Through our Authorised Person relationship with Kotak Securities Limited, you get an integrated trading and demat account with access to equity delivery and intraday trading, futures and options, currency derivatives, commodity trading, and IPO applications, with the Kotak Neo platform for execution and human support when you need it.

You trade on NSE, BSE and MCX from one account, place orders yourself online, and keep a named person in Fort to call when something needs a human: a corporate action you don’t understand, a transfer that needs chasing, or simply a second pair of eyes before a decision.

Your account is opened with Kotak Securities Limited, a SEBI-registered broker; Devmani Traders acts as an Authorised Person, providing local service and support on that account. Your funds sit in your own ledger with the broker, and your shares sit in your own demat account with the depository, in your name, not ours. Trades execute on the exchange through Kotak’s systems. What we add is the layer most broking apps removed: a person at Horniman Circle who knows your holdings and picks up the phone.

Direct equity runs on three linked accounts. Your bank account holds money. Your trading account places orders on the exchange. Your demat account holds the shares you own, in electronic form, with a depository (NSDL or CDSL). When you buy, money moves from bank to broker and shares are credited to your demat account; when you sell, it reverses. Opening through us sets up all three linkages in a single, largely paperless onboarding.

Futures and options are leveraged contracts: you put up a margin that is a fraction of the position you control, so gains and losses are both magnified, and losses can exceed the margin you deposited. Regulatory and exchange studies have repeatedly found that most individual F&O traders lose money over time. We would rather tell you that here than in the fine print.

Used deliberately, to hedge a portfolio, or by traders who treat it as a discipline with position sizing and exit rules, derivatives have a legitimate place. Used as a shortcut to quick wealth, they are usually an expensive education. If you’re unsure how much of your money belongs anywhere near F&O, the 3-minute risk profiler is a sober place to start. Note that exchanges require proof of income to activate the derivatives segment; your relationship manager will tell you what qualifies.

Public issues can be applied to directly from your Kotak trading account. Applications go through the ASBA/UPI mechanism, which means the money is only blocked in your bank account and leaves it only if shares are allotted. Your relationship manager can help you through the process, from bid to allotment.

Devmani Traders Pvt. Ltd. is registered as an Authorised Person with BSE (AP01067301154926), NSE (AP0291562863) and MCX (MCX/AP/162433).

Investments in the securities market are subject to market risks. Read all the related documents carefully before investing. Brokerage and statutory charges apply as per the broker’s published schedule.