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Can you short on Sharekhan?

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Gyula L.
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Sep 2024
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Summary

Short selling is a trading strategy in which you speculate on the decline in the price of a stock or other security. If you'd like to learn about the intricacies of short selling real stocks, be sure to check out this article explaining the short selling of stocks.

Some stockbrokers only allow long position in stocks and ETFs. Others allow short positions only via CFDs on a handful of popular individual stocks. Advanced traders prefer brokers that allow the short selling of real stocks (and not just CFDs) on most stock markets their clients have access to.

Fortunately, clients of Sharekhan can short real stocks.

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Overall score
3.3/5
Minimum deposit
$0
Stock fee
High
Inactivity fee
no
Account opening
1-3 days
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Short selling of real stocks at Sharekhan

The number of stock markets a broker provides access to is a good indication for the number of real stocks available for short selling. Note that brokers may not allow short selling on all stock exchanges, therefore the total number of available stock markets may be lower. Financial regulators sometimes restrict short selling. For example when the Covid-19 pandemic engulfed Europe, six European countries implemented temporary bans on short-selling.

Sharekhan available stock markets vs competitors
Stock markets (#)
2 2 90

Data updated on September 23, 2024

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You need to have a margin account to be able to open short positions. This type of account usually comes with different requirements than regular trading accounts. For example, in the US, you need a minimum deposit of $2,000 for margin trading. To compare the fees associated with the short selling real stocks, let's take a look at a $2,000 short sale trade.

Fees for a $2,000 short sale at Sharekhan vs competitors
US stock
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$1.0
UK stock fee
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$3.8
German stock
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$3.2

Data updated on September 23, 2024

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If none of the brokers above are a good match for you, we recommend our article listing the best brokers for short selling.

Shorting a currency

At Sharekhan, you can trade forex pairs, therefore you can go long or short in any of the currency pairs they offer. In the following table you will find our calculation for shorting the most traded currency pairs. This catch-all benchmark includes commissions, spreads and financing costs for all brokers

Sharekhan forex benchmark fees for a $20,000 30:1 short position held for one week
EURUSD benchmark fee
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$13.1
GBPUSD benchmark fee
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$8.6
AUDUSD benchmark fee
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$27.0
EURCHF benchmark fee
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$0.0
EURGBP benchmark fee
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$13.1

Data updated on September 23, 2024

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Short selling futures

You can short some of the most traded markets at Sharekhan using futures. The table below shows the fees for selling 10 contracts.

Sharekhan futures fees vs competitors
US micro e-mini stock index futures
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$2.5
UK stock index futures
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$21.3
German e-mini stock index futures
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$8.6

Data updated on September 23, 2024

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author
Gyula Lencsés, CFA
Author of this article
Gyula is a former analyst expert and Head of Content at BrokerChooser. With over a decade in finance, he led content creation at BrokerChooser and personally evaluated some of our 100+ listed brokers. He opened real-money accounts, executed transactions, and engaged with customer services, offering firsthand assessments. Prior to BrokerChooser, he managed mutual funds in wealth management, trading stocks, ETFs, bonds, commodities, forex, and derivatives. His goal: simplify the hunt for top brokers in a dynamic investment landscape.
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