Mumbai, May 6 -- The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has rolled out a detailed set of implementation standards to ensure safer participation by retail investors. This comes as part of a broader compliance push aligned with recent guidelines from capital markets regulator SEBI.

In a circular issued on Monday, the NSE clarified that the new norms apply across the board - whether the algorithm is provided by brokers, third-party algo providers, or generated by the clients themselves.

One of the key requirements introduced is mandatory API access control. Retail investors seeking API-based trading will now need to furnish a static IP address, which will be mapped to the specific API keys used to access brokers' trading platforms. This measure...