Wisdom Capital Vs Kotak Securities NRI Account Comparison

1x margin means Full SPAN + Exposure margins defined by the exchange across Equity and Derivatives (Equity F&O, currency and commodity) segments. This means the broker does not offer any additional leverage.

• Wisdom Capital brokerage is lower than the full-service brokers.
• Offers expert investment advisory services.
• Dedicated online Live Support.
• Wisdom Capital Trading School course for the investors to understand stock market concepts and trading.
• NRIs are allowed to open the NRI bank account with any bank and link it with Wisdom Capital NRI trading and Demat account.
• Omnesys NEST is offered as the trading platform.

1. Offers integrated 3-in-1 Trinity account for fast and smooth trading experience.
2. Part of the reputed Kotak group
3. Branch offices in New York, London, Dubai, Singapore, and Mauritius.
4. AMO and GTC order types make it easy for NRIs to place orders at any time.
5. A dedicated research team for expert advice and recommendations
6. Offers a range of advanced online trading platforms and tools.
7. Offers online mutual fund, IPO and NCD investment facility.

• Doesn't offer the facility to invest in IPOs and NCDs.
• Doesn't offer a 3-in-1 NRI trading account. NRIs have to open a bank account with 3rd party.

1. The brokerage charges are higher in comparison to discount stock brokers like Zerodha and Prostocks. Kotak brokerage charges for equity delivery us 1% whereas Prostocks charges fixed Rs 100 per order. So, if your trade value is Rs 1 lakh, you pay a brokerage of Rs 1000 with Kotak whereas Prostocks will charge you just Rs 100.

Wisdom Capital is an online broker with very little investment in technology. This makes it difficult for Wisdom Capital to compete with other discount stock brokers including Zerodha, 5Paisa, Upstox, and ProStocks, etc. Except for investment advisory and trading courses, Wisdom doesn't have any unique selling point.

Kotak Securities is a full-service broker. It offers convenient stock trading and investment to NRI's through its 3-in-1 account. In addition, you get advanced trading software, researched advice and dedicated RM assistance. Kotak Sec brokerage charges are on the higher side. Kotak Sec has offices in New York, London, Dubai, Singapore, and Mauritius which makes it easy for NRIs based in these locations to avail services or get grievances redressed locally.