that stays in sync between two accounts; the share is a static file, captured at the moment of export, that the recipient loads as a fresh basket of their own.

This makes basket sharing a clean way to hand someone a ready-built list of instruments, quantities, order types, and product codes without dictating each leg over a call or a message. An adviser can distribute a model basket to clients, an educator can ship a worked option-spread structure to a class, and a trader can send a rebalancing basket to a family member. This article covers the export and import mechanics, what the file does and does not carry, the use cases, and the no-advice caveat that governs the feature.

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How the share works: export then import

Kite implements basket sharing as an export-and-import pair, both on Kite web. There is no in-app share sheet and no live link.

The sender exports. From Kite web, open Orders, then Baskets, hover over the basket to share, click Options, click Edit, and click the Export basket icon. Zerodha’s support note states the result exactly: “A file with the name of your basket will download in .JSON format.” That .JSON file is the shareable artefact. You send it however you like: email, a messaging app, a shared drive.

The recipient imports. On their own Kite web session, they open Orders, then Baskets, click New Basket, enter a name and click Create, then click the Import basket icon and select the file. Zerodha’s note adds that “the imported basket can be edited or executed as it is.” The legs land in the new basket with the instruments, transaction types, quantities, order types, and prices that were saved at export.

Both halves are Kite web only. Zerodha is explicit that you can share baskets “only through Kite web, not the Kite app,” and the import facility is likewise “only available on Kite web and not on the Kite app.” A sender on mobile must switch to a desktop browser to export, and a recipient on mobile must do the same to import.

Source: Zerodha basket support, share and import articles.

What the file carries, and what it does not

The exported .JSON holds the structure of the basket: each leg’s instrument, exchange, buy or sell, product code , order type, quantity, and price. That is enough for the recipient to reconstruct the exact set of intended orders. What it does not carry is any link back to the sender’s account, any live price feed, or any synchronisation. It is a snapshot.

Two consequences follow. First, the prices in the file are the prices saved at export, not the prices when the recipient imports. A basket exported on Monday with limit legs may hold prices the market has gapped through by the time it is imported on Wednesday. The recipient should review and update each leg against the live market before executing, exactly as with any saved basket reused across sessions. Second, edits do not propagate. If the sender refines the basket after export, the recipient’s imported copy does not change, and vice versa. To distribute an updated structure, the sender exports again and resends.

Use cases

The feature suits anyone who wants to hand over a precise set of orders rather than describe them.

An investment adviser or research service can build a model basket, a rebalancing set, a sector rotation, a defined-risk option structure, and export it for clients to import and review. The client sees every leg before committing, and executes on their own account with their own funds.

An educator running an options course can ship a worked multi-leg structure , a bull call spread or a four-leg condor, as a file the class imports and studies. The structure arrives intact, with the right strikes, quantities, and buy-sell directions, so there is no transcription error from copying strikes by hand.

A trader managing accounts within a family can build a quarterly rebalancing basket once and share it, so each account holder imports the same set of buys and sells and executes when ready. Within a single account, a saved basket already persists across sessions and devices; sharing extends that convenience across accounts.

The no-advice caveat

A shared basket is a list of instruments, not a recommendation, and the share mechanism does not change who bears the trade. The person who imports and executes the basket places the orders on their own account and carries the full market risk of every leg.

This sits inside Zerodha’s standing position. Zerodha states as a business that it does not give stock tips and has not authorised anyone to trade on behalf of others, and that investments in the securities market are subject to market risk. A basket file is a convenience for transferring an order structure; it is not a sanctioned advisory channel. Anyone distributing baskets as part of a paid recommendation service is offering investment advice and falls under the SEBI registered investment adviser framework, with its own registration, suitability, and disclosure obligations. The file format does not confer any advisory status, and a recipient should treat an imported basket as a starting point to review, not an instruction to execute blind.

Sharing versus quick baskets and saved baskets

It helps to place sharing against the other basket modes. A saved basket lives in your Kite account, persists across sessions, and syncs across your own devices. A quick basket is a throwaway basket held in the local memory of one device and lost on logout or a browser switch. A shared basket is neither: it is a file you export from a saved basket and hand to someone else, who turns it back into a saved basket of their own. Sharing always begins from a named, saved basket, because that is what the Export basket control acts on.

See also

• Basket order on Kite
• How to place a basket order on Kite
• How to place a multi-leg options basket on Kite
• Quick baskets on Kite web
• Import a file to create a basket of trades on Kite
• Required margin vs final margin on a Kite basket
• How to fix a basket that partially executed
• Why the Analyze option does not load on a Kite basket
• CNC product code
• MIS product code
• NRML product code
• Limit order on Kite
• Market order on Kite
• Bull call spread
• SPAN margin on Zerodha
• Order validity types
• Kite Connect basket orders API
• Why orders are rejected on Kite
• SEBI
• Kite by Zerodha
• Kite web
• Zerodha
• Nifty 50
• National Stock Exchange
• Bombay Stock Exchange

External references

• Zerodha support: How to share Kite baskets?
• Zerodha support: How do I import files to execute trades on Kite?
• Zerodha support: How to place basket orders on Kite?
• SEBI: registered investment adviser framework
• Kite by Zerodha

References

1. Zerodha support, How to share Kite baskets? (export from Orders, Baskets, Options, Edit, Export basket icon; .JSON download; Kite web only; as of 21 June 2026).
2. Zerodha support, How do I import files to execute trades on Kite? (Orders, Baskets, New Basket, Create, Import basket icon; Kite web only; as of 21 June 2026).
3. SEBI (Investment Advisers) Regulations, 2013, as amended, governing investment advice for consideration.
4. Zerodha standing disclosure that it does not give stock tips and has not authorised anyone to trade on behalf of others.