Dhan, one of India's leading broking firms, has significantly expanded its trading ecosystem to six comprehensive products designed to serve modern retail traders and investors. According to the latest company announcement, the platform now offers 'Dhan App' - the only online trading app for equity, futures, options, commodity, and currency trading, 'Dhan Web' for big screen trading across segments, 'Options Trader App' for dedicated F&O trading, 'Options Trader Web' for big screen F&O trading, 'Dhan + TradingView' integration for free TradingView charts with lightning-fast experience, and 'Connect to TradingView' for direct trading from tradingview.com. As per the company statement, this expansion reflects Dhan's commitment to helping traders and investors keep up with technological advancements while maintaining their user-first approach. The platform currently serves 457 cities and towns through its logistics partners, with every gram of gold or silver settled through MCX/MCXCCL.
The 'Gold Vault' app remains the flagship product, enabling retail investors to purchase gold and silver in various denominations as traded on MCX, starting from 1 gram. According to reports from The Hindu BusinessLine, this platform allows investors to pay the actual cost of gold purchased and lock in prices, with the purchased amount reflecting directly in their app. On expiry of derivatives contracts, investors can trigger delivery and receive gold at their address. The product operates entirely within SEBI's regulatory framework, giving investors a compliant way to buy gold and silver with home delivery services. As per ANI, this represents a first-of-its-kind investment product where investors have control over the bullion's rate, purity, ownership, and safekeeping, with their gold secured and owned by them rather than by someone else. The Gold Vault offers real-time, exchange-linked pricing and secure, regulated storage through MCX-partnered vaults via ComRIS accounts, with prices coming directly from MCX exchange without markups, hidden spreads, or surprises.
According to The Economic Times, Dhan founder and COO Jay Prakash Gupta emphasized that "With this, Dhan is changing how digital gold works. Every purchase goes through MCX futures settlement and MCXCCL clearing. That reduces risks in gold products." The platform ensures compliance through MCX futures settlement and MCXCCL clearing, marking a significant evolution in digital gold offerings. As per ANI, the Gold Vault addresses key challenges faced by retail gold investors in India by offering transparency in pricing and quality, convenience in storage and delivery, and efficiency in capital deployment all accessible through a single application. The firm currently serves 457 cities and towns through its logistics partners, with every gram of gold or silver settled through MCX/MCXCCL. Total costs for users are estimated at 3-4% cheaper than traditional gold purchase channels, despite additional charges including GST on transactions, annual storage charges of around ₹50 per gram per year, and handling charges from logistics partners.
As reported by The Hindu BusinessLine, buyers cannot sell gold back on the exchange platform without a GST number, but gold purchased from MCX will be accepted at all leading jewellers at prevailing market rates. Praveena Rai, Managing Director & CEO of MCX, stated that the app makes gold investing more transparent, accessible, and secure for investors across India. The platform combines exchange-led liquidity and price discovery with regulated infrastructure for confident gold investment via futures. According to ANI, the Gold Vault is available now to all users on the Dhan app, with investors able to get started directly within the application. The product provides institutional-grade facilities used by large financial players, now available to retail investors for the first time through exchange-regulated, MCX-partnered vaults. Dhan officials note that unlike traditional futures trading where users pay fractional contract values and face mark-to-market settlements, this product allows full payment of contract value with clarity for physical delivery.
