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SAS Online Stock Trading, Demat, Brokerage and Reviews 2019

-0.35% 12,402 Clients

Incorporated in 1995, SAS Online is an online discount brokerage firm offering brokerage services for stocks, future and options, currency and commodities at NSE, BSE and MCX exchanges.

SAS Online started offering its discount brokerage services since 2013. As of Aug 2019, they have 30000+ clients spread across 750+ cities of India. They are doing a daily average turnover of ₹10,000+ Cr, contributing to over 1% of the total Indian market turnover with an average of 1 lac + orders a day.

Like most discount brokers, brokerage services are offered to clients from 1 centralized office located in Delhi. The way that is possible is by leveraging technology thereby saving on real estate, HR and other operational costs which are passed onto the client in the form of their deep discount brokerage plans. They have no account minimums or hidden costs, which translates into lower costs and hassle free trading.

SAS Online Ratings

Overall Rating	3.9/5
Fees	4.3/5
Brokerage	4.6/5
Usability	3.3/5
Customer Service	3.8/5

Based on 58 Votes by SAS Online Customers

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Information about SAS Online account opening, SAS Online open account, SAS Online opening charges, SAS Online account opening charges, SAS Online account opening status, SAS Online amc charges, SAS Online account charges, SAS Online account closure

SAS Online's Trading Platforms

SAS Online provides ALPHA online trading platform to its customers for trading at BSE, NSE, and MCX. ALPHA is a re-branded Omnesys NEST trading platform. Omnesys NEST is among the most popular, powerful and secure trading platform available in India.

This platform includes:

ALPHA Trader
This is an installable trading terminal designed for fast execution of orders with real-time monitoring. Build for the frequent trader, this easy to use the trading terminal is available to all the customers for free. ALPHA Trader offers to trade across all segments and exchanges.
ALPHA Web
This is a web browser-based trading website.
ALPHA Mobile
This is a smart phone-based trading app. It allowing customers to monitor quotes, analyze charts, place orders, trade stocks or check your positions - all in real-time. The mobile app is available for Android, Apple and Windows phones.

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Account Types

SAS Online offers 4 different plans to suite your trading needs:

₹9 per trade Plan
This SAS Online trading plan offers trading at flat ₹9 per trade irrespective to the size of the trade. The brokerage is charged as ₹9 per executed order or 0.01% whichever is lower. Trading is available at BSE, NSE and MCX stock exchanges in equity, commodities and currency derivative segments.
₹999 MCX Plan
This trading plan offers unlimited monthly trading in commodities at MCX stock exchange for flat ₹999 per month.
₹999 Equity Plan
This SASOnline plan offers unlimited trading in equity segment for flat ₹999 per month. Trading under this plan is available at BSE Cash, NSE Cash and NSE F&O segment.
₹499 Currency Plan
This plan offers unlimited trading in currency derivatives segment at NSE for flat ₹499 per month.

SAS Online Brokerage Charges 2019

SAS Online Charges	EQUITY Delivery	EQUITY Intraday
Brokerage (₹999 MCX Plan / ₹999 Equity Plan / ₹499 Currency Plan)	₹0	₹0
Brokerage (₹9 per trade Plan)	0.1% or ₹9/Trade whichever is lower	0.01% or ₹9/Trade whichever is lower
STT	0.1% on both Buy and Sell	0.025% on the Sell Side
Transaction / Turnover Charges	₹325/crore	₹325/crore
Goods and Services Tax (GST)	18% on (Brokerage + Transaction Charge)	18% on (Brokerage + Transaction Charge)
SEBI Charges	₹15/Crore	₹15/Crore
Stamp Duty	*	*

SAS Online Charges	Futures	Options
Brokerage (₹999 MCX Plan / ₹999 Equity Plan / ₹499 Currency Plan)	₹0	₹0
Brokerage (₹9 per trade Plan)	0.1% or ₹9/Trade whichever is lower	₹9/trade
STT	0.01% on Sell Side	0.05% on Sell Side(on Premium)
Transaction / Turnover Charges	₹220/crore	₹5500/crore on premium turnover
Goods and Services Tax (GST)	18% on (Brokerage + Transaction Charge)	18% on (Brokerage + Transaction Charge)
SEBI Charges	₹15/Crore	₹15/Crore
Stamp Charges	*	*

SAS Online Charges	Currency Futures	Currency Options
Brokerage (₹999 MCX Plan / ₹999 Equity Plan / ₹499 Currency Plan)	₹0	₹0
Brokerage (₹9 per trade Plan)	0.1% or ₹9/Trade whichever is lower	₹9/trade
STT	No STT	No STT
Transaction / Turnover Charges	₹120/crore	₹5500/crore on premium turnover
Goods and Services Tax (GST)	18% on (Brokerage + Transaction Charge)	18% on (Brokerage + Transaction Charge)
SEBI Charges	₹15/Crore	₹15/Crore
Stamp Charges	*	*

SAS Online Charges	Commodity Futures
Brokerage (₹999 MCX Plan / ₹999 Equity Plan / ₹499 Currency Plan)	₹0
Brokerage (₹9 per trade Plan)	0.1% or ₹9/Trade whichever is lower
CTT	0.01% on Sell Side (Non-Agri)
Transaction / Turnover Charges	Non-Agri: ₹360/crore
Goods and Services Tax (GST)	18% on (Brokerage + Transaction Charge)
SEBI Charges	₹15/Crore
Stamp Charges	₹100/Crore

* stamp duty is charged based on the state.

SAS Online Charge Structure Explanation:

STT: This is charged only on the sell side for intraday and F&O trades. It is charged on both sides for Delivery trades in Equity.
Stamp Duty: Charges based on the state the customer is located in.
Goods and Services Tax (GST): This is charged at 18% of the total cost of brokerage plus transaction charges.
SEBI Turnover Fees: This is charged at ₹15 per Crore.
Transaction or Turnover Charges: This is charged at ₹325/crore for Equity, ₹220/crore for Futures, ₹5500/crore on premium for options.

SAS Online Demat Account Charges

ID	Transaction	Demat Charges
1	Demat Account opening charges	₹200
2	Annual Maintenance charges (AMC)	For Individual- ₹200 For Non Individual- ₹500
3	Transaction charges (Debit)	₹9 per debit instruction + depository charges at actual
4	Pledge Creation Charges	Rs50 per transaction
5	Pledge Creation confirmation	Nil
6	Pledge Closure / Closure confirmation	Nil
7	Pledge Invocation	₹50 per Transaction
8	Dematerialization Charges	₹2 per certificate + courier charges of ₹35 per demat request for every 500 grams
9	Rematerialization Charges	₹25 per certificate or 0.05% of the value whichever is higher + Depository charges at actuals
10	SLB Charges	₹25 for Security Lending & Borrowing + Depository charges separately
11	Failed or Rejected Transactions	₹30 per transaction
12	Demat Rejection Charges	₹35 per rejection for every 500 grams

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How to open account with South Asian Stocks Ltd?

For online trading with SAS Online, investor has to open an account. Following are the ways to open an account with SAS Online

Fill an online application form. Click here to fill the SAS Online contact form.

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SAS Online Pros and Cons

SAS Online Advantages

Margin against shares is available.
Margin funding is available though a product Equity Plus.
Monthly unlimited trading plans available for trading at NSE, BSE and MCX.
Trading Software's including website, mobile app and install-able trading terminals are available for free.
No minimum brokerage.
SASOnline Referral Program helps its customers to refer friends and earn 20%of the brokerage paid by them.
Trading application (ALPHA Web) is available for operating system Mac and Linux. Its is re-branded Omnesys NEST trading platform.

SAS Online Disadvantages

SAS Online doesn't offer 3-in-1 account as the company doesn't offer banking services.
SAS Online doesn't offer facility to invest in IPO, FPO, Mutual Funds, FDs, NCDs and Offer For Sale (OFS).
Call & Trade is available at additional ₹20 per executed order.
Good Till Cancelled (GTC) and Good Till Date/Time (GTD) is not available in Equity Segment.
SAS Back-office is not integrated for real time data with trading portal/terminal. Most data get updated on overnight basis.

SAS Online Exposure Margin

SAS Online leverage for intraday, delivery, options, currency and commodities. Read SAS Online exposure limit review.

Segment	Exposure Margin
Equity Delivery	1x (no margin)
Equity Intraday	13x to 20x with CO (Intraday), 5x to 9x for MIS (Intraday)
Equity Future	5x with CO (Intraday), 2x for MIS (Intraday)
Equity Options	2x for selling 100% premium amount for buying
Currency Future	2x trading margin
Currency Options	2x for selling 100% premium amount for buying
Commodity Future	NA
Commodity Options

SAS Online Complaints received at BSE/NSE

Number of customer complained against South Asian Stocks Ltd share broker. The South Asian Stocks Ltd consumer complaints provide the summary of grievance which went to exchange for resolution.

SAS Online Customer Complaints

Exchange	Financial Year	Number of Clients *	Total Complaints **
NSE	2019-20	12,402	2
NSE	2018-19	12,445	11
NSE	2017-18	11,869	6
NSE	2016-17	9,384	5
NSE	2015-16	6,436	8
NSE	2014-15	4,091	9
NSE	2013-14	1,933	1

* Number of active customers. As per SEBI guidelines each broker reports the detail of active clients to the exchange through unique client code (ucc) process every month.

** The total number of complaint received against the broker at the given exchange.

Read detail report about South Asian Stocks Ltd Complaints at BSE, NSE and MCX
Broker complaints in India - Year wise complaints received by exchange

SASOnline Milestones

Journey of SASOnline Discount Broker
Timeline	Event
April 2013	SAS started offering discount brokerage services
Oct 2013	SAS reached first 1000 customers
March 2014	SAS reached 2500 customers. Team size of 15 people handling customers.
Oct 2014	SAS started offering Commodity Trading at MCX
March 2015	SAS reached 6000 customers. Team size increased to 35.
June 2015	SAS started offering Zero AMC Demat Accounts
Jan 2016	SAS's Daily Turnover reached ₹4000 Cr with over 40,000 trading orders placed every-day.

28 Comments

28. rakesh Aug 22, 2019 03:56 Reply

Customer Service is the worst in sas , they disconnect the call on face if you ask any questions looks they don't have time for the customer. And i mailed them for this and does'nt even get the reply. And desktop app is also not so good s the mobile one in comparision with upstocks and zerodha kite.

Ratings:

Brokerage - Above Average
Account Maintenance Fees - Excellent
Website Usability - Above Average
Customer Service - Below Average
Overall Experience - Average

27. N Chaudhury May 11, 2019 11:06 Reply

Their customer care disappoints. Some of their customer care executives are egoist. Ways to improve customers experience and accepting better ideas are very alien to them. Typical "I know all and this is what it is" and "who cares about you" kind of attitude. I hope the management takes steps to get rid of this mindset and blockage in their path.

Ratings:

Brokerage - Above Average
Account Maintenance Fees - Excellent
Website Usability - Above Average
Customer Service - Below Average
Overall Experience - Average

26. SAS User Delhi Jul 5, 2018 09:53 Reply

Yes correct....nothing is working and no phone calls are being attended....If there is any technical problem, they should have informed us on mail or via sms how much time it will take to recover....

25. ambdas Jul 4, 2018 20:48 Reply

is sas online working ?
it is down since 7 pm today
all sofwares including mobile app is down
their website also down
whats happening?

24. KODANDARAM DANTU Mar 24, 2018 23:50 Reply

NEED TO IMPROVE A LOT IN MOBILE TRADING SOFTWARE & ALPHA TRADER (PC SOFTWARE) AS WELL....ITS NOT THAT HOW MUCH LESS BROKERAGE YOU ARE CHARGING....ITS THE MATTER THAT HOW MUCH TRANSPARENT YOU ARE WITH YOUR CUSTOMER NEEDS..

MOBILE SOFTWARE JUST SHOWS MARKET TO MARKET PROFIT OR LOSS....BUT DOESN'T SHOW THE ACTUAL PROFIT OR LOSS OF A SPECIFIC SCRIP......MEANS NOT TOOOOO TRANSPARENT TO THEIR CUSTOMERS.....OR THEY DON'T WANT TO BE..

THE SOFTWARE ADOPTED BY SAS DON'T WANT TO SHOW WHETHER THEIR CUSTOMER IS REALLY IN PROFIT OR LOSS......IN-SPITE OF PROVOKING OR GIVING THEIR CUSTOMER A WRONG SIGNAL OR DIRECTION...BY SHOWING MTM PROFIT OR LOSS

I ALREADY COMPLAINED REGARDING THIS....IF IT TAKES TOO MUCH TIME ....I HAVE TO SHIFT MINE ...AS WELL MY REFERENCES TO SOME OTHER PERFECT BROKER.

Ratings:

Brokerage - Excellent
Account Maintenance Fees - Above Average
Website Usability - Average
Customer Service - Above Average
Overall Experience - Average

23. mohsinkhan May 25, 2017 03:21 Reply

alpha mobile application is very excellent,
but now launch two in one application,
equity & commodity ,
in one application each and everything,
so many brokers provides single application equity & commodity also,
now sasonline think about it.

22. Satish Mar 21, 2017 07:53 Reply

SAS online is one of the biggest thug among Indian brokerages house . They say you that they do not take brokerage charges if you opt for Rs 999 plan and so you carry Excess jobbing but guys wait , have you checked their brokerage they charge you 5000 / crore to compared to other per crore . In future segments also they charge 500 rupees extra per crore while in equity nearly 900 rupees per core extra compared to other brokerage house .

Ratings:

Brokerage - Very Poor
Account Maintenance Fees - Below Average
Website Usability - Very Poor
Customer Service - Very Poor
Overall Experience - Very Poor

21. sekar Mar 15, 2017 14:48 Reply

Are they registered traders in NSE & BSE?

20. mukul Oct 31, 2016 12:49 Reply

Customers service and security is not so good. Only one positive side is attractive brokerage plan.

Ratings:

Brokerage - Excellent
Account Maintenance Fees - Excellent
Website Usability - Below Average
Customer Service - Below Average
Overall Experience - Average

20.1. AMIT KHURANA Nov 29, 2016 12:38

Reader,
Due to careless mistake fo SAS online , where they had not updated my account shared with them in first week fo October despite multiple emails...
ac was not updated for my DP leading below dividends not credited in my account;

This is unprofessional and very careless from SAS online...
My estimate for my loss of around 2500/- due to the same for below dividends which are not credited in my account.

please help on same so that it gets resolved; i do not want to chase companies for error of SAS online so ideally SAS online should help or credit from its own account..

i do not pay for brokerage and services due to these kind fo errors.

Dividend scripts are as below:

Hexaware Tech      Interim      50      25-10-2016      07-11-2016      04-11-2016
Granules India      Interim      20      25-10-2016      05-11-2016      03-11-2016
SQS India BFSI      Interim      40      21-10-2016      04-11-2016      03-11-2016
Indiabulls Hsg      Interim      450      21-10-2016      03-11-2016      02-11-2016
Mindtree      Interim      30      30-09-2016      01-11-2016      28-10-2016
TCS      Interim      650      13-10-2016      25-10-2016      24-10-2016
Infosys      Interim      220      16-09-2016      24-10-2016      21-10-2016

19. Rajesh Bhowmik Oct 7, 2016 19:09 Reply

WTF...........I have already sent all my docs for opening an account...its my mistake i have not go through these all before...i was attracted only by their brokerage rate...if i will not get satisfactory result ...i will not entertain them..

18. Rajiv Sep 23, 2016 09:55 Reply

SAS is the worst broker I have ever come across. They randomly just disable trading in any scrip without informing you. Some IPOs are allowed to be traded in pre-open, some are not and there is no way to find out what they will do next. They are just whimsical.

When you call the customer care they behave as if they are the kings of the world and the response I got from one senior representative was "f*** your money".

I''''ll really suggest to go with any other broker but SAS.

17. Kulkarni P A Aug 25, 2016 10:35 Reply

GOod:
Customer service: both accessibility and response is good.
Brokerage Plans are very competitive.

Poor:
Lack of availability of charts in Nest.

Suggestion:
Good charts with technical studies and tools should be incorporated in Nest.

Ratings:

Brokerage - Above Average
Account Maintenance Fees - Above Average
Website Usability - Below Average
Customer Service - Above Average
Overall Experience - Above Average

16. Kshitij Shah Aug 24, 2016 09:23 Reply

Company has a 3rd class risk management system. They are not allowing option trading even if its Nifty 50 stock with At the Money strike price if total trade volume of that day in the market is less than 25 ( approx). So evenif you have sufficient funds to place in margin, you will have to wait till some one else place the orders first. That also means that (1) you can not trade at the opening of the market because at that time volume in option contract of that day is Zero. (2) You can not trade in the Options with strike price having far distance from spot price. That means you will face restrictions in hedging and you can not apply certain option strategies. (3) You should keep other broker in spare who allows you to trade without such restriction and can not keep only one trading account with SAS Online.

Ratings:

Brokerage - Excellent
Account Maintenance Fees - Average
Website Usability - Below Average
Customer Service - Above Average
Overall Experience - Very Poor

15. Saikat Jul 13, 2016 21:52 Reply

Very cost effective. Customer service is great. Website is poor. Lot of information come as surprise while use. E.g. if you need to transfer money through IMPS from your bank to trading account you need to share your transaction details with SAS where as for NEFT its not required

Ratings:

Brokerage - Excellent
Account Maintenance Fees - Excellent
Website Usability - Average
Customer Service - Excellent
Overall Experience - Above Average

14. Palash Das Apr 27, 2016 19:41 Reply

Most bad experience with SAS is they only think about their profit at all aspect not customer friendly. Their equity plus policy & ledge against stock is very bad for customer..only for their profit..

Ratings:

Brokerage - Excellent
Account Maintenance Fees - Above Average
Website Usability - Below Average
Customer Service - Average
Overall Experience - Below Average

13. Araf ansari Apr 13, 2016 22:35 Reply

The best broker out there if you want to trade on your own. I mean that if you don''t need advice to trade then this is the best broker becathey charge the lowest brokerage in the market.

Ratings:

Brokerage - Excellent
Account Maintenance Fees - Excellent
Website Usability - Above Average
Customer Service - Excellent
Overall Experience - Excellent

12. aditya Mar 13, 2016 20:05 Reply

Does sas online provide margin trading for delivery

11. Karan Feb 16, 2016 08:57 Reply

Customer service is very bad. your holdings are not transferred to your DP account on time... and when you try to sell you will land up in trouble ... They are the best only in brokerage... most of customer service representative don''t understand the market terminologies. instead blocking short sale on certain script they blocked day trading ... if you buy then you are forced to take delivery of the stock, you can''t sell on the same day.. and you will be unhappy to see worst reasoning for that (SEBI charges for intraday is high ... they don''t which is common to all the category script even A category script)

10. Karan Feb 12, 2016 11:05 Reply

if the customer service is bad then it is high risk even though they are best when it comes to brokerage. if you don''t get on time support to sell or buy then you might miss money making opportunity. so SAS is good only for brokerage!!

Ratings:

Brokerage - Excellent
Account Maintenance Fees - Excellent
Website Usability - Average
Customer Service - Very Poor
Overall Experience - Very Poor

9. Hitesh Jan 19, 2016 08:00 Reply

How much time do you take to open demat and trading account after receiving of documents.

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