New Delhi, March 21 -- Discount brokerage firm Zerodha's found and CEO Nithin Kamath in a post on social media platform X highlighted the impact of trading costs and how it eats into your profits. In a post on X, the 45-year-old entrepreneur said that Zerodha clients have saved anywhere between Rs.2,000 to Rs.20,000 crore as equity delivery brokerage over the last 10 years.

"Over the 10 years of being free, our clients have saved between Rs.2000 and 20,000 crores as equity delivery brokerage," Kamath said. It was in December 2025, almost 10 years ago that the broking firm decided to wave off brokerage for equity delivery. Before that, it charged the lower of 0.1% or Rs.20.

He said that while a 0.5% brokerage may seem small, investors te...