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Free calculators and guides for Indian stock traders: charges, broker costs, position size, tax and the words on your contract note, worked out in rupees for NSE.
Zerodha brokerage calculator
ToolEvery rupee a delivery, intraday or margin trade costs, and the move it needs to break even.
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- ToolZerodha brokerage calculatorEvery rupee a delivery, intraday or margin trade costs, and the move it needs to break even.
- CompareZerodha vs Groww₹1 lakh delivery trade: ₹238 at Zerodha, ₹293 at Groww
- ToolPosition size calculator for stocksHow many shares to buy so a stopped-out trade costs what you planned to lose.
- TermSecurities transaction tax (STT)STT is a tax the government charges on every purchase and sale of shares on a stock exchange.
- GuideTradingView free vs paid plans: what an Indian trader needsWhat TradingView's free Basic plan gives you, what each paid plan adds, their prices in rupees, and which limits matter for swing, breakout and intraday traders on NSE.
- ToolCapital gains and intraday tax calculator for share tradingShort-term, long-term and intraday tax on your trading, by financial year.
Calculators
All 9 →- Trade journal analyserUpload your Zerodha tradebook and see your win rate, payoff, streaks and what charges cost you. Your file never leaves your browser.
- Capital gains tax calculatorShort-term, long-term and intraday tax on your trading, by financial year, straight from your Zerodha tradebook.
- Charges and margin interest calculatorEvery rupee a delivery, intraday or margin trade costs, and the move it needs to break even.
- Position size calculatorHow many shares to buy so a stopped-out trade costs exactly what you planned to lose.
- Risk of ruin calculatorThe chance a run of losses takes your account down 30% or 50%, and the largest risk per trade that keeps it rare.
- Trading plan builderAnswer the questions a plan has to settle and get a one-page trading plan to print or save as a PDF.
- Strategy odds simulatorPlay your win rate and payoff out a thousand times and see the drawdowns and losing streaks luck alone can bring.
- Drawdown and losing streak tablesThe gain it takes to recover a loss, and how often a long losing run turns up.
- Is your backtest lying?Fifteen questions that catch the mistakes that make a strategy look better on paper than it trades.
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What a trade costs at each broker
All 15 broker pairs →| Broker | Delivery, ₹1 lakh | Delivery, ₹25,000 | Intraday, ₹1 lakh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhan | ₹237 | ₹70 | ₹83 |
| Zerodha | ₹238 | ₹71 | ₹83 |
| Fyers | ₹284 | ₹118 | ₹83 |
| Groww | ₹293 | ₹126 | ₹83 |
| Angel One | ₹293 | ₹126 | ₹83 |
| Upstox | ₹293 | ₹126 | ₹83 |
Buy and sell, every charge included, from each broker's published rates as checked on 20 October 2026. Sorted by the cheapest delivery trade.
Small trades show the gapOn ₹25,000 the DP fee and minimum brokerage don't shrink, so the dearest broker costs 1.8 times the cheapest.
Intraday costs the same everywhere₹83 on ₹1 lakh at all six. Taxes and exchange fees set the price, not brokerage.
Compare two: Zerodha vs GrowwZerodha vs Angel OneZerodha vs UpstoxZerodha vs DhanZerodha vs Fyers
Guides
All guides →- Supertrend on Nifty 50: 20 years tested, after charges and tax8 min read
- Intraday leverage (MIS): margin, square-off times and charges4 min read
- Zerodha vs Groww vs Dhan: brokerage and charges compared4 min read
- DP charges and BSDA: what your demat account costs each year4 min read
- Intraday trading charges in India: what one trade costs at each broker4 min read
- STT in the share market: meaning, rates and what you pay3 min read
- T2T stocks: what the trade-for-trade segment means for your trades3 min read
- Tax on intraday trading in India: rates, losses and turnover4 min read
- GTT order: what it is and how to use it for stop losses and targets4 min read
- MTF in the share market: meaning, interest and charges5 min read
- Backtesting Indian stocks on TradingView: the settings that change the result4 min read
- TradingView free vs paid plans: what an Indian trader needs3 min read
- Broker charges compared: Zerodha, Groww, Angel One, Upstox, Dhan and Fyers6 min read
- How many trades does a backtest need?5 min read
- How much money do you need to start trading stocks in India?4 min read
- Where to put a stop loss, and why yours keeps getting hit5 min read
- Expectancy: the number that says whether you have an edge5 min read
- Market breadth: reading what most stocks are doing5 min read
- Position sizing: how many shares to buy5 min read
- What a stock trade costs in India, charge by charge4 min read
- Why most backtests lie, and how to catch it6 min read
Glossary
All 38 terms →Charges and accounts
Securities transaction taxStamp dutyDP chargeExchange transaction chargesBrokerageContract noteDemat accountBasic services demat accountMargin trading facilityPledge
Orders and settlement
T+1 settlementCircuit limitTrade-for-trade (T2T) segmentStop-loss orderGTT orderSlippage
Risk and results
R multiplePosition sizingExpectancyPayoff ratioProfit factorDrawdownRisk of ruinKelly criterion
Charts and markets
Average true rangeMoving average52-week highBreakoutRelative strengthMarket breadth
Testing a strategy
BacktestSurvivorship biasLook-ahead biasOverfittingPaper trading