The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has extended the timeline for retail algo trading rules from April to August.
The extension was granted after stock exchanges requested more time to implement the new standards in consultation with the Brokers’ Industry Standards Forum (ISF).
Under the new standards, brokers will act as the principal, algo providers as agents, and stock exchanges will provide a unique identifier for all orders generated through algos.
SEBI has categorized algos into white-box (transparent logic) and black-box (hidden logic) types, with black-box algo providers required to register as research analysts.