Every time you place an order on Upstox, you may be charged brokerage and a few other charges. Here’s a breakdown of them all.

Types of charges

Upstox fees.

  1. Brokerage - Brokerage is levied by Upstox on each order placed. Upstox has a flat fee structure and brokerage charges have an upper ceiling of ₹20 /order for all segments.

Government/Intermediaries levied (Statutory/Regulatory requirement)

  1. STT/CTT - Securities Transaction Tax and Commodity Transaction Tax is a direct tax levied by the government on transactions and it varies as per the segments.
  2. Transaction charges - These charges are levied by the exchanges like BSE, NSE & MCX and are also called Exchange fees or Exchange turnover charges.
  3. GST - This is the tax levied by the government on the services rendered and currently is 18% (on brokerage + transaction charges + SEBI fees + DP charges).
  4. SEBI charges - These charges are levied by SEBI across all segments. 
  5. Stamp duty - Stamp duty is charged by the government and now the rates are uniform across the states. This tax is applicable only on buy orders.
  6. IPFT(NSE)- Investor protection Fund trust charges are levied by NSE on Equity(Delivery, Intraday), Futures &Options  and currency Futures &Options.
  7. DP Charges - DP transaction charges are levied by CDSL on all ‘Sell’ transactions from your Demat holdings (Equity Delivery). They are charged once per scrip per day. DP charges will be calculated as per your DP plan.

Note: Within the contract note, "STT - DEL" signifies Securities Transaction Tax charges applicable to delivery transactions, while "STT - SQUP" indicates Securities Transaction Tax charges for intraday transactions. Charges that have been rounded will be denoted as "STT-RND"


Brokerage

Equity

Currency

Commodity

Equity Delivery

Equity Intraday

Equity Futures

Equity Options

Currency Futures

Currency Options

Commodity Futures

Commodity Options

Up to ₹20 per executed order₹20 or 0.05% per executed order (whichever is lower)₹20 or 0.05% per executed order (whichever is lower)Flat ₹20 per executed order₹20 or 0.05% per executed order (whichever is lower)Flat ₹20 per executed order ₹20 or 0.05% per executed order (whichever is lower)Flat ₹20 per executed order 


Other statutory and regulatory charges

1. STT/CTT, Transaction charges, GST, SEBI charges, IPFT and Stamp duty.

Equity

Charges

Equity Delivery

Equity Intraday

Equity Futures

Equity Options

STT (Securities Transaction tax)0.1% on both buy & sell

0.025% only on sell side 0.02% on sell side 0.1% on sell side (Premium)
Transaction ChargesNSE - 0.00297% 

Note : BSE charges vary as per the stock (scrip) group		NSE - 0.00297%

Note : BSE charges vary as per the stock (scrip) group		NSE - 0.00173%

BSE - NIL		NSE - 0.03503% (Premium)
BSE - 0.0325%
GST18% (on brokerage + transaction charges + demat charges + SEBI charges)18% (on brokerage + transaction charges + SEBI charges)18% (on brokerage + transaction charges + SEBI charges)18% (on brokerage + transaction charges + SEBI charges)
SEBI Charges₹10 per crore

₹10 per crore₹10 per crore₹10 per crore
Stamp Duty0.015% or ₹1,500 per crore on buy side

0.003% or ₹300 per crore on buy side 0.002% or ₹200 per crore on buy side 0.003% or ₹300 per crore on buy side
IPFT charges in NSE

₹0.10 per lakh ₹0.10 per lakh ₹0.10 per lakh ₹0.50 per lakh (Premium)


                                                                   Currency

Charges

Currency Futures

Currency Options

STT/CTT

Zero

Zero

Transaction chargesNSE: 0.00035%

BSE: 0.00045%		NSE : 0.0311%

BSE : 0.001%
GST18% (on brokerage + transaction charges + SEBI charges

18% (on brokerage + transaction charges + SEBI charges)

SEBI Charges

₹10 per crore on turnover 


₹10 per crore on turnover 

Stamp Duty

0.0001% or ₹10 per crore on buy-side


0.0001% or ₹10 per crore on buy-side

IPFT charge in NSE

₹0.05 per lakh ₹2 per lakh (Premium)


                                                                  Commodity

Charges

Commodity Futures

Commodity Options

STT/CTT0.010% on sell side (non-agri)0.05% on sell side 

Transaction Charges

Exchange Turnover charges 0.0021%

Exchange turnover charge: 0.0418%


GST18% (on brokerage + transaction charges + SEBI charges)18% (on brokerage + transaction charges + SEBI charges)

SEBI Charges


₹10 per crore on turnover 

₹10 per crore on turnover 

Stamp Duty

0.002% or ₹200 per crore on buy-side

0.003% or ₹300 per crore on buy-side


2. DP Charges : ₹18.5 + GST 

For Male: ₹3.5 (CDSL) + ₹15.0 (Upstox charges)

For Female: ₹3.25 (CDSL) + ₹15.25 (Upstox charges)

Note: DP charges apply when selling stocks under equity delivery.

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