1. Are DP charges levied on both buy and sell transactions?

No, the DP charges are charged only on the sell or debit transactions from your demat account. At the time of buying shares, the securities get credited to your account, and credits attract no DP charges. On Dhan, you pay DP charges only when you sell shares, and that is ₹12.50 + GST per ISIN per day.

2. Why do DP charges remain the same regardless of the quantity sold?

DP charges are instruction-based, not quantity-based. This means that whether you sell 1 share or 1,000 shares of the same stock on the same day, you pay the same DP charge. The fee is linked to the debit instruction issued by the depository, not the volume of shares.

3. Is it possible to avoid DP charges completely?

No, the charges are levied by the depositories (NSDL/CDSL) and collected by your broker on their behalf. No broker can waive these charges, since they are not brokerage charges. The only way to bring down DP charges is through the optimisation of your trading behaviour by avoiding multiple sell transactions across different ISINs.

4. Are DP charges applicable to intraday trades on Dhan?

No. DP charges apply only when shares move out of your Demat account, which happens in delivery sell transactions. In intraday trades (buy and sell on the same day), shares do not enter your Demat account, so no DP charge is levied. Only brokerage and exchange charges apply.

5. How much DP charge does Dhan levy for selling delivery shares?

Dhan charges ₹12.50 + GST per ISIN per day for every delivery sell transaction. This means if you sell multiple quantities of the same stock in one day, you are charged only once for that ISIN. If you sell different stocks, each ISIN is charged separately.