At 9:01am this Monday, something quietly historic happened on the National Stock Exchange . For the first time, options-crazed traders didn’t dive straight into live futures prices at the opening bell - they had to watch a call auction screen instead. NSE ’s new 15-minute pre-open session for equity derivatives went live on December 8, in what traders are already calling the biggest structural change in the F&O segment since weekly options took over the market. This move by the NSE is not just a tweak in market timings but a strategic effort to restore stability, transparency, and fairness in what has become one of the most hyperactive derivatives markets in the world. With nearly 60% of global equity derivatives contracts now traded in India, mostly by retail participants who of

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