The National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX), on September 3, 2026, announced a Contingency Mock Trading Session to be conducted on Saturday, September 5, 2026, in accordance with its 2026 contingency drill/mock trading schedule.
The mock trading session will include a pre-open session from 9:45 AM to 10:00 AM, followed by trading in all commodities other than Rainfall from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, while Rainfall contracts (RAINMUMBAI and RAINCHNNAI) will trade from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. A re-login session will be available from 4:30 PM to 5:00 PM. The mock covers Trading, NEXTRA, Web NCFE, Web Extranet and NOSS. Production Web NCFE, Web Extranet and NOSS will remain unavailable during the specified testing window, with test portals being made available for the mock.
Members using approved algorithmic software are required to participate in the mock trading session irrespective of whether their algorithms have undergone changes. Trades executed during the mock will not create any fund or commodity pay-in/pay-out obligations. Members are also required to restore their systems to production state after testing and re-login to the live environment to verify connectivity before September 7, 2026. Tick-by-Tick (TBT) market-data broadcast testing will also be available through the TBT gateway.
[Circular No. NCDEX/TECHNOLOGY-032/2026]
