Nanosecond Trading Launched at NSE

Starting April 11, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) will introduce nanosecond-level trading in the equity and equity derivatives segments, according to NSE MD & CEO Ashish Chauhan. With this move, the Indian market is expected to operate at speeds nearly 1,000 times faster than some of the world’s fastest trading platforms.

Chauhan stated that nanosecond-speed trading is already operational in the currency derivatives segment and the same advanced technology will now be extended to equities and equity derivatives.

One second is equivalent to one billion nanoseconds. With this technological upgrade, NSE aims to enhance its order processing capacity to up to 100 million transactions per second. Currently, the exchange processes approximately 5 to 6 million orders per second.