Introducing instant pledging

Now pledge your holdings and get margin for trading within 15 minutes.

Here's all you need to know👇
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/business-updates/introducing-instant-pledging

We’re kicking off 2026 with a Varsity bootcamp on options trading in Lucknow on 17th January.

In this 3.5-hour session, we’ll start with the basics of options and then go deeper into open interest data—how it works, what it signals, and how traders use it to read market positioning.

Seats are limited. Register early to secure your spot.

Register here: https://form.typeform.com/to/NajU5JbC

When a company goes for an IPO, not all shareholders can sell their shares immediately. Certain categories of shareholders like promoters, early investors and ESOP holders have to wait anywhere between 30 days to 18 months before they can sell their shares.

Since these are large shareholders, whenever they sell, there can often be a downward move in the stock price. So if you are buying shares of companies that IPO'd recently, you should track when the lock-in period expires. We now show this in the Kite fundamentals widget under events. This is powered by Tijori.

Markets will remain closed on Thursday, January 15, 2026, on account of municipal corporation elections in Maharashtra.

- Sensex options contracts expiring on Thursday, January 15, will expire on Wednesday, January 14.

- Commodity markets will remain closed for the morning session. Trading will resume in the evening session from 5:00 PM onwards.

Another year in the markets is done. Which means it’s time to look back, pick up a few lessons, quietly drop most of them, and carry on doing dumb things, with slightly better explanations.

2025 was a year that challenged many comfortable assumptions. Equity returns disappointed, narratives flipped quickly, gold surprised after years of doing nothing, and investors often moved between panic and patience. The big lesson wasn’t about finding the next winner; it was about understanding cycles, managing behavior, and staying invested when expectations and reality diverge.

Read the post👇
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/subtext/what-did-you-learn

View contract specifications, expiry, settlement details, and other key information for commodity contracts in one place with the MCX Info widget on Kite web.

https://zerodha.com/z-connect/business-updates/introducing-the-mcx-info-widget-on-kite-web

Receive AI summaries of earnings reports, acquisition announcements, rating changes, etc., relevant to your portfolio on WhatsApp within seconds of filing with Tijori alerts.

Read more: https://zerodha.com/z-connect/general/tijori-alerts-stock-exchange-filings-on-whatsapp

Markets will remain open on Sunday, February 1, 2026, for the presentation of the Union Budget. We're one of the few brokers that allow BTST trades on Sunday.

Market timings:

Equity & F&O

- Pre-open session: 9:00 AM to 9:08 AM
- Normal market: 9:15 AM to 3:30 PM
- Commodity: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Read more: https://zerodha.com/marketintel/bulletin/439957/special-live-trading-session-on-sunday-february-1-2026

Starting May 5, 2026, calendar spread margin benefits will not apply to stock F&O spreads if one of the contracts in the spread expires that day.

Here’s all you need to know👇
https://zerodha.com/z-connect/updates/removal-of-calendar-spread-margin-benefit-for-single-stock-derivatives-on-expiry-day-from-may-5-2026

Microsavings is now live on Coin. Invest small amounts daily, starting from ₹10, to build a consistent saving and investing habit.

Given all the recent interest in commodities trading, by popular request, the first Varsity Live session on the basics of commodities trading is happening tomorrow.

Varsity Live sessions aren't your typical webinars. They're interactive, hands-on sessions where you can engage with mentors and learn through exercises.

And if commodities aren't your thing, there are regular live sessions on 15 other topics too, all completely free.

Register here: https://varsitylive.zerodha.com/programmes/91b1ebbc-fab2-4767-b6d7-37e29eafa0df

Today, 15th March, is the last day to pay Advance Tax for FY 2025-26.

Traders and investors, please ensure your payments are completed before the deadline to avoid interest and penalties.

To help you meet the deadline, we will be processing payout requests received by 4:00 PM today.

Learn more about advance tax: https://zerodha.com/z-connect/console-3/all-you-need-to-know-about-advance-tax

Introducing Kite Terminal Mode

Customise Kite web the way you want with your own layouts, tools, and widgets built around how you trade or invest.

Try it out here: https://kite.zerodha.com/terminal/

Read more: https://zerodha.com/z-connect/business-updates/introducing-kite-terminal-mode

If you're eligible to create an HUF but haven't yet, you're leaving tax savings on the table. If you have trading, investing, or business income, an HUF gives you a separate PAN, separate tax slabs, and 80C limits, but very few actually make use of them.

We've supported HUF accounts at Zerodha for over a decade now, but the onboarding was quite cumbersome and required physical paperwork. It's now fully online.

Read more: https://zerodha.com/z-connect/business-updates/introducing-online-huf-account-opening

3 trading holidays along with a long weekend over the next two weeks.

Given the current geopolitical uncertainty and market volatility, plan your trades accordingly so you can take a break with a bit more peace of mind.

Keep track of all market holidays here: https://zerodha.com/marketintel/holiday-calendar/

You can also add the holiday calendar widget to your workspace in Kite Terminal Mode.

31st March is a market holiday, and 1st April is a settlement holiday. Here’s what to keep in mind if you’re trading today:

- Intraday profits and F&O credits from today will be available for trading and withdrawal from 2nd April.
- Shares bought under MTF today can be sold only from 2nd April.
- You can carry out delivery BTST trades normally on 1st April for shares purchased today.
- Mutual fund orders placed before the cut-off time today will get today’s NAV and be settled on 2nd April. Orders placed after the cut-off will be processed on 2nd April.

Read more:

Link 1: https://zerodha.com/marketintel/bulletin/445208/settlement-holiday-on-account-of-annual-bank-closing-on-april-01-2026

Link 2: https://zerodha.com/marketintel/bulletin/445217/change-in-mutual-fund-settlement-cycle-due-to-settlement-holiday-on-account-of-annual-bank-closure-day-on-april-01-2026

From April 1, 2026, a new framework around algo trading comes into effect.

For the first time, retail algo trading in India is being formally structured, with exchanges now able to identify API orders separately and new rules around how strategies can be built and executed.

Some of the key changes include:
– Order rate limits, with approvals required beyond a certain threshold
– Mandatory use of static IPs
– Restrictions on market orders, with market protection becoming essential

In this video, we break down what’s changing, why these regulations were introduced, and what you need to do if you’re using APIs.

https://youtu.be/w9dHrwAYAOo?si=_KvLl8P7_mM4MLpn

Even today, a large part of household savings in India sits in fixed deposits.

The appeal is simple: predictable returns, no market volatility, and very little to manage once you’ve invested.

But once you have FDs across multiple banks, managing them becomes a hassle.

We’re simplifying this on Coin by bringing fixed deposits from multiple banks in one place.

Your present self is your future self's biggest enemy.

When investing in ETFs, there are two prices to watch: the market price on the exchange and the iNAV (Indicative Net Asset Value), which reflects the fair value of the ETF’s underlying holdings, published by AMCs.

Since ETFs trade on exchanges, their market price can sometimes move away from the NAV due to volatility or demand-supply imbalances. As a result, an ETF may trade at a premium or discount to its fair value.

For example, some international ETFs are trading at a premium to their NAV because overseas investment limits have been hit.

To help you avoid trading away from fair value, we’ve added a nudge on the Kite order window that highlights when an ETF is trading at a premium or discount to its iNAV.

Here’s a quick guide to common mistakes to avoid when investing in ETFs: https://youtu.be/KSV8WxRZHnk?si=jn1h4krcWmI72hPw