diff --git a/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/ActiveSymbolsList/active-symbols-list.tsx b/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/ActiveSymbolsList/active-symbols-list.tsx
index 750cc6744f12..6730191262c5 100644
--- a/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/ActiveSymbolsList/active-symbols-list.tsx
+++ b/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/ActiveSymbolsList/active-symbols-list.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ const ActiveSymbolsList = observer(({ isOpen, setIsOpen }: TActiveSymbolsList) =
             <ActionSheet.Root isOpen={isOpen} onClose={() => setIsOpen(false)}>
                 <ActionSheet.Portal shouldCloseOnDrag fullHeightOnOpen>
                     <SymbolsSearchField
-                        marketCategoriesRef={marketCategoriesRef}
                         searchValue={searchValue}
                         setSearchValue={setSearchValue}
                         isSearching={isSearching}
@@ -62,8 +61,8 @@ const ActiveSymbolsList = observer(({ isOpen, setIsOpen }: TActiveSymbolsList) =
                                 selectedSymbol={selectedSymbol}
                                 setSelectedSymbol={setSelectedSymbol}
                                 setIsOpen={setIsOpen}
-                                ref={marketCategoriesRef}
                                 isOpen={isOpen}
+                                marketCategoriesRef={marketCategoriesRef}
                             />
                         )}
                     </Tab.Container>
diff --git a/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/MarketCategories/__tests__/market-categories.spec.tsx b/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/MarketCategories/__tests__/market-categories.spec.tsx
index 0b7207c8be8b..1f9e46c1dc56 100644
--- a/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/MarketCategories/__tests__/market-categories.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/MarketCategories/__tests__/market-categories.spec.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ describe('<MarketCategories />', () => {
         setSelectedSymbol: jest.fn(),
         setIsOpen: jest.fn(),
         isOpen: false,
+        marketCategoriesRef: {
+            current: document.createElement('div'),
+        },
     };
     beforeEach(() => {
         jest.clearAllMocks();
diff --git a/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/MarketCategories/market-categories.tsx b/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/MarketCategories/market-categories.tsx
index 340b7cf64324..0961a49d72b7 100644
--- a/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/MarketCategories/market-categories.tsx
+++ b/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/MarketCategories/market-categories.tsx
@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
-import React, { forwardRef, Ref } from 'react';
+import React from 'react';
 import { Tab } from '@deriv-com/quill-ui';
 import useActiveSymbols from 'AppV2/Hooks/useActiveSymbols';
 import { categorizeSymbols } from 'AppV2/Utils/symbol-categories-utils';
 import MarketCategory from '../MarketCategory';
 import MarketCategoryTab from '../MarketCategoryTab/market-category-tab';
+import { observer } from '@deriv/stores';
 
 type TMarketCategories = {
     selectedSymbol: string;
     setSelectedSymbol: (input: string) => void;
     setIsOpen: (input: boolean) => void;
     isOpen: boolean;
+    marketCategoriesRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement>;
 };
 
-const MarketCategories = forwardRef(
-    ({ selectedSymbol, setSelectedSymbol, setIsOpen, isOpen }: TMarketCategories, ref: Ref<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+const MarketCategories = observer(
+    ({ selectedSymbol, setSelectedSymbol, setIsOpen, isOpen, marketCategoriesRef }: TMarketCategories) => {
         const { activeSymbols } = useActiveSymbols();
         const categorizedSymbols = categorizeSymbols(activeSymbols);
+
         return (
             <React.Fragment>
                 <Tab.List>
@@ -23,7 +26,7 @@ const MarketCategories = forwardRef(
                         <MarketCategoryTab key={category.market} category={category} />
                     ))}
                 </Tab.List>
-                <Tab.Content className='market-categories__list' ref={ref}>
+                <Tab.Content className='market-categories__list' ref={marketCategoriesRef}>
                     {Object.values(categorizedSymbols).map(category => (
                         <MarketCategory
                             key={category.market}
@@ -40,6 +43,4 @@ const MarketCategories = forwardRef(
     }
 );
 
-MarketCategories.displayName = 'MarketCategories';
-
 export default MarketCategories;
diff --git a/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/MarketCategory/market-category.tsx b/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/MarketCategory/market-category.tsx
index 475cacfef896..110dd7058c1c 100644
--- a/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/MarketCategory/market-category.tsx
+++ b/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/MarketCategory/market-category.tsx
@@ -20,13 +20,7 @@ const MarketCategory = ({ category, selectedSymbol, setSelectedSymbol, setIsOpen
     const prevSymbol = usePrevious(selectedSymbol);
 
     useEffect(() => {
-        if (
-            isOpen &&
-            category.market === 'all' &&
-            selectedSymbol &&
-            itemRefs.current[selectedSymbol] &&
-            prevSymbol === selectedSymbol
-        ) {
+        if (isOpen && category.market === 'all' && selectedSymbol && itemRefs.current[selectedSymbol] && !prevSymbol) {
             timerRef.current = setTimeout(() => {
                 itemRefs.current[selectedSymbol]?.scrollIntoView({ block: 'center' });
             }, 50);
diff --git a/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/MarketCategoryItem/market-category-item.scss b/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/MarketCategoryItem/market-category-item.scss
index 487adcf28844..ce3ecd77fcbd 100644
--- a/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/MarketCategoryItem/market-category-item.scss
+++ b/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/MarketCategoryItem/market-category-item.scss
@@ -22,4 +22,10 @@
     &--selected {
         background-color: var(--semantic-color-slate-solid-surface-inverse-lowest);
     }
+    &-left {
+        display: flex;
+        flex: 1 0 0;
+        align-items: center;
+        gap: var(--semantic-spacing-gap-lg);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/MarketCategoryItem/market-category-item.tsx b/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/MarketCategoryItem/market-category-item.tsx
index a0b2f1bb1c43..050e117202e1 100644
--- a/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/MarketCategoryItem/market-category-item.tsx
+++ b/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/MarketCategoryItem/market-category-item.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import clsx from 'clsx';
 import { observer, useStore } from '@deriv/stores';
 import { useTraderStore } from 'Stores/useTraderStores';
 import { useModulesStore } from 'Stores/useModulesStores';
+import { clickAndKeyEventHandler } from '@deriv/shared';
 
 type TMarketCategoryItem = {
     item: ActiveSymbols[0];
@@ -30,15 +31,13 @@ const MarketCategoryItem = forwardRef(
             setIsFavorite(favoriteSymbols.includes(item.symbol));
         }, [favoriteSymbols, item.symbol]);
 
-        const handleSelect = async (e: React.MouseEvent<HTMLSpanElement>) => {
-            const symbol = (e.target as HTMLSpanElement).getAttribute('data-symbol');
-            setSelectedSymbol(symbol ?? '');
+        const handleSelect = async (symbol: string) => {
+            setSelectedSymbol(symbol);
             await onSymbolChange({ target: { name: 'symbol', value: symbol } });
             setIsOpen(false);
         };
 
-        const toggleFavorites = (e: React.MouseEvent<HTMLSpanElement>) => {
-            const symbol = (e.currentTarget as HTMLSpanElement).getAttribute('data-symbol');
+        const toggleFavorites = (symbol: string) => {
             if (!symbol) return;
             const symbolIndex = favoriteSymbols.indexOf(symbol);
 
@@ -69,6 +68,16 @@ const MarketCategoryItem = forwardRef(
             setIsFavorite(favoriteSymbols.includes(symbol));
         };
 
+        const handleSelectDecorator = (e?: React.MouseEvent<HTMLElement> | React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLElement>) => {
+            const symbol = (e?.currentTarget as HTMLElement).getAttribute('data-symbol') || '';
+            clickAndKeyEventHandler(() => handleSelect(symbol), e);
+        };
+
+        const toggleFavoritesDecorator = (e?: React.MouseEvent<HTMLElement> | React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLElement>) => {
+            const symbol = (e?.currentTarget as HTMLElement).getAttribute('data-symbol') || '';
+            clickAndKeyEventHandler(() => toggleFavorites(symbol), e);
+        };
+
         return (
             <div
                 className={clsx('market-category-item', {
@@ -76,26 +85,31 @@ const MarketCategoryItem = forwardRef(
                 })}
                 ref={ref}
             >
-                <SymbolIconsMapper symbol={item.symbol} />
-                <Text
-                    size='sm'
-                    className={clsx('market-category-item-symbol', {
-                        'market-category-item-symbol--selected': selectedSymbol === item.symbol,
-                    })}
+                <span
+                    className='market-category-item-left'
+                    data-symbol={item.symbol}
+                    onClick={handleSelectDecorator}
+                    onKeyDown={handleSelectDecorator}
                 >
-                    <span onClick={handleSelect} data-symbol={item.symbol}>
-                        {item.display_name}
-                    </span>
-                </Text>
-                {!item.exchange_is_open && (
-                    <Tag
-                        label={<Localize key='exchange-closed' i18n_default_text='CLOSED' />}
-                        color='error'
-                        variant={selectedSymbol === item.symbol ? 'outline' : 'fill'}
-                        showIcon={false}
-                    />
-                )}
-                <span onClick={toggleFavorites} data-symbol={item.symbol}>
+                    <SymbolIconsMapper symbol={item.symbol} />
+                    <Text
+                        size='sm'
+                        className={clsx('market-category-item-symbol', {
+                            'market-category-item-symbol--selected': selectedSymbol === item.symbol,
+                        })}
+                    >
+                        <span>{item.display_name}</span>
+                    </Text>
+                    {!item.exchange_is_open && (
+                        <Tag
+                            label={<Localize key='exchange-closed' i18n_default_text='CLOSED' />}
+                            color='error'
+                            variant={selectedSymbol === item.symbol ? 'outline' : 'fill'}
+                            showIcon={false}
+                        />
+                    )}
+                </span>
+                <span onClick={toggleFavoritesDecorator} onKeyDown={toggleFavoritesDecorator} data-symbol={item.symbol}>
                     {isFavorite ? (
                         <StandaloneStarFillIcon fill='var(--core-color-solid-mustard-700)' iconSize='sm' />
                     ) : (
diff --git a/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/SymbolsSearchField/__tests__/symbols-search-field.spec.tsx b/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/SymbolsSearchField/__tests__/symbols-search-field.spec.tsx
index 93f422865022..6c179776ee29 100644
--- a/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/SymbolsSearchField/__tests__/symbols-search-field.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/SymbolsSearchField/__tests__/symbols-search-field.spec.tsx
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ describe('<SymbolsSearchField />', () => {
             setIsSearching: jest.fn(),
             searchValue: '',
             setSearchValue: jest.fn(),
-            marketCategoriesRef: {
-                current: document.createElement('div'),
-            },
         };
         jest.clearAllMocks();
     });
diff --git a/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/SymbolsSearchField/symbols-search-field.scss b/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/SymbolsSearchField/symbols-search-field.scss
index 1bffe896ce26..f04cf6b74898 100644
--- a/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/SymbolsSearchField/symbols-search-field.scss
+++ b/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/SymbolsSearchField/symbols-search-field.scss
@@ -7,7 +7,4 @@
     &--is-focused {
         padding: var(--core-spacing-400) var(--core-spacing-400) var(--core-spacing-400) var(--core-spacing-800);
     }
-    &--is-hidden {
-        display: none;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/SymbolsSearchField/symbols-search-field.tsx b/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/SymbolsSearchField/symbols-search-field.tsx
index 6b0dbb8bec75..f54f277bd626 100644
--- a/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/SymbolsSearchField/symbols-search-field.tsx
+++ b/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Components/SymbolsSearchField/symbols-search-field.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useRef, useEffect, useState, forwardRef, Ref } from 'react';
+import React, { useRef, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { Button, SearchField } from '@deriv-com/quill-ui';
 import clsx from 'clsx';
 import { observer, useStore } from '@deriv/stores';
@@ -11,32 +11,15 @@ export type TSymbolsSearchField = {
     setIsSearching: (input: boolean) => void;
     searchValue: string;
     setSearchValue: (input: string) => void;
-    marketCategoriesRef: React.MutableRefObject<HTMLDivElement | null>;
 };
 
 const SymbolsSearchField = observer(
-    ({ isSearching, setIsSearching, searchValue, setSearchValue, marketCategoriesRef }: TSymbolsSearchField) => {
+    ({ isSearching, setIsSearching, searchValue, setSearchValue }: TSymbolsSearchField) => {
         const { ui } = useStore();
         const { is_dark_mode_on } = ui;
         const { contract_type } = useTraderStore();
         const contract_name = getContractTypesConfig()[contract_type]?.title;
         const inputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement | null>(null);
-        const [prevScrollY, setPrevScrollY] = useState(marketCategoriesRef.current?.scrollTop);
-        const [isSearchFieldVisible, setIsSearchFieldVisible] = useState(true);
-
-        useEffect(() => {
-            const handleScroll = () => {
-                const currentScrollY = marketCategoriesRef.current?.scrollTop;
-
-                if (prevScrollY && currentScrollY !== null && currentScrollY !== undefined)
-                    setIsSearchFieldVisible(prevScrollY > currentScrollY);
-                setPrevScrollY(currentScrollY);
-            };
-            marketCategoriesRef.current?.addEventListener('scroll', handleScroll);
-            return () => {
-                marketCategoriesRef.current?.removeEventListener('scroll', handleScroll);
-            };
-        }, [prevScrollY, marketCategoriesRef]);
 
         useEffect(() => {
             const inputElement = inputRef.current;
@@ -61,7 +44,6 @@ const SymbolsSearchField = observer(
             <div
                 className={clsx('symbols-search-field__container', {
                     'symbols-search-field--is-focused': isSearching,
-                    'symbols-search-field--is-hidden': !isSearchFieldVisible,
                 })}
             >
                 <SearchField
diff --git a/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Hooks/useActiveSymbols.ts b/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Hooks/useActiveSymbols.ts
index efaa39e67988..aacf0812e889 100644
--- a/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Hooks/useActiveSymbols.ts
+++ b/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Hooks/useActiveSymbols.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ const useActiveSymbols = () => {
 
             if (
                 (isVanillaContract(previous_contract_type) && is_vanilla) ||
-                (isTurbosContract(previous_contract_type) && is_turbos)
+                (isTurbosContract(previous_contract_type) && is_turbos) ||
+                getContractTypesList().length === 0
             ) {
                 return;
             }
diff --git a/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Utils/sort-symbols-utils.ts b/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Utils/sort-symbols-utils.ts
index c85218febfc6..affe6510269b 100644
--- a/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Utils/sort-symbols-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Utils/sort-symbols-utils.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const sortSymbols = (symbolsList: ActiveSymbols) => {
         {}
     );
 
-    return symbolsList.sort((a, b) => {
+    return symbolsList.slice().sort((a, b) => {
         const marketOrderA = marketOrderMap[a.market] !== undefined ? marketOrderMap[a.market] : symbolsList.length;
         const marketOrderB = marketOrderMap[b.market] !== undefined ? marketOrderMap[b.market] : symbolsList.length;
         if (marketOrderA !== marketOrderB) {
diff --git a/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Utils/symbol-categories-utils.ts b/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Utils/symbol-categories-utils.ts
index 428fe540e1b6..66b97a0c8e97 100644
--- a/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Utils/symbol-categories-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/trader/src/AppV2/Utils/symbol-categories-utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { ActiveSymbols } from '@deriv/api-types';
 import { localize } from '@deriv/translations';
+import sortSymbols from './sort-symbols-utils';
 
 type SubmarketGroup = {
     submarket_display_name: string;
@@ -22,7 +23,8 @@ export const categorizeSymbols = (symbols: ActiveSymbols): Record<string, Market
         return {};
     }
     // Categorize ActiveSymbols array into object categorized by markets
-    let categorizedSymbols = symbols.reduce((acc: Record<string, MarketGroup>, symbol: ActiveSymbols[0]) => {
+    const sortedSymbols = sortSymbols(symbols);
+    let categorizedSymbols = sortedSymbols.reduce((acc: Record<string, MarketGroup>, symbol: ActiveSymbols[0]) => {
         const { market, market_display_name, subgroup, subgroup_display_name, submarket, submarket_display_name } =
             symbol;
 
@@ -42,7 +44,6 @@ export const categorizeSymbols = (symbols: ActiveSymbols): Record<string, Market
 
         return acc;
     }, {});
-
     // Sort categorizedSymbols by submarket_display_name
     Object.keys(categorizedSymbols).forEach(market => {
         Object.keys(categorizedSymbols[market].subgroups).forEach(subgroup => {
diff --git a/packages/trader/src/Stores/Modules/Trading/trade-store.ts b/packages/trader/src/Stores/Modules/Trading/trade-store.ts
index 6e5d556f4096..69f5f9ce81d8 100644
--- a/packages/trader/src/Stores/Modules/Trading/trade-store.ts
+++ b/packages/trader/src/Stores/Modules/Trading/trade-store.ts
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ export default class TradeStore extends BaseStore {
             is_accumulator: computed,
             is_chart_loading: observable,
             is_digits_widget_active: observable,
+            is_dtrader_v2_enabled: computed,
             is_equal: observable,
             is_market_closed: observable,
             is_mobile_digit_view_selected: observable,
@@ -664,8 +665,11 @@ export default class TradeStore extends BaseStore {
     async loadActiveSymbols(should_set_default_symbol = true, should_show_loading = true) {
         this.should_show_active_symbols_loading = should_show_loading;
 
-        await this.setActiveSymbols();
-        await this.root_store.active_symbols.setActiveSymbols();
+        if (!this.is_dtrader_v2_enabled) {
+            await this.setActiveSymbols();
+            await this.root_store.active_symbols.setActiveSymbols();
+        }
+
         const { symbol, showModal } = getTradeURLParams({ active_symbols: this.active_symbols });
         if (showModal && should_show_loading && !this.root_store.client.is_logging_in) {
             this.root_store.ui.toggleUrlUnavailableModal(true);
@@ -1282,6 +1286,16 @@ export default class TradeStore extends BaseStore {
         }
     }
 
+    get is_dtrader_v2_enabled() {
+        const is_dtrader_v2 = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('FeatureFlagsStore') ?? '{}')?.data?.dtrader_v2;
+
+        return (
+            is_dtrader_v2 &&
+            this.root_store.ui.is_mobile &&
+            (window.location.pathname.startsWith(routes.trade) || window.location.pathname.startsWith('/contract/'))
+        );
+    }
+
     get is_synthetics_available() {
         return !!this.active_symbols?.find(item => item.market === 'synthetic_index');
     }
@@ -1805,6 +1819,7 @@ export default class TradeStore extends BaseStore {
             });
         }
         if ('active_symbols' in req) {
+            if (this.is_dtrader_v2_enabled) return;
             if (this.root_store.client.is_logged_in) {
                 return WS.authorized.activeSymbols('brief');
             }