Insights, Stories & Updates

Rankings are often funded by referrals. A twenty minute method using what brokers must publish themselves: registration checks, monthly complaint data, tariff sheets priced against your own trading, and what happens when things break.

You pay STT even on a losing trade. How STT replaced and then sat alongside capital gains tax, why stamp duty is now one rate everywhere, the April 2026 F&O increase, and what you can actually do about it.

The charges that arrive whether or not you trade. Annual maintenance and its traps, the BSDA exception, fees on pledges and transfers, penalties that mean something went wrong, and a twenty minute annual habit.

Zero brokerage applies to one charge on one kind of trade. Where the money comes from instead, why brokers are pushing margin lending, and the four numbers worth comparing ahead of the headline rate.

SEBI's algo framework applies to all brokers from 1 April 2026. White box versus black box strategies, who is accountable when an algo goes wrong, the family-only rule, and five questions before you pay for a strategy.

Large, mid and small cap are ranks in a queue, redrawn every six months, not measures of quality. How the cutoffs have moved, why reclassification matters to funds, and why large cap does not mean safe.