Discount Broker Comparison

Zerodha added more states for different stamp duty structure.
Finally some concrete info on stamp duty on various state.
All traders should ask their broker to give them benefit of stamp duty if they are eligible for a lower value as per the table below rather than giving a flat value of 0.002%
Thanx for Stamp Duty detail.
 
I hv opened a/c with tradejini - they also seem to be in the new breed of online discount brokers - may be u could include them also:clapping::clapping:
What is tradejini & what are there charges, please share complete details with your contract note to understand the facts.
 

amsin21

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Today I got an email from Apollo money. Do any one have experience with this broker?

Dear Sir / Madam,

Greetings from Apollo Money !!

We would like to get introduced ourselves, we are south based stock broking firm head quartered at Chennai The company is incorporated in 2009, promoted by Mr.P.B.Subramaniyan a successful entrepreneur and co founder of M/s Apollo Sindhoori Capital Investments Limited ( Now Aditya Birla Money Limited ) . The company has been founded with the aim to provide world class trading experience to the investing community at discounted brokerage rates

The company has around 200 business partners office across India and offers broking service in the segments of NSE Equity, BSE Equity, NSE Futures and Options, NSE Currency Derivatives, Depository services through CDSL & Commodity broking services of MCX

The company network is backed by in-house back office support to provide prompt and efficient customer service

Apollo Money brokerage plans are guaranteed to be lowest in the industry

Apollo Money offer 2 different brokerage plans to suite customer requirement.

Plan -1 : Pay Per Day @ 99 /-

This plan offers unlimited buy & sell without any restrictions on the turnover by paying just 99 / - only per day segment wise

This plan is most attractive since it gets charged only on the traded date , as it is not attached to any commitment or conditions.

Plan - 2 : 18 /- Flat Brokerage per executed order

This plan offers trade any number of shares at a flat rate of 18 per executed order. .In other words the customer needs to pay flat of 18/- only , irrespective of the size of the turnover

Other Charges : Apart from brokerage rates, there are other statutory charges which are charged by the exchanges and government .

The statutory charges are STT , Clearing & Transaction Charge ,Service Tax on Brokerage and Transaction charges & Stamp Duty .

Besides brokerage rates , mentioned herein below the general operating terms

Margins : The company accepts exchange approved collateral stocks towards margins besides cash for exposures in Cash ,Futures, Currencies and Commodities segments

Cash segment : The customer will be extended 7 – 10 times leverages for scrips which are part of A Group and which are having F&O contracts. For other scrips, the leverage will be based on exchange VAR Margins.

For Delivery based trading : The leverages will be 2 times (approximately for 700 stocks) subject to ensuring the minimum exchange VAR margins .Temporary funding will be allowed for a maximum of 7 days.Interest shall be charged for outstanding debits beyond 2 days at 18% per annum.

Futures Segment - The customer will be given 2 times intraday leverage on margin deposit (50 % of exchange margins i.e. Span + Exposure ). All MTM losses are to be cleared within 7 trading days subject of availability of adequate margin for MTM losses.

For carry forward : Exchange margins are required.

Options segment : Buying - Cash is required of the premium value and for short selling applicable exchange margins are required.

Call N Trade : Orders placing through the Head office dealing desk , will attract the additional cost of Rs.20 / per executed order will be charged

Trading Terminal : NSE – NOW terminal will be extended free of cost. The customer has the option to trade from Software, Web Based or Mobile based trading applications

Account opening Charge ( Trading Cum Demat Account ) : Rs. 300./ Commodity – Rs. 100/-

If you have any further query or clarification in this regard, please feel free to contact us.

Thanks & Regards,

Customer Acquisition Team

www.apollomoney.com

Ph: +91-44-71 300 300 / 095661 66002 / 077080 80870
 

bpr

Well-Known Member
Today I got an email from Apollo money. Do any one have experience with this broker?
100 per day seems new kind of plan.
But what about
Why not plans on the website?Why backdoor advertisement through mail?
Transaction Charge?
Stamp Charge? State wise or constant
Where is the brokerage calculator?

In this day and age you don't have transparency you don't exist.
Either they are trying to Die or Dying to try
 

bpr

Well-Known Member
Why Added Composite Edge?

Nobody asked this. But Let me clarify.
They don't have unlimited plans so they don't qualify.
But They are the only broker who is taking very seriously the algo side.
Symphony seems the best platform for algo right now and they are the only discount broker who provides it at the moment.
Their transaction charges are still very high.
As they are from Bangalore they are giving the stamp duty benefit of Rs 50 Cap.
(Similar to Zerodha)
For Algo players they are the only discount broker option right now.
 

bpr

Well-Known Member
Reliability Comparison.

A lot of people demanded do reliability comparison now that I did I don't see any comments on that.

If you look at the RELIABILITY SHEET, there are some points to ponder.

Zerodha and RKSV company founded in 2010 and 2009 respectively.
Zerodha was first to market followed by RKSV.
Both company are pretty new and but they are founder of discount broking in India. What they did is they challenged the old system and they are successful.


Lets look at others
Years of Incorporation:
SASOnline -1995
TSO- 1995
Achieevers- 2009 (new)
Composite Edge - 1995
AsthaTrade - 2003
ActionFin -1992
Procon- 2006(aaprox)

So if you look at it all these new entrants are actually old folks who had different broking model are now trying to play catch up.

With the success of Zerodha and RKSV they realize their business model is no longer sustainable so they either had to adjust or perish.

In future we will see many more converting or closing their business.
It is gonna get uglier.
 
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Can anyone recommend a discount broker who provides good margin for BTST type trades (Cash segment) and what would be the amount of margin provided? I like trading with BTST in the cash market with volume scrips such as Tata Steel, RCOM, etc and would like to increase my margin. I have heard that some brokers provide upto 4 times margin, but I am not sure of who they are. I am currently trading with Zerodha , but they do not provide any margin, so all suggestions are welcome!
 

TraderRavi

low risk profile
info for TN clients...

There is no stamp duty benefit in Asthatrade for Tamilnadu clients...
I had opened a currency trading account with them... They are charging 600/crore stamp duty...
But before account opening they said it will be charged 200/crore fixed stamp duty (currency segment) for all state clients... But after account opening they are saying this...
When asked in email they given me this reply...

Dear Sir,

As per your mail regarding stamp duty charges, it is applicable as per state because we received a notice form exchange for charges applicable as per state. These charges are applicable for allover companies.
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Thanks,
Regards
Customer Service Manager,
Astha Credit & Securities Pvt Ltd.
so what you do now , close the account ?