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Brokerage and charges calculator
Enter a buy price, a sell price and the quantity. See every charge on the trade and what you keep, at five brokers side by side.
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How to use it
- Pick the segment: Delivery (you hold the shares overnight), Intraday, Futures or Options.
- Type the buy price and the sell price. For options, type the premiums, not the strike.
- Type the quantity. For F&O this is lots × lot size, for example 2 lots of 65 is 130.
- Leave Compare all brokers to see every broker with the cheapest first, or pick one broker. The result splits the total into what the broker keeps (brokerage, and the DP charge on delivery) and the taxes and fees every broker collects (STT, exchange charges, the SEBI fee, stamp duty and GST), with the rate behind each line.
What you pay on every trade
Brokerage is only one of seven charges. The rest are the same at every broker, because they go to the government, the exchange and SEBI:
| Charge | Delivery | Intraday | Futures | Options |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STT (securities transaction tax) | 0.1% on buy and sell | 0.025% on sell | 0.05% on sell | 0.15% on sell (of premium) |
| NSE transaction charges (incl. IPFT) | 0.00307% | 0.00307% | 0.00183% | 0.03553% of premium |
| SEBI fee | ₹10 per crore | ₹10 per crore | ₹10 per crore | ₹10 per crore |
| Stamp duty (buy side only) | 0.015% | 0.003% | 0.002% | 0.003% |
| GST | 18% on brokerage and charges | 18% on brokerage and charges | 18% on brokerage and charges | 18% on brokerage and charges |
Checked 11 October 2026: STT from 1 April 2026 (NSE circular FATAX73524, as published by Zerodha); NSE transaction charges and IPFT (Zerodha support)
GST at 18% is added on brokerage, exchange charges, the SEBI fee and DP charges, but not on STT or stamp duty. A DP charge is taken once for each stock you sell from your demat account on a day, whatever the quantity.
Worked example
You buy 100 shares of Stock ABC at ₹500 and sell them the next week at ₹510, at a broker with zero delivery brokerage and a DP charge of ₹13. The trade is worth ₹50,000 on the buy side and ₹51,000 on the sell side, so turnover is ₹1,01,000.
- STT: 0.1% on both sides = ₹50 + ₹51 = ₹101
- Exchange charges: 0.00307% of ₹1,01,000 = ₹3.10
- SEBI fee: ₹10 per crore = ₹0.10
- Stamp duty: 0.015% of ₹50,000 = ₹7.50
- DP charge: ₹13
- GST: 18% of (₹3.10 + ₹0.10 + ₹13) = ₹2.92
Total charges are ₹127.62, so the ₹1,000 gross profit becomes ₹872.38. STT alone is four-fifths of the cost. On delivery trades, choosing a broker matters less than the size of the trade.
Why options and intraday traders should look closely
Flat ₹20 brokerage is small on a ₹5 lakh futures trade, but large on an option bought for ₹2,000. Buying and selling one lot of options at a ₹20-a-order broker costs ₹40 plus GST in brokerage before any other charge. The points to cover charges box shows how far the price must move just to get back to zero. If you trade many times a day, multiply the charges by the number of trades.
From 1 April 2026, STT on futures went up from 0.02% to 0.05% of the sell value, and on options from 0.1% to 0.15% of the sell premium. Older calculators and blog posts still use the old rates.
Charges at each broker
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Questions people ask
- Which broker is the cheapest?
- It depends on the trade. For delivery, brokers with zero delivery brokerage cost less, but DP charges differ. For options, most charge ₹20 an order. Enter your own trade above to see the order for that trade.
- Is STT charged on both buy and sell?
- Only for delivery trades in shares. For intraday shares, futures and options, STT is charged on the sell side only.
- Why is my contract note slightly different?
- Exchanges and brokers round some charges per order or per day, and some brokers add charges such as call-and-trade or auto square-off fees. Small differences of a few paise are normal.
- Are these charges the same on BSE?
- STT, stamp duty, the SEBI fee and GST are the same. BSE has its own transaction charges, so the exchange charge line will differ a little. This calculator uses NSE rates.