Brokerage Calculator
Enter your buy price, sell price and quantity to see the exact profit or loss you keep after brokerage, STT, exchange fees, stamp duty, GST and DP charges — for equity delivery or intraday.
What a brokerage calculator does
When you buy and sell shares on an Indian exchange, the money you actually keep is never the plain difference between your sell price and your buy price. A stack of charges — brokerage, Securities Transaction Tax (STT), the exchange transaction fee, the SEBI turnover fee, stamp duty, 18% GST and depository (DP) charges — sits between the two. This calculator takes your buy price, sell price, quantity and per-order brokerage, applies the current NSE rates for either equity delivery or intraday, and shows your exact net profit or loss with a full line-by-line breakdown. It answers the question every trader actually cares about: after everyone has taken their cut, what lands in my bank account?
The charges on an equity trade
Each charge is levied on a specific base — some on total turnover, some on one side of the trade only. Here is what each line means:
- Brokerage — your broker's fee. Discount brokers charge a flat amount per executed order (commonly ₹20), so a round trip of one buy order and one sell order costs ₹40. Many brokers now offer zero brokerage on delivery — enter 0 to model that.
- STT (Securities Transaction Tax) — a central tax on securities transactions. On delivery it is 0.1% on both the buy and sell values; on intraday it is only 0.025% and only on the sell side.
- Exchange transaction charge — the NSE's fee, about 0.00297% of your total turnover (buy value plus sell value).
- SEBI turnover fee — the regulator's charge of ₹10 per crore of turnover, i.e. 0.0001%. Tiny, but it always appears on the contract note.
- Stamp duty — a state levy charged on the buy side only: 0.015% for delivery and 0.003% for intraday.
- GST — 18% charged on the sum of brokerage, exchange and SEBI fees. It is not charged on STT or stamp duty.
- DP (depository) charges — a flat fee of about ₹15.93 (CDSL plus your broker's share) deducted whenever you sell delivery shares out of your demat account. Intraday positions never enter demat, so there is no DP charge.
Delivery vs intraday rates at a glance
| Charge | Equity Delivery | Intraday |
|---|---|---|
| Brokerage | Flat per order × 2 | Flat per order × 2 |
| STT | 0.1% buy + 0.1% sell | 0.025% sell only |
| Exchange txn (NSE) | 0.00297% of turnover | 0.00297% of turnover |
| SEBI fee | ₹10 per crore | ₹10 per crore |
| Stamp duty | 0.015% on buy | 0.003% on buy |
| GST | 18% on brokerage + exch + SEBI | 18% on brokerage + exch + SEBI |
| DP charge | ₹15.93 per sell | Nil |
Worked example: a delivery trade
Suppose you buy 1,000 shares at ₹100 and sell them at ₹110, using a discount broker that charges ₹20 per order. Your screen shows a gross gain of ₹10,000 — but here is what actually reaches your account after every deduction:
| Line item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Buy value (1,000 × ₹100) | ₹1,00,000.00 |
| Sell value (1,000 × ₹110) | ₹1,10,000.00 |
| Gross P&L | ₹10,000.00 |
| Brokerage (₹20 × 2) | ₹40.00 |
| STT (0.1% × ₹1,00,000 + 0.1% × ₹1,10,000) | ₹210.00 |
| Exchange txn (0.00297% × ₹2,10,000) | ₹6.24 |
| SEBI (₹10 / crore × ₹2,10,000) | ₹0.21 |
| Stamp duty (0.015% × ₹1,00,000) | ₹15.00 |
| GST (18% × ₹46.45) | ₹8.36 |
| DP charge | ₹15.93 |
| Total charges | ₹295.74 |
| Net P&L | ₹9,704.26 |
Why intraday looks cheaper
Intraday trades carry far lower statutory costs than delivery: STT is charged on one side instead of two and at a tenth of the rate, stamp duty is a fifth, and there is no DP charge because nothing is delivered to your demat account. That is why scalpers can trade on wafer-thin margins. But the low cost cuts both ways — intraday positions are auto-squared-off the same day and are typically leveraged, so a small adverse move can wipe out a position. Cheaper charges do not make a strategy safer. If you are building wealth over years rather than trading, a disciplined SIP or a one-time lumpsum investment usually beats active trading after costs and taxes.
Breakeven: the move that pays for costs
The "breakeven move per share" tells you how far the price must travel just to cover all charges before you make a single rupee. In the delivery example, ₹295.74 of charges across 1,000 shares is about ₹0.30 per share — so the stock has to rise ₹0.30 above your buy price before you are even. For frequent small trades this number is what quietly erodes returns; halving your quantity doubles the per-share impact of the flat DP and brokerage fees. Keeping an eye on the breakeven figure is the fastest way to judge whether a trade is worth taking at all.
Averaging, returns and tax after the trade
Your effective buy price is a little above the quoted price once buy-side charges are added, which is why the stock average calculator gives a pre-charge cost basis. To judge how an investment actually performed over time rather than on a single trade, annualise it with the CAGR calculator. And remember the charges here are separate from tax on your gains: short-term capital gains on listed equity (held under 12 months) are taxed at 20%, while long-term gains above ₹1.25 lakh a year are taxed at 12.5% for FY 2026-27. Fold those into your overall liability with the income tax calculator.