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 fee.

  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.

Brokerage

Equity

Currency

Commodity

Equity Delivery

Equity Intraday

Equity Futures

Equity Options

Currency Futures

Currency Options

Commodity Futures

Commodity Options

₹20 or 2.5%

whichever is lower on Equity Delivery    

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

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

Flat ₹20 per executed per  order


₹20 per executed per order or 0.05% (whichever is lower).    

Flat ₹20 per executed per order

₹20 per executed per order or 0.05% (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/CTT

0.1% only on the turnover (on both buy & sell)

0.025% only on sell side turnover


0.0125% on sell side

(1 April 2023)


0.0625% on sell side (on premium)

( 1 April 2023)

Transaction Charges

.Note: BSE charges vary as per the stock (scrip) group

NSE

0.00325% per trade on buy & sell.

Note: BSE charges vary as per the stock (scrip) group

NSE:

0.00325% per trade on buy & sell.





NSE

 0.0019% per trade on buy & Sell 

BSE-0.0375%(on premium)


NSE

 0.050% per trade on buy & sell

GST

18% (on brokerage + transaction charges)

18% (on brokerage + transaction charges)    

18% (on brokerage + transaction charges)    

18% (on brokerage + transaction charges)

SEBI Charges

₹10 per crore on turnover 

₹10 per crore on turnover 

₹10 per crore on turnover 

₹10 per crore on turnover 

Stamp Duty

0.015% 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 of turnover

₹0.10 per lakh of turnover


₹0.10 per lakh of turnover


₹0.50 per lakh of turnover (premium value)


                                                                          Currency

Charges

Currency Futures

Currency Options

STT/CTT

Zero

Zero

Transaction Charges

BSE: Currency Exchange turnover charges: 0.00022%


NSE: Currency Exchange turnover charges: 0.0009%

BSE: Exchange turnover charges: 0.001%


NSE: Exchange turnover charges: 0.035%

GST

18% (on brokerage + transaction charges)    

18% (on brokerage + transaction 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 Charges in NSE₹0.05 per lakh of turnover

₹2 per lakh of turnover (premium value)




                                                                          Commodity

Charges

Commodity Futures

Commodity Options

STT/CTT

0.010% only on sell side turnover (non-agri)

0.05% only on sell side turnover

Transaction Charges

Non-Agri:

Exchange turnover charge: 0.0026%

Exchange turnover charge: 0.05%


GST

18% (on brokerage + transaction charges)    

18% (on brokerage + transaction 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

Equity

Currency

Commodity

Equity Delivery

Equity Intraday

Equity Futures

Equity Options

Currency Futures

Currency Options

Commodity Futures

Commodity Options

₹18.5 + GST per scrip per day only on sell    

No charges

No charges

No charges

No charges

No charges

No charges

No charges

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