SMC Trade Online Vs Interactive Brokers – Share Brokers Comparison
SMC Trade Online Vs Interactive Brokers
Here is a point by point comparison of SMC Trade Online Vs Interactive Brokers. SMC Global Online is a full service stock broker with more than 2400 branches across the country. Established back in 1994, SMC Global Online is known for international presence and multiple trading platforms across devices for its retail clients. Interactive Brokers is actually a US based stock broking company and has a discount broking arm based out of Mumbai as well. With 1100+ employees globally, the broker has presence in 100+ countries and was introduced in India in 2009. However, this discount broker offers limited range of trading and investment products.
Full service brokers such as SMC Trade Online will help you, spoon feed you, hand hold you through the process, even if you need an offline help, meet someone, talk to somebody and so on. Discount brokers such as Interactive Brokers offer trading services at much cheaper brokerage rates and reasonable customer service. Choosing between the two depends on your preferences, your online appetite, your understanding of the stock market and so on.
To make things easy for you, we have listed out the comparison between SMC Trade Online Vs Interactive Brokers to help you find which of the two suits your needs better. The comparison is made on aspects such as:
- Company Overview
- Account Opening Charges
- Brokerage
- Exposure or Leverages
- Research
- Trading Platforms
- Other Features
Generally above mentioned aspects are good enough to make a decision based on your preferences, but feel free to let us know what more areas you would like us to cover. Most of the content has been vetted by the corresponding stock broking firms. We hope this article helps you to understand which of the two brokers is better for your needs.
Comparison
Interactive Brokers Review | SMC Global Review | |
OVERVIEW | ||
Broker Type | Discount Broker | Full Service Broker |
Incorporated In the Year | 1977 | 1994 |
Number of branches across India | 1 | 2,450 |
Exchanges | NSE, BSE | NSE, BSE, MCX, NCDEX, MCX-SX |
ACCOUNT CHARGES | NSE, BSE, MCX-SX | |
Trading Account Opening Charges | ₹0 | ₹0 |
Trading Account Annual Maintenance Charges | ₹0 (Monthly ₹200 brokerage must be generated otherwise the differential amount will be levied) | ₹300 |
Demat Account Opening Charges | ₹0 | ₹499 |
Demat Account Annual Maintenance Charges | ₹0 | ₹0 |
Transaction Charges | Interactive Brokers Transaction Charges | SMC Global Transaction Charges |
BROKERAGE | ||
Equity Delivery | ₹6 to ₹20 per executed trade | 0.3% |
Intraday Delivery | ₹6 to ₹20 per executed trade | 0.03% |
Equity Futures | ₹6 to ₹20 per executed trade | 0.03% |
Equity Options | ₹6 to ₹20 per executed trade | ₹70 per lot |
Currency Futures | ₹6 to ₹20 per executed trade | 0.03% |
Currency Options | ₹6 to ₹20 per executed trade | ₹20 per lot |
Commodity | NA | 0.03% |
Brokerage Calculator | SMC Global Brokerage Calculator | |
EXPOSURE OR LEVERAGE | ||
Equity | 4 times for intraday, 2 times for delivery | Upto 10 times Intraday & 3 times for Delivery |
Equity Futures | Upto 3 times Intraday | 2 times |
Equity Options | Buying No Leverage, Shorting Upto 3 times | NA |
Currency Futures | Upto 2 times Intraday | NA |
Currency Options | Buying No Leverage, Shorting Upto 2 times | NA |
Commodities | NA | 2 times |
RESEARCH | ||
Daily Market Reports | ||
Tips/Recommendations | ||
Quarterly Analysis | ||
News Alerts | ||
TRADING SEGMENTS | ||
Equity | ||
Mutual Funds | ||
IPOs | ||
Currency | ||
Commodity | ||
CUSTOMER SERVICE OPTIONS | ||
Email Support | ||
Live Chat | ||
Phone | ||
Toll Free Number | ||
Offline Branches | ||
FEATURES | ||
Mobile Trading | ||
Orders Accepted After Trading Hours | ||
Charting | ||
SMS Alerts | ||
Robo Advisory | ||
Automated Trading | ||
Market Tips | ||
Margin Funding | ||
Relationship Managers | ||
3 in 1 Account | ||
Trading Platform(s) | IB Trader Workstation, IB TWS, IB WebTrader | SMC Privilege, Easy Trader, Mobitrader, TabTrader |
Total BSE+NSE Complaints | 0.04% | 44 |
OVERALL RATING | ||
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