I have Sharekhan online trading account, they are charging 0.1% intraday and 0.5% on delivery. How can I change to 0.25% brokerage scheme? What do u mean by prepaid scheme? How is the deposit paid, do i have to pay something every month, what they do of the deposit? Is that deposit amount available as margin while trading?
Please tell me, I need lower brokerage.
Read the T&C properly in the link attached...
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Prepaid scheme is like a mobile company's prepaid voucher - u pay an amount for the desired talktime (read, brokerage rate) in advance.
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The advance amount is deducted from your margin account with the broker.
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Most brokers adjust the advance paid against the brokerage generated.
For example, if you opt for Sharekhan's "AMC 6000" scheme, then firstly Rs 6000/- will be deducted from your margin account with them.
After that, for period of 12 months, the indicated % of brokerage (0.05% for one leg, if closed intraday, etc) will be applicable.
If, during these 12 months, you generate a brokerage equal to the amount of advance paid, ie if you generate a brokerage of Rs 6000/- through various trades within 12 months, then Rs 6000/- is refunded back to you.
Irrespective of the duration of this refund back, the % of brokerage selected will be applicable for full 12months.
If you become eligible for refund of brokerage within (say) 2 months, you will get Rs 6000/- back at end of 6 months, but you need not pay Rs 6000/- again until the completion of 12 months from the start of the plan/original date of amount debited from your margin account.
Some brokers dont even wait for full amount becoming refundable.
They calculate the brokerage you generated every month, and refund back to you such amount, but obviouslylilited to the cumulative total of Rs 6000/-.
For example, if you opt for AMC 6000 of SK on 1-Jan-09, and if you generate a brokerage of Rs 2000 during Jan 09, Rs 3000/- during Feb-09 and 4000/- during Mar-09, then the amount refunded will be as under:
At end of Jan-09 = Rs 2000/-
At end of Feb-09 = Rs 3000/-
At end of Mar-09 = Rs 1000/-
Total amount refunded is limited to advance paid= Rs 6000/-
The selected % of brokerage is applicable till 31-Dec-09.
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what they do of the deposit? Is that deposit amount available as margin while trading?
None of our business what they do with the deposit money..
It's just an assurance to them that you will generate a specific turnover for them, and in return, you get lower % of brokerage.
That deposit amount is NOT available as margin for trading, until it is refunded back to you (month by month, or whatever)