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ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha

ICICI Direct
ICICI Direct is a full service Broker. ICICI Direct gives an overall review and updates about Brokerage Charges, Margin, Trading Software, Demat Account Charges, NRI Account, Branches, Customer Support, Advantages and Disadvantages.


Zerodha
Zerodha Review gives an overall view and updates about the Brokerage Charges, Margin, Trading Software, Demat Account Charges, NRI Account, Branches, Customer Complaints

ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - Broker Details

ICICI Direct Zerodha
Single Margin Facility
Year of Incorporation 1995 2010
Exchanges BSE and NSE. NSE, BSE, MCX and NCDEX
Branches 250+ 120+
Brokerage Prime Plan: ₹900/- ₹20/ Order or 0.03%
Broker Type Full service Broker Discount Broker
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ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - Account Opening & AMC Charges

ICICI Direct Zerodha
Trading Account Opening Charge ₹0 (Free) ₹200
Demat Account Opening Charge ₹0 (Free) ₹200
Demat Account AMC ₹700 (From 2nd Year) | ₹300 for Neo Customers ₹300/Year + GST charged quarterly (90 days)
Trading Account AMC ₹0 (Free) ₹0 (Free)
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ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - Brokerage charges & Plans

ICICI Direct Zerodha
Commodity Futures ₹20/ Order ₹20/ Order or 0.03% (whichever is lower)
Currency Futures ₹20/ Order ₹20/ Order or 0.03% (whichever is lower)
Equity Delivery ₹0.09% Zero Brokerage
Equity Options ₹20/ Order ₹20/ Order
Commodity Options ₹20/ Order ₹20/ Order or 0.03%(whichever is lower)
Equity Futures ₹20/ Order ₹20/ Order or 0.03% (whichever is lower)
Currency Options ₹20/ Order ₹20/ Order or 0.03% (whichever is lower)
Fixed Charges ₹20/ Order ₹20/Order
Equity Intraday ₹20/ Order ₹20/ Order or 0.03% (whichever is lower)
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ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - Other Charges

ICICI Direct Zerodha
RMS Square Off Charge ₹50/ Order (₹50 + GST)
API Charges ₹0 (Free) ₹2000/ Month
Call & Trade Charges ₹50/ Order ₹50/ Order
Other Brokerage Charges Prime Plan: ₹900/- ₹20 or 0.03% (whichever is lower)
Minimum Brokerage ₹20/ Order ₹20/ Order
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ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - Transaction Charges

ICICI Direct Zerodha
Currency Options Exchange turnover charge: 0.04% |Clearing charge: 0.025% NSE: Exchange txn charge: 0.035% | BSE: Exchange txn charge: 0.001%
Equity Futures NSE: 0.002% NSE: 0.002%
Equity Intraday NSE: 0.00345% | BSE: 0.00345% NSE: 0.00345% | BSE: 0.00345%
Equity Options NSE: 0.053% NSE: 0.053% (on premium)
Commodity Non-Agri: Exchange turnover charge: 0.0026% Group A Exchange txn charge: 0.0026% |Group B: Exchange txn charge | CASTORSEED - 0.0005% |KAPAS - 0.0026% | PEPPER - 0.00005% |RBDPMOLEIN - 0.001%
Currency Futures Exchange turnover charge: 0.0009% | Clearing charge: 0.0004% NSE: Exchange txn charge: 0.0009% | BSE: Exchange txn charge: 0.00022%
Equity Delivery 0.00345% trade on buy & sell NSE: 0.00345% | BSE: 0.00345%
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ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - Margin (Exposure)

ICICI Direct Zerodha
Equity Options 1x (100% of NRML margin (Span + Exposure) 1x (100% of NRML margins(SPAN + Exposure)
Equity Intraday 5x (Up to 20% of trade value) 5x (20% margin)
Currency Options 1x (100% of NRML margin (Span + Exposure) 1x (100% of NRML margins(SPAN + Exposure)
Commodity Options 1x (100% of NRML margin (Span + Exposure) 1x(100% of NRML margins(SPAN + Exposure)
Commodity Futures 1x (100% of NRML margin (Span + Exposure) 1x (100% of NRML margins(SPAN + Exposure)
Equity Delivery 1x (100% of trade value) 1x (no margin)
Currency Futures 1x (100% of NRML margin (Span + Exposure) 1x (100% of NRML margins(SPAN + Exposure)
Equity Futures 1x (100% of NRML margin (Span + Exposure) 1x (100% of NRML margins(SPAN + Exposure)
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ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - Features

ICICI Direct Zerodha
Online Portfolio
Algo Trading
Margin Trading Facility
Call & Trade Facility
Referral Program
Collateral Margin
Online Demo
3 in 1 Account
Charting
Intraday Square-off Time Equity & F&O:- 3:20pm | Currency: 4:30PM | Commodities: 11:20 PM Equity Cash: 3:20 PM | Equity F&O : 3:25 PM | Currency: 4:45 PM | Commodities: 25 min before close
Trading Platform 1. ICICI Direct.com (Website). 2. Trade Racer (Trading Terminal). 3. ICICI Direct Mobile App. Zerodha Kite, Zerodha Coin and Zerodha Varsity, Console, Sentinel
SMS Alerts for Trades
Direct Mutual Fund
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ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - Review & Rating

ICICI Direct Zerodha
Trading Brokerage
Customer Service
Fees
Trading Platform Usability
Mobile App
Research
Desktop Software
Overall Ratings
Broker Rating
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ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - Request a call back from Broker

ICICI Direct Zerodha
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ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - Investment Options

ICICI Direct Zerodha
Currency
IPO
Commodity
Debt
Other Options
Stock Cash / Equity
Mutual Funds
Bond / NCD
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ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - Order Type

ICICI Direct Zerodha
Bracket Order/BO/OCO
BTST
Cover Order/CO
Good Till Cancelled (GTC)
BUY ABOVE/SELL BELOW (SL-M)
After Market Order(AMO)
STBT
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ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - Research & Report

ICICI Direct Zerodha
Free Tips
Quarterly Result Analysis
Daily Market Report
News Alerts
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ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - Daily Market Report

ICICI Direct Zerodha
Daily Market Reports & News
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ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - Suitable For Investor

ICICI Direct Zerodha
Casual Investor
Active Investor
Trader
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ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - Pros & Cons

ICICI Direct Zerodha
Pros 1. It facilitates its customers by providing an integrated three-in-one account. 2. ICICI direct manages the customer’s demat and bank accounts by transferring the money to the broker’s pool or toward deposits. 3. The investments can be made in online in IPOs, Mutual Funds, GOI Funds and the postal savings schemes all of it from one website. 4. It allows trading at both the national exchanges i.e. NSE and BSE. 1.It charges zero brokerage for Delivery. 2.\\tIt provides same pricing structure for across all the exchanges. 3.\\tIt charges no upfront fee or turnover commitment. 4.\\tIt provides Z-Connect, Interactive blog, and portal for all the other queries. 5.\\tIt requires no minimum balance to open a trading account with Zerodha. 6.\\tIt provides various trading platforms such as Coin, Sensibull, GoldenPi, Sentinel, Smallcase, Console and Kite Connect API to help the customers.
Cons 1. The brokerage of ICICI direct is high and not negotiable. 2. It does not offer commodity trading. 3. The minimum brokerage as the standard I-Secure plan is ₹20/Order that is high for the traders making small trades. 4. ICICI Direct provides ₹0.05 per share brokerage on the stocks quoting up to ₹10. It becomes difficult to trade in the penny stocks. 5. It charges ₹50 per call for the call and trader after first 20 free calls in a month. 1.It does not provide a three-in one demat account. 2.\\tIt charges ₹20/ Trade in Call and Trade segment
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ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - Background

ICICI Direct Zerodha
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ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - Compare All Brokers

ICICI Direct Zerodha
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ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - STT/CTT

ICICI Direct Zerodha
Commodity Futures 0.01% on sell side (Non-Agri) 0.01% on sell side (Non-Agri)
Currency Futures No STT No STT
Equity Intraday NSE: 0.00345% trade on buy & sell | BSE: charges vary as per the scrip group 0.025% on the sell side
Equity Options 0.05% on Sell Side(on Premium) 0.05% on sell side (on premium)
Currency Options No STT No STT
Equity Delivery 0.1% on both Buy and Sell 0.1% on buy & sell
Equity Futures 0.01% on Sell Side 0.01% on sell side
Commodity Options 0.05% on sell side 0.05% on sell side
Call Back Open Account Call Back Open Account

ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - Demat transaction charges

ICICI Direct Zerodha
Equity Demat Transaction Charges Sell - 0.04% of the value of securities (Minimum ₹30 and maximum ₹25,000) ₹13.5 + Gst per scrip (stock)
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ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - GST

ICICI Direct Zerodha
Equity/Currencies/Commodities ( Delivery & FNO) 18% on (Brokerage + Transaction Charge + SEBI Fee) Equity:- 18% on (brokerage + SEBI charges + transaction charges) | Currency & Commodities:- 18% on (brokerage + transaction charges)
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ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - SEBI Charges

ICICI Direct Zerodha
Equity/Currencies/Commodities ( Delivery & FNO) ₹10/Crore ₹10/ Crore + GST | Commodities futures:- Agri: ₹1/ Crore + GST Non- Agri ₹10/ Crore + GST
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ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - Account Opening & AMC Charges

ICICI Direct
Zerodha
Trading Account Opening Charge
₹0 (Free)
₹200
Demat Account Opening Charge
₹0 (Free)
₹200
Demat Account AMC
₹700 (From 2nd Year) | ₹300 for Neo Customers
₹300/Year + GST charged quarterly (90 days)
Trading Account AMC
₹0 (Free)
₹0 (Free)

ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha

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Zerodha
Zerodha Review gives an overall view and updates about the Brokerage Charges, Margin, Trading Software, Demat Account Charges, NRI Account, Branches, Customer Complaints

ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - Brokerage charges & Plans

ICICI Direct Zerodha
Commodity Futures ₹20/ Order ₹20/ Order or 0.03% (whichever is lower)
Currency Futures ₹20/ Order ₹20/ Order or 0.03% (whichever is lower)
Equity Delivery ₹0.09% Zero Brokerage
Equity Options ₹20/ Order ₹20/ Order
Commodity Options ₹20/ Order ₹20/ Order or 0.03%(whichever is lower)
Equity Futures ₹20/ Order ₹20/ Order or 0.03% (whichever is lower)
Currency Options ₹20/ Order ₹20/ Order or 0.03% (whichever is lower)
Fixed Charges ₹20/ Order ₹20/Order
Equity Intraday ₹20/ Order ₹20/ Order or 0.03% (whichever is lower)
Call Back Open Account Call Back Open Account

ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - Margin (Exposure)

ICICI Direct Zerodha
Equity Options 1x (100% of NRML margin (Span + Exposure) 1x (100% of NRML margins(SPAN + Exposure)
Equity Intraday 5x (Up to 20% of trade value) 5x (20% margin)
Currency Options 1x (100% of NRML margin (Span + Exposure) 1x (100% of NRML margins(SPAN + Exposure)
Commodity Options 1x (100% of NRML margin (Span + Exposure) 1x(100% of NRML margins(SPAN + Exposure)
Commodity Futures 1x (100% of NRML margin (Span + Exposure) 1x (100% of NRML margins(SPAN + Exposure)
Equity Delivery 1x (100% of trade value) 1x (no margin)
Currency Futures 1x (100% of NRML margin (Span + Exposure) 1x (100% of NRML margins(SPAN + Exposure)
Equity Futures 1x (100% of NRML margin (Span + Exposure) 1x (100% of NRML margins(SPAN + Exposure)
Call Back Open Account Call Back Open Account

ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - Other Charges

ICICI Direct Zerodha
RMS Square Off Charge ₹50/ Order (₹50 + GST)
API Charges ₹0 (Free) ₹2000/ Month
Call & Trade Charges ₹50/ Order ₹50/ Order
Other Brokerage Charges Prime Plan: ₹900/- ₹20 or 0.03% (whichever is lower)
Minimum Brokerage ₹20/ Order ₹20/ Order
Call Back Open Account

ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - STT/CTT

ICICI Direct Zerodha
Commodity Futures 0.01% on sell side (Non-Agri) 0.01% on sell side (Non-Agri)
Currency Futures No STT No STT
Equity Intraday NSE: 0.00345% trade on buy & sell | BSE: charges vary as per the scrip group 0.025% on the sell side
Equity Options 0.05% on Sell Side(on Premium) 0.05% on sell side (on premium)
Currency Options No STT No STT
Equity Delivery 0.1% on both Buy and Sell 0.1% on buy & sell
Equity Futures 0.01% on Sell Side 0.01% on sell side
Commodity Options 0.05% on sell side 0.05% on sell side
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ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - Demat transaction charges

ICICI Direct Zerodha
Equity Demat Transaction Charges Sell - 0.04% of the value of securities (Minimum ₹30 and maximum ₹25,000) ₹13.5 + Gst per scrip (stock)
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ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - GST

ICICI Direct Zerodha
Equity/Currencies/Commodities ( Delivery & FNO) 18% on (Brokerage + Transaction Charge + SEBI Fee) Equity:- 18% on (brokerage + SEBI charges + transaction charges) | Currency & Commodities:- 18% on (brokerage + transaction charges)
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ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - SEBI Charges

ICICI Direct Zerodha
Equity/Currencies/Commodities ( Delivery & FNO) ₹10/Crore ₹10/ Crore + GST | Commodities futures:- Agri: ₹1/ Crore + GST Non- Agri ₹10/ Crore + GST
Call Back Open Account

ICICI Direct Vs Zerodha - Features

ICICI Direct Zerodha
Online Portfolio
Algo Trading
Margin Trading Facility
Call & Trade Facility
Referral Program
Collateral Margin
Online Demo
3 in 1 Account
Charting
Intraday Square-off Time Equity & F&O:- 3:20pm | Currency: 4:30PM | Commodities: 11:20 PM Equity Cash: 3:20 PM | Equity F&O : 3:25 PM | Currency: 4:45 PM | Commodities: 25 min before close
Trading Platform 1. ICICI Direct.com (Website). 2. Trade Racer (Trading Terminal). 3. ICICI Direct Mobile App. Zerodha Kite, Zerodha Coin and Zerodha Varsity, Console, Sentinel
SMS Alerts for Trades
Direct Mutual Fund
Call Back Open Account Call Back Open Account

ICICI Direct

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