See every charge on your trade — brokerage, STT, exchange fees, GST, stamp duty — plus your true net P&L and the exact breakeven sell price.
Standard NSE equity rates. DP charges (~₹15.93/scrip on delivery sells) and broker-specific variations not included. Verify with your broker's own calculator for exact figures.
Delivery: STT 0.1% on buy and sell (the big one), stamp duty 0.015% on buy, NSE transaction 0.00297%, SEBI ₹10/crore, 18% GST on broker-side charges. Most discount brokers charge ₹0 brokerage on delivery.
Intraday: STT only 0.025% on the sell leg, stamp 0.003% on buy, but brokerage typically ₹20 or 0.03% per order. For small quantities, the flat ₹40 round-trip brokerage often exceeds every other charge combined.
Frequent small trades quietly bleed capital: a trader doing 2 intraday round-trips a day at ₹40 brokerage each pays about ₹19,000 a year in brokerage alone, before STT and GST. Knowing your per-trade breakeven keeps the maths honest — and is one reason position sizing matters (see our position size calculator).
Six charges stack on every equity trade: (1) brokerage — ₹0 on delivery at most discount brokers, ~₹20/order intraday; (2) STT — 0.1% on both sides for delivery, 0.025% on the sell side for intraday; (3) NSE transaction charge — 0.00297% of turnover; (4) SEBI charges — ₹10 per crore; (5) 18% GST on brokerage + transaction + SEBI charges; (6) stamp duty — 0.015% on delivery buys, 0.003% on intraday buys.
Charges. On a typical delivery trade, STT alone takes 0.1% of both legs. On a ₹1 lakh buy and ₹1.01 lakh sell, gross profit is ₹1,000 but total charges are roughly ₹230 — about 23% of the gross profit. The calculator shows your exact net P&L and the breakeven sell price.
The sell price at which your trade covers all charges and nets exactly zero. The calculator computes it as buy price + (total charges ÷ quantity). Anything above breakeven is real profit; selling between your buy price and breakeven is a hidden loss.
No. Depository participant (DP) charges — typically around ₹15.93 + GST per scrip per day when you sell from your demat — vary by broker and are applied per scrip, not per trade. Add them mentally for small delivery sells, where they can meaningfully dent profits.
Per trade, yes — intraday STT (0.025%, sell only) and stamp duty (0.003%) are far lower than delivery rates, though brokerage is usually ₹20/order vs ₹0. But intraday profits are taxed as business income at your slab rate, while delivery gains get capital-gains treatment (12.5%/20%). Cheaper charges do not mean cheaper taxes.
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