This is with reference to Circular No. NCDEX/TECHNOLOGY-049/2024 dated December 30, 2024, regarding “Contingency Drill / Mock Trading schedule for 2025” Exchange will be conducting a Contingency Mock trading session on Saturday, 06 December 2025.
The schedule for mock will be as per the table below.
W.r.t safer participation of Retail investors in Algorithmic trading
Schedule for the Mock Trading Session are given in the attached circular.
Scope of Mock
Web NCFE and Web Extranet
Members are hereby informed that production WEB NCFE and Web Extranet will not be available from Saturday, 06 December 2025 - 02:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. However, for the purpose of mock, the test Web NCFE and Web Extranet portal will be available.
Please refer to ‘Annexure A’ for activities to be performed for Web NCFE
Members are requested to note that client allocation, client collateral segregation reporting and limit files for production will not be processed on Saturday, 06 December 2025 from 12:00 AM to 9:00 PM.
Mock URLs
Please refer to the URLs given in the attached circular that will be used during the mock session.
BOD and EOD Files for Mock Session -
All BOD files i.e. NCDEX.zip, BMS_RA, BMS_RPF will be available on the Extranet Common server from the below secured FTP path on port 990 - common/Mock/ Files will also be available at Extranet Common server - https:\\common.ncdex.com\ at NCDEXDocs --> Mock Section.
Members may kindly note that they shall be able to download their end-of-day files from their respective mock folders on the Member Extranet server post mock.
Members using approved algorithmic software are required to adhere to circular NCDEX/ TECHNOLOGY-015/2016/125 dated May 31, 2016, for mandatory participation in mock trading session, irrespective of whether their algorithm has undergone a change or not.
Members are requested to note that trades resulting from this session shall not attract any obligation in terms of funds and commodities pay-in / pay-out.
Members should ensure to put in place adequate mechanism to restore their trading systems to 'production state' at the end of the testing session to ensure integrity of stockbrokers' trading system.
Members are requested to participate actively in the mock trading session from all trading software and re-login into the live environment to check the connectivity and to avoid any login issues on Monday, 08 December 2025.
Tick By Tick (TBT) broadcast testing
Tick by Tick Trading Market Data for Derivatives segment will be available to members. They can test Tick by Tick (TBT) broadcast by connecting to the TBT gateway through a separate PLS/P2P connection. Members are requested to use TBT compliant software for connecting to the TBT gateway. However, kindly note that in the event of an actual disaster the P2P link may not be available to members.