ICICI Direct is a retail broking branch of the ICICI group: India's top financial services provider. It is a full-time stockbroking company with a presence in 87 locations across the country with more 200 offices serving over 20 lakh customers every day. It is the 2nd largest stock broking company in India succeeded by Zerodha Ltd. This retail trading and investment platform offers a wide range of services to invest in stocks and other financial instruments.
The online share trading platform provides a complete investing and trading solution via products like equity trading, derivative trading, mutual funds, bonds, IPOs, NCD, loans, Fixed deposits , insurance etc all in one platform.From complete financial goal based planning to intraday trading in the stock market, ICICI direct is a one-stop solution.
The USP of this firm is the 3-in-1 account service which includes ICICI bank account, trading account and Demat account for
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As of today, the company has a net worth of around three billion rupees and over two hundred employees are located across seventeen distinct branches, spread over seventeen cities around the nation.
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Charge | ICICI Direct | IDBI Direct |
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Demat Account Opening Charges | ₹0 | ₹0 |
Trading Acc Opening Charges | ₹975 (One-time) | ₹500 (one-time) |
Trading Account AMC | ₹0 | ₹0 |
Demat Account AMC | ₹700 per year | ₹450 p.a. |
Charge | ICICI Direct | IDBI Direct |
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Plan Name | I-Secure Plan | Standard Plan |
Equity Delivery | 0.55% | 0.50% |
Equity Intraday | 0.275% | 0.05% |
Equity Futures | 0.050% | 0.05% |
Equity Options | ₹95 per lot and Option (Intraday) ₹50 per lot | ₹100 per lot |
Currency Futures | 0.050% and Currency Futures(Intraday) ₹50 | N/A |
Currency Options | ₹25 per lot and Currency Options (Intraday) ₹10 per lot | N/A |
Commodity Options | N/A | N/A |
Mutual Fund | N/A | N/A |
Segment | ICICI Direct | IDBI Direct |
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Equity Delivery | 5x | Nil |
Equity Intraday | Upto 25x | Upto 4x |
Equity Future | 4x | Nil |
Equity Options | 2x for shorting | Nil |
Currency Future | N/A | N/A |
Currency Options | N/A | N/A |
Commodity Future | N/A | N/A |
Commodity Options | N/A | N/A |