Discount Broker Comparison

I am particularly interested to know more about the recent discount brokers that have joined the band wagon! What are the different services offered, how will I as a Trader benefit? All opinions welcome!

I am just starting out as a Trader, every small bit of information will be of great help.
Zerodha remains the pioneer of this business followed by RKSV....then came Trade Smart Online ...and numerous others like SAS Online/ Wisdom Capital /Bezel / Achievers /Procon etc. etc. VPS is one online Discount Broker which has already closed business.....

Margins 4 majority of these players are wafer thin...what they offer is Transparency in Brokerage ....According to me there are three serious players viz. Trade Smart Online / Zerodha and RKSV.....rest one has to find out:thumb:
 
Zerodha remains the pioneer of this business followed by RKSV....then came Trade Smart Online ...and numerous others like SAS Online/ Wisdom Capital /Bezel / Achievers /Procon etc. etc. VPS is one online Discount Broker which has already closed business.....

Margins 4 majority of these players are wafer thin...what they offer is Transparency in Brokerage ....According to me there are three serious players viz. Trade Smart Online / Zerodha and RKSV.....rest one has to find out:thumb:
@AnhatVatsal - Thank you for throwing light on the various discount brokers. So Zerodha according to you nails it! Are you an active trader with Zerodha? What benefits have you received?

Does this whole discount brokerage make way for young investors getting actively involved in trading?
 
@ Nidhi : Yes I have heard of EeasyTradez. Looks really good.

@ All: Is there any other broker which is offering a flat rate of Rs. 20 irrespective of order size?
 

bpr

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@ Nidhi : Yes I have heard of EeasyTradez. Looks really good.

@ All: Is there any other broker which is offering a flat rate of Rs. 20 irrespective of order size?
the broker calculator is pathetically designed and full of bugs. if this is how they designed the calculator then god knows about their web trading platform.
transaction charge for futures 185 per cr
And option is 5000 per cr
Hmm lowest and lucrative.
brokerage 20 per order

but stamp duty showing 1000 per Cr with no cap even if they are located in Mumbai.(it should have been 200 per Cr):eek:
(They will make more than double/tripple here)
Chk whther they will allow state wise brokerage. I guess not.

Again not a single screenshot of their so called platform.
NSET/NOW are tried and tested at least I am getting a fare execution but when it comes to custom platform I will take it with a grain of salt.
They own their platform they can skimp some while executing trades. yeah I am a skeptic. :eat:
you need to verify who audited their platform and certified it and how blah blah and how true the datafeed and execution is.
But last not least first the trading platform should be usable at least equal or greter than NEST/NOW web platform.

A big red flag from my side for now...:gun2:
 
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sibu3168

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Please share your experience after opening an account with Wisdom Capital, for the benefit of forum friends.
First after reading so many negative remarks about wisdom capital, finally I decided to talk with them. In my conversation, I found satisfaction in their response.
Now I explain it in details.

First their Business Model

1. They are the master franchise of Alice Blue (A SEBI registered broker).
2. Now many brokerage firms who came into this business around 2007, find it very difficult to acquire or retain clients. Again their set up cost is growing day by day.
3. If they offer direct discount broking service to clients, then there is higher possibility of loosing their regular clients (who are in 0.01% - 0.05% catagory).
4. So to avoid that situation, now they offer this discount broking service through a franchise. In that case, it is a very effective way to handle this situation. In fact, I had advised my broker (employer) to have such a business model around 2007. But everybody had laughed at me saying "marbaoge kya". Now look, how this concept has flourished today.
5. To have this model, you need only 2/3 employees to handle any quories from prespective clients. All other activities will be handled by the main broker.
6. In fact, the real KYC will be signed between the client and the main broker itself. So this will help in safe guarding a client. For any mishappening, the broker will be responsible. So to avoid any unpleasant situation, please don't give any trading right to any third party.
7. The main purpose of the discount firms are to acquire high volume traders. If the franchise acquire 1000 such clients in 6 month time frame and all opted for 6 month fixed brokerage plan (the best scenario, the worst scenario is monthly fixed plan), then it will collect a staggering 1 Crore immediately. I do not even mention about their income from turnover charges, call n trade charges, data charges etc..

Now come to my view regarding WC:

1. The most important feature of WC is its margin system. With a single deposit, I can trade in all segment namely, equity, currency and commodities.
2. They are providing 4X-10X intraday margins. Why they are providing margins? Because to earn more from turnover charges. Although at the first sight, it seems little but as time passes it will be phenomenal. For me, this fascility is useless because I rarely uses any margin fascility. But yes it generally gives me a psychological boost.
3. The Data service they providing is quite good.
4. After comparing with so many discount brokers (currently I am the client of Zerodha & RKSV.), I found there is a savings of 25000/- to 35000/- per month if I opt to trade with WC.
5. WC is providing trading in NSE Currency and MCX-SX. It is a boon for me as I technically do arbitrage between these two exchanges.

For the last half month, my system has been crashed, so I am planning to buy a new system. All tradings are done from my friend's house. After my father's demise, I have decided to become a full fledged trader. Previously I don't have more money but now I have money by which I can plan financially for rest of my future.
Regarding selecting a brokerage house, I don't care much about others comment. It is my money and I can do whatever I want (unless it hurts other).

With Best Wishes
 
5. WC is providing trading in NSE Currency and MCX-SX. It is a boon for me as I technically do arbitrage between these two exchanges.
They don't provide currency trading on NSE-CDS. This is what they told me in their chat through their website. They clearly said that they provide currency trading only on MCS-SX.
 
First their Business Model

1. They are the master franchise of Alice Blue (A SEBI registered broker).
2. Now many brokerage firms who came into this business around 2007, find it very difficult to acquire or retain clients. Again their set up cost is growing day by day.
3. If they offer direct discount broking service to clients, then there is higher possibility of loosing their regular clients (who are in 0.01% - 0.05% catagory).
4. So to avoid that situation, now they offer this discount broking service through a franchise. In that case, it is a very effective way to handle this situation. In fact, I had advised my broker (employer) to have such a business model around 2007. But everybody had laughed at me saying "marbaoge kya". Now look, how this concept has flourished today.
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Now come to my view regarding WC:

1. The most important feature of WC is its margin system. With a single deposit, I can trade in all segment namely, equity, currency and commodities.



With Best Wishes
1. To be franchisee you need to register as sub-broker/authorised person. But that is not the case with WC
2. You said they fear that offline client base will erode if they do discount brokerage on their own name but sooner or later people will find out as it has been discussed so much around this forum itself.
3. I have asked AB about their relation with WC but they did not give me anything in writing through email.
4. Trading MCX and NSE through single margin is not legal.
5. It is good that agreement is between AB and client, so hopefully nothing bad will happen to client.
 
Alibaba from WC has unauthorized access as unregistered franchisee to operate on clients account margim using client funds n UNREGISTERED franchise model is used a so that later ALICEBLUE can simply put everything on WC for running away.