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Special live trading session on Budget day

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The budget day is tomorrow...
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The only longevity advice you need

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This is brilliant advice..
02 Jan 2025

Looking back on 2024

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2024 was probably the best year..
31 Dec 2024

Three years of climate action - Rainmatter reflections

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The prelude to starting Rainmatter Org in 2021, was that we decided to first get our hands dirty and took on a restoration project in 2020...
26 -Dec 2024

A year of remembrance

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It's been a year since..
21 -Dec 2024

Varsity personal finance course on iGOT Karmayogi portal

In some exciting news, Vvarsity's personal finance course is now available on the IGOT Karmayogi portal...
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A year of remembrance

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It's been a year since..
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Preparing for some fitness challnge is a good hack to stay motivated

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Preparing for events like marathons...
30 Aug 2023

Why we launched verified P&l on Console

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We launched verified P&L at...
29 Aug 2023

A few thoughts on finfluencers, P&L screenshots, and paying brokerage referrals.

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People have been asking me about Finfluencers...
26 Aug 2023

Empowering women to join the workforce is the easiest way to increase economic growth

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Empowering women to join the workforce is an obvious way to increase our economic growth...
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Scams in the name of courier companies

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There's a new scam in the name of FedEx, Blue Dart, and other courier companies...
19 Jun 2023

Encouraging wealthy Indian investors to invest in Indian entrepreneurs

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UK offers 50% tax relief & capital gains exemption for startup investments...
16 Jun 2023

A bull market without momentum

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Markets are back at all-time highs, but it doesn't feel like a bull run...
14 -Jun 2023

Trading advice from Ramesh Damani

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A Tradingqna user pointed to a video of Ramesh Damani where he...
06 -Jun 2023
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Trading advice from Ramesh Damani

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Reducing financial frauds by using in-person verification

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In most financial frauds, the account that is scammed is compromised...
24 May 2023

Significance of MSMEs

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I was at an amazing Micro, Small, & Medium enterprises (MSME) event hosted by...
22 May 2023

The importance of strength training for Indians

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Only about 50 lakhs or 0.3% of Indians go to a gym...
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The SEBI board meeting press conference is a masterclass on Indian markets

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The press conference post the SEBI board meets feels like being in a master class on Indian capital markets...
29 Mar 2023

Health insurance should be the biggest priority of your personal finances

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Buying a health insurance plan for the family is the most important...
28 Mar 2023

How we use FOSS to store billions of lines of log data

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As brokers, we must store billions of lines of log data...
27 -Mar 2023

a few thoughts on the increase in Securities Transaction Tax (STT)

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Here are a few thoughts on the STT increase. The 25% increase in F&O STT will further move volumes from futures to options...
20 -Mar 2023

The case for payments banks

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With the SVB crisis, there's a lot of talk in the US about...
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a few thoughts on the increase in Securities Transaction Tax (STT)

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Here are a few thoughts on the STT increase. The 25% increase in F&O STT will further move volumes from futures to options...
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The case for payments banks

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With the SVB crisis, there's a lot of talk in the US about...
19 Mar 2023

Electric vehicles vs. internal combustion engines

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I assumed, like many, that electric vehicles (EVs) weren't as green since most electricity in India is generated by burning coal...
13 Mar 2023

Lessons from the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapse

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It is ridiculous how many things can go wrong when running a business...
08 Mar 2023

Meeting Bill Gates and talking about Rainmatter Foundation

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Thanks for the acknowledgment Bill Gates...
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Overtrading is the biggest reason why traders lose money

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The biggest reason active traders lose money is overtrading...
27 Jan 2023

Making auction markets accessible to retail investors

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If you actively trade, you would've faced a short delivery and a large auction penalty at least once...
25 Jan 2023

India becomes the first major market to move to a T+1 settlement cycle

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Starting tomorrow, India will become the first major market to completely move to a T+1 settlement cycle...
17 -Jan 2023

Digitising onboarding to attract NRI investors

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Allowing NRIs to open demat accounts online is the low-hanging fruit to attract money to India...
13 -Jan 2023

Introducing Varsity Junior

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The skills required to do well in life & with money are very similar...
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Digitising onboarding to attract NRI investors

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Allowing NRIs to open demat accounts online is the low-hanging fruit to attract money to India...
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Introducing Varsity Junior

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The skills required to do well in life & with money are very similar...
10 Jan 2023

Regulatory measures to improve retail participation in corprate bonds

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We've always believed that bonds and maybe not stocks are the right stepping stone for most Indians...
09 Jan 2023

The cyclicality of stockbroking

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I think most people don't appreciate just how cyclical broking is...
08 Jan 2023

The Netflix series on Bernie Madoff is must watch for investors

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No matter how much information and context you have, nothing is more persuasive than...
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Silver lining from startups excesses

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The silver lining of the startup world's excesses is...
23 Nov 2022

Cheerful pessimist

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Is there such a thing as a cheerful pessimist?...
18 Nov 2022

Learning what works and what doest with trading tags

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Like everything in life, the way to get better at trading is to do more of what works & less of what doesn't. ...
16 -Nov 2022

On web3 and buzzwords

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We need to put human-first thinking way above technology-first thinking...
15 -Nov 2022

Basics of Government bonds

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The yields on Govt bonds have risen substantially this year and there's a lot of interest from investors. But we also get a lot of questions...
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On web3 and buzzwords

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We need to put human-first thinking way above technology-first thinking...
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Basics of Government bonds

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The yields on Govt bonds have risen substantially this year and there's a lot of interest from investors. But we also get a lot of questions...
10 Nov 2022

Crypto and FTX collapse

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For those wanting to know what is happening in Crypto...
09 Nov 2022

The Indian capital market regulations and infrastructure are among the best in the world

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Our capital market infrastructure & regulations don't get enough credit for being among the best in the world...
08 Nov 2022

Kantara is an must watch movie

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Just watched Kantara, & it is one of those moments...
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Social stock exchange can making investing for the future mainstream

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The second-biggest problem for the planet outside climate change is the concentration of wealth unless it helps society...
19 Sep 2022

My life guru & the biggest reason for Zerodha's success

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How K (Kailash) builds tech is how he leads his life, constantly questioning the cost of everything he does...
09 Sep 2022

Indian cities weren't built to handle their current population

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Most large Indian cities weren't built in a way to handle as many people living in them today...
07 -Sep 2022

Making insurance easy with ditto

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AFor a long time, one item on our to-do was to build an insurance platform free of conflicts, mis-selling, spam, &, most importantly, advisors to handhold...
07 -Sep 2022

RBI alert list of CFD and Binary trading platforms

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RBI just published a list of such unauthorized trading platforms, warning Indians that trading on these platforms can be prosecuted under the FEMA act...
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Making insurance easy with ditto

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AFor a long time, one item on our to-do was to build an insurance platform free of conflicts, mis-selling, spam, &, most importantly, advisors to handhold...
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RBI alert list of CFD and Binary trading platforms

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RBI just published a list of such unauthorized trading platforms, warning Indians that trading on these platforms can be prosecuted under the FEMA act...
06 Sep 2022

SEBI prohibits brokers from associating with unregulated algo trading platforms

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A few thoughts on the Indian broking industry and updates about Zerodha as we turn 12 years old...
30 Aug 2022

Few thoughts on Indian markets

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People keep asking about my views on the markets. I've been at it for ~25 years & I don't have a clue...
30 Aug 2022

Introducing Varsity Certified

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The best time to learn is before people learn the wrong things...
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Comparing the volatility of Indian and US markets

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There was a time when if US markets caught a cold, we'd catch a fever. But since 2010, volatility wise, we've been much better compared to the US...
06 Jul 2022

Follow up on thoughts on real estate performance

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The question to ask when investing in real estate - Is the property yield greater than inflation?...
04 Jul 2022

Thoughts on real estate performance

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At today's prices, real estate is unlikely to beat inflation + interest costs in the long run...
30 -Jun 2022

MAU in Indian capital markets

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Monthly active users(MAU) on Indian capital markets from the 2022 RBI financial stability report...
28 -Jun 2022

Dictpress - Build dictionaries for any language

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FOSS has to be one of the purest forms of art...
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MAU in Indian capital markets

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Monthly active users(MAU) on Indian capital markets from the 2022 RBI financial stability report...
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Dictpress - Build dictionaries for any language

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FOSS has to be one of the purest forms of art...
22 Jun 2022

Why I stopped trading

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I get asked often, why stop trading? Trading isn't just trading stocks, It's trading your time and efforts to do things, where the risk to reward is most in your favour...
20 Jun 2022

Impressive yields on Government Securities

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One of those times when Govt T-Bills are yielding more than most 1-year fixed deposit rates of banks...
16 Jun 2022

Varsity Bytes

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Starting a new playlist on Zerodha Varsity's Youtube channel
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Questioning how milk is sourced

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Like many, I had never cared or questioned how my milk is sourced until I started talking to Shashi from Akshayakalpa...
07 May 2022

Kailash on the core philosophy that makes Zerodha

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Dr K’s new post talks about the core philosophy that makes Zerodha...
05 May 2022

Introducing Iceberg orders

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Active traders lose much more to impact costs than all charges, especially with larger trades...
04 -May 2022

Segregation of client collateral

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Starting May 2nd, brokers have to segregate collateral at client level...
30 -Apr 2022

On the growth and profitability of Zerodha

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Thanks to the liquidity-driven bull run, we were able to grow >50% in terms of revenue & profitability...
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Segregation of client collateral

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Starting May 2nd, brokers have to segregate collateral at client level...
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30 +Apr 2022

On the growth and profitability of Zerodha

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Thanks to the liquidity-driven bull run, we were able to grow >50% in terms of revenue & profitability...
28 Apr 2022

Phishing frauds have gone thorugh the roof

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The number of phishing frauds has gone through the roof, and everybody is being targeted...
26 Apr 2022

What's it like being a CEO in a song?

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What's it like being a CEO in a song...
11 Apr 2022

NSE reintroduces Do Not Excersise (DNE)

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The Do Not Exercise (DNE) facility for stock options is reintroduced from this expiry onwards....
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User verification at Zerodha and protecting yourself against identity theft

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With the rise of online loan platforms, online identity frauds have skyrocketed. Here's our customer verification process in detail...
18 Feb 2022

Why our financial year start in April

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So this is why our financial year starts in April and not Jan, from my 6-year-old son's history factbook...
17 Feb 2022

Making insurance simple

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Insurance unfortunately needs to be hard sold today. The issue is that most don’t understand why they need insurance...
14 -Feb 2022

The importance of money management

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If traders make money quickly with bad behavior, they mostly lose it just as quickly...
10 -Feb 2022

The benchmark for success the-benchmark-for-success.md

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Maybe it has nothing to do with being founders, & it's just human nature that absolute success isn’t as satisfying as relative success...
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The importance of money management

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If traders make money quickly with bad behavior, they mostly lose it just as quickly...
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The benchmark for success the-benchmark-for-success.md

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Maybe it has nothing to do with being founders, & it's just human nature that absolute success isn’t as satisfying as relative success...
09 Feb 2022

Can brokerage go to 0 in India?

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Many people ask me if brokerage rates can go to zero like in the US...
07 Feb 2022

Impact of 1% TDS on all Crypto trades

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With this 1% TDS, I think Crypto volumes in India will drop off the cliff...
04 Feb 2022

Tax arbitrage between dividends and selling a stake and startup profitability

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Can the tax arbitrage that exists between earning through dividends(~52%) vs earning through selling a stake (~24%) be the reason why most new-age businesses are not profitable?...
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Importance of sleep on overall health & well-being

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not nearly enough is spoken about the importance of sleep on overall health & well-being...
29 Dec 2021

Fixing the tax audit requirement anomaly for trades

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You need to get a CA to validate IT returns (ITR) or get a tax audit if profit when trading is< than 6% of turnover or if the turnover is> Rs 10 crores. This is an anomaly...
24 Dec 2021

Introducing Varsity video series

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Varsity has been 8 yrs in the making with 180+ chapters and 1 lakh+ comments answered by Karthik...
22 -Dec 2021

The story behind how the name "Zerodha" came to be

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Zerodha = Zero + Rodha. Rodha in Sanskrit means barrier...
20 -Dec 2021

What moves the markets?

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What really moves markets? It’s traders & investors making informed & uninformed decisions. Everything else is hocus pocus....
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The story behind how the name "Zerodha" came to be

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Zerodha = Zero + Rodha. Rodha in Sanskrit means barrier...
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What moves the markets?

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What really moves markets? It’s traders & investors making informed & uninformed decisions. Everything else is hocus pocus....
18 Dec 2021

Lower volatility long term growth vs maximum short term gain

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Companies when projecting growth should maybe prioritize lower volatility long term vs max short term gain...
12 Dec 2021

Building for India but incorporating outside India is a disturbing trend

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New startups building for India but incorporating outside India is a disturbing trend...
06 Dec 2021

A must watch interview of Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

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The common thing among successful traders & entrepreneurs is to always think in terms of risk to reward...
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Trading actively is the toughest way to make easy money

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To trade well, you need to trade less—both no of trades & capital...
31 Oct 2021

The future of Zerodha and competition

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When you're candid in interviews, you run the risk of being quoted out of context with misleading headlines...
28 Oct 2021

A corporate actions Nudge to help users avoid mistakes

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Every time there is a corporate action like a stock split retail investors tend to buy the stock wrongly thinking that the stock has become cheaper...
27 -Oct 2021

Behaviour of younger investors

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Unlike the previous bull runs, most of the new investors starting especially because of IPOs this time are under 30 years. The good thing is that they are younger and have less to invest...
23 -Oct 2021

Offering unregulated products like Digital Gold, US Stocks, and Unlisted Stocks

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When you are regulated, everything is normally black & white. People keep asking me why don't we offer crypto...
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Behaviour of younger investors

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Unlike the previous bull runs, most of the new investors starting especially because of IPOs this time are under 30 years. The good thing is that they are younger and have less to invest...
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21 +Dec 2024

Varsity personal finance course on iGOT Karmayogi portal

In some exciting news, Vvarsity's personal finance course is now available on the IGOT Karmayogi portal...
19 Dec 2024

Introducing MTF on Kite

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We are finally launching...
18 Dec 2024

SEBIs consultation paper on algo trading

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My understanding of it is..
16 Dec 2024

Regulations are like a double-edged sword

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There's a saying, "You live by the sword, you die by the sword." For regulated business, it's "you live by regulations and die by regulations..."
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Diabetes a ticking time bomb for India

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Diabetes is a ticking time bomb for India. We have the largest number of people with diabetes in the world...
18 Nov 2024

Beware of investment scams in the name of Zerodha

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These fake app and website scams keep getting worse...
13 Nov 2024

India's growing IPO landscape

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Congrats to Swiggy...
12 -Nov 2024

10 Years of Zerodha Varsity

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It’s been 10 years since...
10 -Nov 2024

100 episodes of The Daily Brief podcast

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As an experiment, we launched a new YouTube channel called and started a short daily finance podcast...
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10 Years of Zerodha Varsity

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It’s been 10 years since...
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Musings

An assorted collection of thoughts on business, finance, and life. Browse by tags.

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23 +Oct 2021

Offering unregulated products like Digital Gold, US Stocks, and Unlisted Stocks

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When you are regulated, everything is normally black & white. People keep asking me why don't we offer crypto...
19 Oct 2021

Right place, right time

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If startups IPO, & create wealth for Indian retail investors in long run, that will be beautiful. For this, I guess the growth has to be sustainable...
18 Oct 2021

Nature Shows How This All Works

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Extreme events in one direction increase the odds of extreme events in the other...
14 Oct 2021

A trading algo is as good as the person that wrote it

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I keep hearing often that algo traders are super profitable, which by the way isn’t true...
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Freak trades in options

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Here is everything you need to know about the freak trades in options and what we are doing...
18 Aug 2021

Meet zero

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I've had dreams, where I come to the office and Zero says "I'm the CEO, you can leave now"...
15 Aug 2021

Zerodha's 11th birthday.

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If I were to look back on the 11 years of Zerodha, we are most proud of building a business that continues to innovate, & prioritise customer interest over business growth constantly...
12 -Aug 2021

Financial freedom.

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Financial freedom isn’t X amount. Luxuries soon become necessities, X constantly grows....
28 -Jul 2021

Scaling with common sense

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If there was ever a person who's had a strong influence on me, it's K (Kailash), the secret sauce behind Zerodha...
Nithin Kamath © 2021 +Aug 2021

Financial freedom.

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Financial freedom isn’t X amount. Luxuries soon become necessities, X constantly grows....
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28 +Jul 2021

Scaling with common sense

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If there was ever a person who's had a strong influence on me, it's K (Kailash), the secret sauce behind Zerodha...
26 Jul 2021

Podcast with vasanth, Rohan and Anugrah of smallcase.

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It was 2016 when Vasanth, Anugrah, and Rohan pitched the idea of smallcase and we were quickly sold...
23 Jul 2021

My favorite song

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I got asked what my favourite song of all time was. So I decided to sing & share it...
20 Jul 2021

I've stopped giving random gifts. Only been gifting stocks & ETFs for a while now.

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I've stopped giving random gifts. Only been gifting stocks & ETFs for a while now. Don't have to waste hours choosing the right gift and the best bit, several of my family & friends have started investing because of this...
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A few thoughts on the Zerodha journey so far

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Buying more of an asset as it goes down is a common behaviour among retail investors....
19 May 2021

The biggest wealth destroyer when investing

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Buying more of an asset as it goes down is a common behaviour among retail investors....
19 May 2021

The risk of offering high leverages

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With Crypto exchanges offering 10 to 100x leverage on futures, I wonder how these platforms monitor the liquidity position...
14 -May 2021

On the Panic With Friends podcast with Howard Lindzon

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In conversation with Howard Lindzon...
11 -May 2021

Helping people take care of mental health during

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While we figure ways to help those directly affected by Corona, I think it is also super important that all of us take care of ourselves...
Nithin Kamath © 2021 +May 2021

On the Panic With Friends podcast with Howard Lindzon

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In conversation with Howard Lindzon...
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11 +May 2021

Helping people take care of mental health during

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While we figure ways to help those directly affected by Corona, I think it is also super important that all of us take care of ourselves...
06 May 2021

Worklife balance at Zerodha

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At Zerodha, we have just killed all work-related chats post 6 pm & holidays. Also trying to get as many conversations to be asynchronous...
24 Apr 2021

The pandemic has shown us it's the right time to move away from cities

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The silver lining in these trying times is that people are more open than ever to move out of large cities...
24 Apr 2021

Why FOSS?

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Every time we share a tech blog post, we get a lot of love from the tech community, but also questions like why FOSS?...
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Trading with other people’s money

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Managing other people's money in ways that aren't allowed leads to the most complaints with the regulators. There are ways to do it legally, and those that can incur significant penalties. Here's all that you need to know about managing money.
08 Mar 2021

Enabling women to start making financial decisions

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This video from Paytm captures what we need to do most as a country...
07 Mar 2021

Making taxes easy with Vishvajit Sonagara of Quicko

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A misconception among traders is that you need to file ITR only if you make a profit. Many also don't file since it's quite complex, but...
03 -Mar 2021

Spending on brand name keywords

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Startups and small businesses end up spending a lot of money wastefully on Google ads on their brand name keywords. Hopefully, the recent Delhi HC order prohibiting brands from doing this might set a precedent...
19 -Feb 2021

Yearly demat account growth for the last 20 years

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The last boom & bust was in 2007-08, took 10 yrs to get back to those numbers...
Nithin Kamath © 2021 +Mar 2021

Spending on brand name keywords

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Startups and small businesses end up spending a lot of money wastefully on Google ads on their brand name keywords. Hopefully, the recent Delhi HC order prohibiting brands from doing this might set a precedent...
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19 +Feb 2021

Yearly demat account growth for the last 20 years

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The last boom & bust was in 2007-08, took 10 yrs to get back to those numbers...
18 Feb 2021

How big was Jan 2021 for the broking industry?

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Putting the current new investor growth in context...
17 Feb 2021

Being at the right place at right time and surviving

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Zerodha probably started when I started trading 15 years before 2010...
16 Feb 2021

Podcast - Nikhil Kamath on The Ranveer Show

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Nikhil Kamath on his journey so far...
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07 Dec 2020

A product to get more Indians to save and invest

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To get the next 10 crore Indians, the traditional financial product might not work. Here's what I think is needed to get these people to start saving and investing.
05 Dec 2020

Does Illiquidty like in private markets lead to good investor behavior?

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A question I have been asking institutional investors in both private and public markets is - if they could enter and exit their holdings at will like retail investors(which they ...
28 -Nov 2020

The flipside of effecient companies

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The flip side of tech-first businesses like ours is that we don't create as many jobs. We are around the same number of employees today at 3.8mn clients as we ...
23 -Nov 2020

Why Zerodha with Nithin

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Me answering the most frequently asked question aroung why Zerodha is the broker for you.