A demat account is a type of digital account that allows you to hold your investments electronically. With a demat account, you can hold securities like equity shares, government bonds, corporate bonds and units of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in a dematerialised form. This removes the many hassles of physical investment holdings, like additional paperwork, potential losses, damages and theft.
You can open a demat account with any of the two main depositories in India: the NSDL (National Securities Depository Limited) and the CDSL (Central Depository Services Limited). The account should be opened through a depository participant (DP). Many leading brokerage partners in India, like Samco Securities, are also registered DPs. This makes it easier to open a demat account and a trading account simultaneously.

Paperless Storage:
All your shares and securities are held electronically. This eliminates the need for physical certificates and reduces the paperwork.

Easy and Quick Transactions:
Buying, selling and transferring your securities becomes quicker and more seamless with a demat account because it can be done with just a few clicks.

Lower Risks:
Holding your securities electronically minimises the risk of theft, loss, forgery and damage. Thus, it offers better safety than physical certificates.

Real-Time Portfolio Updates:
Your security holdings are updated instantly after every transaction. This makes it possible for you to monitor your investments more efficiently.

Reduced Costs:
A demat account cuts down various costs associated with physical securities, like handling charges and other fees. This makes trading and investing more cost-effective.

Simplified Record-Keeping:
With a demat account, you can obtain a consolidated view of all your investments in your trading app. This enables easier tax filing and portfolio tracking.

Stocks:
Buy and sell shares of listed companies on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in real time.

Futures and Options:
Trade in derivative contracts to hedge your risk, capitalise on price movements or leverage your capital.

Margin Trading Facility (MTF):
Borrow funds from SAMCO to buy large-volume stocks by paying only a fraction of the total trade value.

Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF):
Invest in baskets of securities that track indices or sectors and are traded like stocks on the exchanges.

Mutual Funds:
Access and invest in a wide range of mutual fund schemes directly through your SAMCO demat account.

Commodities:
Trade in commodities like gold, silver, crude oil and agricultural goods via the MCX and other platforms.

Bonds:
Buy and sell bonds in the electronic format using your SAMCO demat and trading account.

Stock SIP:
Similar to a mutual fund SIP, invest in specific stocks regularly in small amounts with your demat account.

Initial Public Offering (IPO):
Apply for upcoming IPOs and receive the allotted shares directly into your demat account.

Mandatory for Stock Market Investments
A demat account is a must-have if you want to invest in stocks, ETFs or IPOs in India.

Variable Charges
Account opening costs, annual maintenance charges and transaction fees may differ across platforms and brokers.

Linking to Trading and Bank Accounts
You must link your demat account with a trading account and a bank account for smooth trading transactions.

Mandatory KYC
Documents like PAN, Aadhaar, and address proof are required to complete the Know Your Customer (KYC) process.

One Investor, Multiple Accounts
You can hold more than one demat account with different brokers if you want to diversify your investments and obtain different services.

Enjoy more than just the standard benefits with your SAMCO demat account. With our Ace the Index feature, you can compare your personal index with any benchmark index in the market. That’s not all.
The Ace the Index feature from Samco Securities also brings you a host of other benefits like:

Margin Against Shares:
Unlock trading margins from your existing shareholdings to place intraday or positional orders even with zero cash in your account.

Margin Against Cash:
Use your cash balance to get up to 4X leverage and take delivery of 500+ stocks at industry-leading margin levels.

Seamless Charting Tools:
Access top-tier charting platforms like TradingView free of cost and improve the way you trade in the markets.

Lowest Margin in the Industry:
Trade futures by paying only the exchange-mandated margin and enjoy the lowest margin in the industry with Samco Securities.