Brokerage calculator

Brokerage Calculator

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Trade Free Brokerage Calculator gives you the precise information of all the charges including brokerage, Securities Transaction charges (STT), stamp duty, taxes etc. across all segments under the Trade Free Plan. Kotak Securities will always strive to be extremely transparent and this is another step in that direction.
Several investors use a brokerage calculator to expedite the cost analysis as such monetary outgo could be substantial depending on the scale of the trade over time.

Frequently Asked Questions On Brokerage Calculator


What is brokerage calculator?


A brokerage calculator is a tool to find the brokerage charges for trading a security. Brokerage charges are levied by the brokers for the services they provide. A brokerage calculator will help you to determine the overall cost of a particular transaction.

How to use brokerage calculator?


Brokerage calculator simplifies the process of calculating the cost of trade significantly. An individual inputs the following information in an online brokerage calculator to compute their cost of trading -
  • Exchange – NSE/BSE/MCX
  • Segment – Equity Futures, Options, Cash, Currency and Commodity 
  • Buy / Purchase price of the stocks.
  • Sell/Sale price of the stocks
  • Quantity or number of shares
  • Trade type – Intraday/Delivery
The calculator provides accurate information about such costs immediately, which also helps speedy and accurate trading. It is a key for traders who rely on breakeven calculation extensively to carry out their trades, like intraday traders. They can use the brokerage calculator to ease the process of cost analysis before buying and selling securities.

How to calculate brokerage?


The formula for calculation of brokerage in stock market is:
Brokerage = Number of shares purchased or sold X Executed Price X Brokerage percentage
To simplify this tedious process of calculating brokerage one can use the brokerage calculator.

What are the benefits of a brokerage calculator?


The benefits of brokerage calculator are -
  • Accurate results instantly provided by the calculator.
  • Customers can know the breakeven in their trades considering the brokerage and taxes part
  • Customers can run through a number of scenarios and find the optimal trade quantity and price points where they can earn maximum profit
  • Save time on cost analysis significantly.

What are the other charges levied apart from the brokerage?


Apart from brokerage charges an investor may have to pay transaction fees, security transaction tax (STT), stamp duty, exchange transaction charges, SEBI turnover fee, and GST.

What are the factors that impact the brokerage?


The type of security, volume of transactions and the brokers policies will affect the overall brokerage on a demat account.

What are STT charges?


Security transaction charges (STT) is a direct tax levied by the central government on both buying and selling securities. STT charges vary for different types of securities.

What are state stamp duty charges?


State stamp duty charges is a tax levied while selling or transferring shares. The seller has to pay the charges. Earlier different states in India had different stamp duty charges. Now, all states have the same stamp duty charges.