Products and Services

A product for every need: ICICIdirect.com is the most comprehensive website, which allows you to invest in Shares, Mutual funds, Derivatives (Futures and Options) and other financial products. Simply put we offer you a product for every investment need of yours.

1. Trading in shares:
ICICIdirect.com offers you various options while trading in shares.

Cash Trading : This is a delivery based trading system, which is generally done with the intention of taking delivery of shares or monies.

Margin Trading : You can also do an intra-settlement trading upto 3 to 4 times your available funds, wherein you take long buy/ short sell positions in stocks with the intention of squaring off the position within the same day settlement cycle.

MarginPLUS Trading : Through MarginPLUS you can do an intra-settlement trading upto 25 times your available funds, wherein you take long buy/ short sell positions in stocks with the intention of squaring off the position within the same day settlement cycle. MarginPLUS will give a much higher leverage in your account against your limits.

Spot Trading : This facility can be used only for selling your demat stocks which are already existing in your demat account. When you are looking at an immediate liquidity option, 'Cash on Spot' may work the best for you, On selling shares through "cash on spot", money is credited to your bank a/c the same evening & not on the exchange payout date. This money can then be withdrawn from any of the ICICIBank ATMs.

BTST : Buy Today Sell Tomorrow (BTST) is a facility that allows you to sell shares even on 1^st and 2^nd day after the buy order date, without you having to wait for the receipt of shares into your demat account.

CallNTrade® : CallNTrade® allows you to call on a local number in your city & trade on the telephone through our Customer Service Executives. This facility is currently available in over 11 major states across India.

Trading on NSE/BSE : Through ICICIdirect.com, you can trade on NSE as well as BSE.

Market Order : You could trade by placing market orders during market hours that allows you to trade at the best obtainable price in the market at the time of execution of the order.

Limit Order : Allows you to place a buy/sell order at a price defined by you. The execution can happen at a price more favorable than the price, which is defined by you, limit orders can be placed by you during holidays & non market hours too.

2. TRADE IN DERIVATIVES:

FUTURES

Through ICICIdirect.com, you can now trade in index and stock futures on the NSE. In futures trading, you take buy/sell positions in index or stock(s) contracts having a longer contract period of up to 3 months.

Trading in FUTURES is simple! If, during the course of the contract life, the price moves in your favour (i.e. rises in case you have a buy position or falls in case you have a sell position), you make a profit.

Presently only selected stocks, which meet the criteria on liquidity and volume, have been enabled for futures trading.

Calculate Index and Know your Margin are tools to help you in calculating your margin requirements and also the index & stock price movements. The ICICIDIRECT UNIVERSITY on the HOME page is a comprehensive guide on futures and options trading.

OPTIONS

An option is a contract, which gives the buyer the right to buy or sell shares at a specific price, on or before a specific date. For this, the buyer has to pay to the seller some money, which is called premium. There is no obligation on the buyer to complete the transaction if the price is not favorable to him.

To take the buy/sell position on index/stock options, you have to place certain % of order value as margin. With options trading, you can leverage on your trading limit by taking buy/sell positions much more than what you could have taken in cash segment.

The Buyer of a Call Option has the Right but not the Obligation to Purchase the Underlying Asset at the specified strike price by paying a premium whereas the Seller of the Call has the obligation of selling the Underlying Asset at the specified Strike price.

The Buyer of a Put Option has the Right but not the Obligation to Sell the Underlying Asset at the specified strike price by paying a premium whereas the Seller of the Put has the obligation of Buying the Underlying Asset at the specified Strike price.

By paying lesser amount of premium, you can create positions under OPTIONS and take advantage of more trading opportunities.

3. Investing in Mutual funds:

ICICIdirect.com brings you the same convenience while investing in Mutual funds also - Hassle free and Paperless Investing.

With the inclusion of Fidelity MF, you can now invest on-line in 19 mutual Funds through ICICIdirect.com. Prudential ICICI MF, JM MF, Alliance MF, Franklin Templeton MF, Sundaram MF, Birla Sun Life MF, HDFC MF, Principal MF, UTI MF,Reliance MF,Kotak MF,Tata MF,DSP Merrill Lynch MF, ING MF,CHOLA MF,Deutsche MF,HSBC MF and Standard Chartered MF are the Mutual Funds available for investment. You can invest in mutual funds without the hassles of filling application forms or any other paperwork. You need no signatures or proof of identity for investing.

Once you place a request for investing in a particular fund, there are no manual processes involved. Your bank funds are automatically debited or credited while simultaneously crediting or debiting your unit holdings.

You also get control over your investments with online order confirmations and order status tracking. Get to know the performance of your investments through online updation of MF portfolio with current NAV.

ICICIdirect.com offers you various options while investing in Mutual Funds:

Purchase: You may invest/purchase Prudential ICICI MF, JM MF, Alliance MF, Franklin Templeton MF, Sundaram MF, Birla Sun Life MF, HDFC MF, Principal MF, UTI MF ,Standard Chartered MF ,Reliance MF,Kotak MF, Tata MF,DSP merrill lynch MF,ING MF,CHOLA MF,Deutsche MF,HSBC MF and Fidelity MF without the hassles of filling application forms.

Redemption:In addition to giving hassle-free paperless redemption, ICICIdirect.com offers faster liquidity. You can redeem the mutual fund units through ICICIdirect.com. The money will be credited to your bank account automatically 3 days after the order placement date.

Switch: To suit your changing needs you may wish to shift monies between different schemes. You can switch your monies online from one scheme to another in the same fund family without any hassles.

Systematic Investment plans (SIP): SIP allows you to invest a certain sum of money over a period of time periodically. Just fill in the investment amount, the period of investment and the frequency of investing and submit. ICICIdirect.com will do the rest for you automatically investing periodically for you.

Systematic withdrawal plan: This allows you to withdraw a certain sum of money over a period of time periodically.

Transfer-in: You can convert your existing Mutual funds into electronic mode through a transfer-in request.

4. IPOs and Bonds Online:

You could also invest in Initial Public Offers (IPOs) and Bonds online without going through the hassles of filling ANY application form/ paperwork.

Get in-depth analyses of new IPOs issues (Initial Public Offerings) which are about to hit the market and analysis on these. IPO calendar, recent IPO listings, prospectus/offer documents, and IPO analysis are few of the features, which help you, keep on top of the IPO markets.

5. Overseas Trading:

6. Content Features:

There are a host of features on ICICIdirect.com that shall help you make informed investment decisions.

We provide you with the indices of major world markets, nifty futures and ADR prices of Indian scrips. Get daily share prices of all scrips, monthly and yearly high/lows etc through Market Watch.

Get breaking news from CNBC and Reuters. Catch a glimpse of News Headlines through our scrolling Direct News Headlines.

Get a snapshot of the latest developments in the markets through the day using Market Commentary. You can get weekly snapshots also. Use Pick of the week which focuses on fundamental stocks with sound prospects.

Catch interviews, reactions and comments from industry leaders with CEO Call. Track the movement of leading scrips within a sector across 12 sectors using Market@Desktop.

Equip yourself with our barometers. Market Barometer gives you in-depth information of the weightages of shares on Nifty and Sensex. Get a glimpse of the performance of various industry sectors through Industry Barometer.

Direct Technical Charts offer interactive charting with advanced indicators. Get a bird's eye view of over 5000 companies at a single click using Company Snapshot. Glance through analyst recommendations using Multex Global Estimates.

In case, you are not too comfortable with share trading, try our Learning Centre, which is a tutorial on investments and My Research, that helps you to research a stock better.

7. Personal Finance:

Use our Personal Finance section and get hold of tools that can help you plan your investments, retirement, tax etc. Analyse your risk profile through the Risk Analyzer and get a suitable investment portfolio plan using Asset Allocator.

8. Customer Service Features:

With 'ICICIdirect Customer Tools & Updates' you can trouble shoot all your problems online.

Address your trading queries on-line through "Easy Mail". You can view and change your profile or password on-line through General Profile option.

Get details of ICICI Centers, our sales and service offices, across India through branch locator.

View your Account Statement and Bill Summary of your transactions online using bills & accounts.

View your Digital Contract Notes instantly. View various charges through the Fee Schedule option

Give your feedback or viewpoint through the Viewpoint online.

Enroll yourself for various ICICIdirect Workshops through Register for Customer Sessions.