HDFC Securities Ltd, a subsidiary of HDFC Bank. It basically means that you can get a 3-in-1 account service that combines HDFC Securities Trading Account with the HDFC Securities Demat Account, and HDFC Bank account resulting in an amazing trading experience, and above that it also provides a free mutual fund account. It is one of the largest full-service brokers in India with more than 20 lakh customers, including both retail and institutional clients.
HDFC Securites, due to its large customer base, happens to be one of the leading depository participants with both CDSL and NSDL; more than 2.03 million demat accounts with a comprehensive network that has more than 3500 service branches. They have more than 270 branches across 185, catering investment needs of a gigantic diversified customer base including both retail and institutional investors.
HDFC Securities is a registered member of BSE, NSE, IRDA, PFRDA, AMFI,
Upstox, another name to be included in the list of fastest growing discount brokers in India. We wonder, how much longer the list of stock brokers in India will eventually get. Every other day you hear a lot of new entrants, or existing players modifying their strategies to survive and succeed in the stock broking world.
Uptstox, formerly known as RKSV Securites, is one of the biggest discount brokers in India, funded by the likes of Ratan Tata, Kalaari Capital and GVK Davix, making the firm a dependable and safe broker for all of your investment and trading needs. Based out of Mumbai, Upstox is a wide-range broker. This stock broking platform offers a huge range of trading products and services.
Using Upstox has huge advantages, especially for traders, given its plans and cheap brokerage despite volume. Also, Upstox also offers one of the quickest trading terminals, which, any trader could tell
Charge | HDFC Securities | Upstox |
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Demat Account Opening Charges | ₹0 | ₹0 |
Trading Acc Opening Charges | ₹999 | ₹249 |
Trading Account AMC | ₹0 | ₹0 |
Demat Account AMC | ₹750 | ₹300 per year (paid monthly) |
Charge | HDFC Securities | Upstox |
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Plan Name | Basic | Basic |
Equity Delivery | 0.50% | ₹0 (FREE) |
Equity Intraday | 0.05% | ₹20 per trade or 0.05% (whichever is lower) |
Equity Futures | 0.05% | ₹20 per trade or 0.05% (whichever is lower) |
Equity Options | ₹100 per lot or 1% of the premium (whichever is higher) | ₹20 per trade or 0.05% (whichever is lower) |
Currency Futures | ₹23 per contract | ₹20 per trade or 0.05% (whichever is lower) |
Currency Options | ₹20 per contract | ₹20 per trade or 0.05% (whichever is lower) |
Commodity Options | 0.02% for Intraday / 0.025% for positional | ₹20 per trade or 0.05% (whichever is lower) |
Mutual Fund | N/A | N/A |
Segment | HDFC Securities | Upstox |
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Equity Delivery | 2x | 1x (no margin) |
Equity Intraday | Upto 20x | Basic: 15x | Priority: 20x | Basic CO: 20x | Priority CO: 27x |
Equity Future | Nil | Basic: 3x | Priority: 3x | Basic CO: 5x | Priority CO: 6x |
Equity Options | Nil | Basic: 3x | Priority: 3x | Basic CO: 3x | Priority CO: 3x |
Currency Future | Nil | Basic:4x | Priority:4x | Basic CO:4x | Priority CO:5x |
Currency Options | Nil | Basic: 4x | Priority: 4x | Basic CO: 4x | Priority CO: 5x |
Commodity Future | Nil | Basic: 2.5x | Priority: 3x | Basic CO: 3x | Priority CO: 4x |
Commodity Options | N/A | N/A |