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15 fees on every stock trade. Most investors only know about brokerage. Here's everything else — in plain language.

9 vary by broker
6 fixed by government

Broker charges

These vary — choose your broker wisely.

Brokerage

Broker

The fee your broker charges per order.

₹0 – ₹500+

DP Charge

Depository

Charged every time you sell shares from your demat.

₹13 – ₹24

AMC

Broker

Annual fee to keep your demat account active.

₹0 – ₹885/yr

MTF Interest

Broker

Interest on borrowed money for buying stocks.

12 – 18% p.a.

Physical Settlement

Exchange

Fee when F&O contracts expire in-the-money.

0.1 – 0.5%

Pledge & Unpledge

Depository

Fee to pledge shares as F&O margin.

₹0 – ₹35

Corporate Actions

Broker

Processing fees for bonus, splits, mergers.

Usually free

API Trading

Broker

Monthly fee for programmatic trading access.

₹0 – ₹2K/mo

Currency F&O

Exchange

Brokerage on USD/INR and currency contracts.

Same as equity

Government & regulatory

Fixed everywhere. You can't avoid them, but you should know them.

STT

Government

Securities Transaction Tax on every stock trade.

0.1% delivery

Exchange Fee

NSE / BSE

Fee for executing your trade on the exchange.

~₹3 on ₹50K

SEBI Fee

SEBI

Regulatory fee funding SEBI operations.

₹0.51 on ₹1L

Stamp Duty

State govt

State levy on share purchases only.

0.015% buy

GST

Government

18% on brokerage and exchange fees.

₹3.60/order

Commodities

MCX

Brokerage on gold, silver, crude oil futures.

₹0 – ₹20/order

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