Arihant Capital Vs SMC Global Online – Share Brokers Comparison

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Arihant Capital Vs SMC Global Online

Here is a point by point comparison of Arihant Capital Vs SMC Global Online. 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.

Arihant Capital is a mainstream full service stock broker established as early as 1992 and today, it has presence it more than 700 branches across India. They have reasonable pricing and at the same time, offer trading education for beginners and small investors.

Full service brokers such as Arihant Capital or SMC Global 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. 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 Arihant Capital Vs SMC Global Online 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



	SMC Global Review	Arihant Capital Review
OVERVIEW
Broker Type	Full Service Broker	Full Service Broker
Incorporated In the Year	1994	1992
Number of branches across India	2,450	700
Exchanges	NSE, BSE, MCX, NCDEX, MCX-SX	NSE, BSE, NCDEX, MCX and MCX-SX
ACCOUNT CHARGES
Trading Account Opening Charges	₹0	₹0
Trading Account Annual Maintenance Charges	₹300	₹0
Demat Account Opening Charges	₹499	₹0
Demat Account Annual Maintenance Charges	₹0	₹362
Transaction Charges	SMC Global Transaction Charges	Arihant Capital Transaction Charges
BROKERAGE
Equity Delivery	0.3%	0.2%
Intraday Delivery	0.03%	0.03%
Equity Futures	0.03%	0.03%
Equity Options	₹70 per lot	₹10 per lot
Currency Futures	0.03%	0.03%
Currency Options	₹20 per lot	₹10 per lot
Commodity	0.03%	0.07%
Brokerage Calculator	SMC Global Brokerage Calculator	Arihant Capital Brokerage Calculator
EXPOSURE OR LEVERAGE
Equity	Upto 10 times Intraday & 3 times for Delivery	Upto 10 times Intraday, Upto 4 times delivery
Equity Futures	2 times	Upto 3 times for Intraday
Equity Options	NA	Buying no Leverage, shorting upto 3 times for Intraday
Currency Futures	NA	Upto 2 times for Intraday
Currency Options	NA	Buying no Leverage, shorting upto 2 times for Intraday
Commodities	2 times	Upto 3 times for Intraday
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)	SMC Privilege, Easy Trader, Mobitrader, TabTrader	Invest Ease, Ari-Trade Speed, Ari Mobile
Total BSE+NSE Complaints	44	30
OVERALL RATING
	Get a Call Back	Get a Call Back

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