Zerodha plans to roll out US stock trading for users from next quarter

zerodha is set to let its users invest in US stocks through GIFT City starting next quarter, founder and CEO Nithin Kamath announced during an AMA with the company’s leadership team.

Speaking at an ‘Ask Me Anything’ session with Zerodha’s leadership, Kamath said, “A lot of people tagged me on social media and asked about the US investing thing. We are working on it, and we should have something in the next quarter.”

Zerodha’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Kailash Nadh said, “Investing in foreign stock has been a long-pending thing. We now have the requisite regulatory clarity through GIFT City. We now have the requisite regulatory clarity through GIFT City. We are trying to build a simple and seamless experience for users in the backend as well as in the frontend.”

About Zerodha 

Founded in 2010 by Nithin and Nikhil Kamath, Bengaluru-based Zerodha is a bootstrapped and profitable company that has long led India’s brokerage industry by revenue. It reported ₹9,372.1 crore in revenue and ₹5,496.3 crore in net profit for FY24.

In FY25, Zerodha saw its first revenue and profit decline in over a decade—about 15% year-on-year—following SEBI’s tighter rules on futures and options trading. With a further 40% revenue drop in Q1 FY26, expanding into areas like global investing has become a key strategic move.

The company had first explored offering access to US stocks in 2020 but paused the plan due to Covid-19 disruptions and the complex remittance process under RBI’s Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS).

The new GIFT City route simplifies this process. Located in Gujarat, GIFT City functions as a global financial hub within India, offering tax benefits, its own regulations, and oversight by the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA).

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Other Indian platforms such as Angel One, INDmoney, CRED-owned Kuvera, HDFC Securities, Axis Direct, and Upstox already provide access to US stock investments.

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