Brokerage & Charges Calculator (NSE/BSE)
The full cost of a trade, line by line, and the price where it breaks even.
Charges, buy and sell
Statutory rates used
How this was calculated
Results are estimates for general information and planning, not financial advice. Banks and institutions may calculate differently (rounding, fees, rate changes). Confirm figures with your lender or a qualified adviser before deciding.
About the Brokerage & Charges Calculator (NSE/BSE)
Brokerage is only one of the charges on an Indian equity trade. Every buy and sell also pays securities transaction tax (STT), the exchange’s transaction charges, the SEBI turnover fee, stamp duty on the buy side and 18% GST on brokerage and fees — plus a DP charge when delivered shares leave your demat account. On a small intraday or options trade these can take a large share of the profit.
Choose the segment, enter the quantity and the buy and sell prices (or option premiums) and your broker’s brokerage, and the calculator shows each charge for the buy and the sell, the net profit or loss, the charges as a share of turnover and the break-even sell price. The statutory rates come from the official notifications and circulars listed below, including the higher STT on futures and options under the Finance Act, 2026.
How to use it
- Choose the segment: Delivery, Intraday, Futures or Options. For delivery and intraday, say whether it is shares, an equity ETF or another ETF — their STT differs.
- Choose the exchange. NSE’s transaction charges are built in; for BSE enter its rate from your contract note.
- Enter the quantity (for futures and options, lots × lot size), the buy price and the sell price — for options, the premiums. Leave the sell price empty to see the charges on a purchase alone.
- Enter your broker’s brokerage: a flat fee per executed order, or a percentage of the order value with an optional cap. For delivery, add the DP charge your broker lists.
- Read the net P&L, total charges and break-even price, and the table of every charge for the buy and the sell. Copy the summary or download it as CSV.
Examples
Brokerage ₹20 an order · DP charge ₹13.50
STT ₹210 · exchange charges ₹6.45 · stamp duty ₹15 · GST ₹10.83 · total charges ₹295.99 · net profit ₹9,704.01 · break-even ₹1,002.86
Brokerage 0.03% capped at ₹20 an order
Total charges ₹118.74 · net profit ₹1,881.26 · break-even after 0.24 points
Brokerage ₹20 an order
STT ₹13.50 (0.15% of the sell premium) · total charges ₹67.86 · net profit ₹1,432.14 · break-even premium ₹100.87
Brokerage ₹20 an order
STT ₹941.25 (0.05% of the sell value) · total charges ₹1,111.52 · net profit ₹6,388.48
Common uses
- Check a contract note line by line.
- See how much of an intraday or options profit goes in charges before you trade.
- Find the sell price you need just to cover costs.
- Compare a flat-fee broker with a percentage-brokerage broker on your usual trade size.
Rates used
- STT — delivery: 0.1% on the buy and 0.1% on the sell; equity ETF and equity-fund units: nil on the buy, 0.001% on a delivery sale; intraday: 0.025% on the sell; futures: 0.05% on the sell; options: 0.15% of the premium on the sell, or 0.15% of the intrinsic value when an option is exercised. These are the rates: the Finance Act, 2026, s.159 raised the futures and options rates and left the others unchanged, as NSE circular NSE/FATAX/73524 sets out.
- NSE transaction charges (including the NSE IPFT contribution), each side: ₹307 a crore of turnover in the cash market (0.00307%), ₹183 a crore in equity futures (0.00183%) and ₹3,553 a crore of premium in equity options (0.03553%) — NSE circular NSE/FA/73061.
- SEBI turnover fee: ₹10 a crore (0.0001%) — SEBI (Stock Brokers) Regulations, 2026, regulation 41, circulated by NSE Clearing in NCL/CMPL/72712.
- Stamp duty, paid by the buyer: 0.015% for delivery, 0.003% for intraday, 0.002% for futures and 0.003% of the premium for options — Indian Stamp Act, 1899 as amended by the Finance Act, 2019, collected through the exchanges (NSE Clearing NCL/CMPT/43116).
- GST: 18% on brokerage, exchange charges, the SEBI fee and DP charges (NSE circular NSE/FATAX/52993 for GST on SEBI fees). STT and stamp duty are not taxed again.
How each charge is worked out
- Turnover = quantity × buy price + quantity × sell price (for options, the premiums).
- Brokerage is charged on each executed order — the buy and the sell — by the rule you enter: a flat fee, or a percentage of the order value up to the cap.
- STT and stamp duty are percentages of one side’s value; exchange charges and the SEBI fee are percentages of both sides.
- GST = 18% × (brokerage + exchange charges + SEBI fee + DP charge).
- Net P&L = sell value − buy value − all charges.
- Break-even sell price: the price at which the sale covers the purchase and every charge on both sides; the charges on the sell are worked out at that price. Points to break even = break-even price − buy price.
Options held to expiry
When you buy an option and let it expire in the money, it is exercised and STT is charged on its intrinsic value — the difference between the settlement price and the strike price, × quantity — at 0.15%, paid by you as the buyer (NSE circular NSE/FATAX/41919 for the intrinsic-value basis). On a sale before expiry, the 0.15% is charged on the premium instead. The calculator covers trades that are squared off; it reminds you of the exercise case for options.
An option that expires worthless (out of the money) is not exercised and is never sold, so there is no order and no charge on the sell side: enter 0 as the sell premium to see that trade.
What the DP charge is
When delivered shares are sold, they are moved out of your demat account, and your depository participant (usually your broker) charges a fee — normally a fixed amount for each stock sold on a day, whatever the quantity. It is set by your broker, so enter the figure from its tariff, before GST. Intraday and F&O trades do not move shares out of your demat account and have no DP charge.
Limitations
- BSE’s transaction charges are not built in: enter BSE’s rate for your segment from your contract note or BSE’s notice. NSE’s are built in.
- Contract notes round some charges (STT, for example) to the rupee and add up a day’s trades in a scrip together; figures here are exact for one buy and one sell.
- STT on options that are exercised at expiry is described but not calculated, and physical settlement of stock futures and options is not covered.
- Currency, interest-rate and commodity derivatives, IPO and mutual-fund purchases, auction penalties and broker extras (call-and-trade fees, interest on margin, pledge charges) are not included.
- Statutory rates change with Finance Acts and exchange circulars. This page is updated when they change.
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Frequently asked questions
What is STT and who pays it?
Securities transaction tax is charged on trades in shares, equity-fund units and equity derivatives on a recognised exchange, and collected by the exchange through your broker. For delivery trades both the buyer and the seller pay 0.1%; for intraday trades only the seller pays (0.025%); for futures and options only the seller pays (0.05% of the value, 0.15% of the option premium) — except that the buyer pays 0.15% of the intrinsic value when an option is exercised.
Did the Finance Act, 2026 raise STT on futures and options?
Yes. The Finance Act, 2026 raised STT on the sale of futures from 0.02% to 0.05%, on the sale of options from 0.1% to 0.15% of the premium, and on exercised options from 0.125% to 0.15%. Delivery and intraday STT did not change.
Is GST charged on STT and stamp duty?
No. GST at 18% is charged on services: brokerage, the exchange’s transaction charges, the SEBI fee and DP charges. STT and stamp duty are taxes and are added without GST.
Why is my break-even price higher than my buy price?
Because the sale has to pay back the charges on both the buy and the sell. In the delivery example above, 100 shares bought at ₹1,000 have to be sold at ₹1,002.86 or more before the trade makes money.
Is stamp duty different in each state?
Not for exchange trades. Stamp duty on securities is charged at one rate across India, collected by the exchanges and clearing corporations and passed on to the state where the buyer lives — 0.015% on delivery purchases, for example.
Why are options charges so high as a percentage?
Most option charges are percentages of the premium, and flat brokerage weighs heavily on small premiums. In the options example, charges of ₹67.86 are 0.41% of the premium turnover — compared with 0.14% for the delivery trade.