This is my query to Zerodha/Sachin or whoever can help me.
When I check my bill, for 5 trades I am paying 100 rs as broker but my total expense is above 772. which is seven times the brokerage paid. Agreed STT is a huge contributor but in my bill detail there is something called transaction charge which is 32% of my total expense.( more than 200) .
Could you explain the nature of this charge pls? Am I giving up some part of my brokerage saving...what am I missing?
Hi, This is the biggest query we are asked, why is stt so much more, transaction so much more and etc!!! When you look at your mobile bill, we usually look at the biggest component on the bill and ignore all the others!!! The issue with our contract note is STT and other charges are bigger than actual brokerage and hence suddenly everyone notices these charges!!! Transaction charges vary between brokers, from 300 to 600/cr based on the brokers turnover and etc!!!! With us it is around Rs 500/cr!!!!
We had a client who was trading with rmoney who walked into the office, he had bought and sold 1000 nifty futures, so brokerage was showing only Rs 40... this was turnover of around 1cr, so STT was showing around 900 and transaction around Rs 500, he was all agitated about how we charge all these extra charges!!! When we took his rmoney contract note and showed him the same charges(rmoney charges 600/cr), ,he was like hmmmm!!! I never saw that before.... he was just looking at the Rs3000 that was showing as brokerage and ignore all the other charges!!! ... But yes, we might be expensive by 100 bucks/crore when compared to a few of the brokers, which will keep narrowing as and when we grow our business!!! Cheers!!!