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Dec 16, 2014

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EURO STOXX®50 Variance Futures: Tradability for U.S. participants

As of 22 December 2014, variance futures on the EURO STOXX®50 index can be traded by participants that are located in the U.S.

On 17 November 2014, the Division of Market Oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) certified the variance futures contract on the EURO STOXX®50.

The new product assignment group for the EURO STOXX®50 Variance Futures (Eurex product code: EVAR) is XFEFVE (previously: XNEFVE). For traders currently authorized to trade EURO STOXX®50 Variance Futures, the new Product Assignment Group must be assigned.

Please note that as a consequence of the assignments to a new product group, the multicast addresses for data distribution will remain unchanged. Port numbers, however, will change as follows:

  • Snapshot messages: Change from 59032 to 59000
  • Incremental messages: Change from 59033 to 59001

Market Status

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The market status window is an indication regarding the current technical availability of the trading system. It indicates whether news board messages regarding current technical issues of the trading system have been published or will be published shortly.

Please find further information about incident handling in the Emergency Playbook published on the Eurex webpage under Support --> Emergencies and safeguards. Detailed information about incident communication, market re-opening procedures and best practices for order and trade reconciliation can be found in the chapters 4.2, 4.3 and 4.5, respectively. Concrete information for the respective incident will be published during the incident via newsboard message. 

We strongly recommend not to take any decisions based on the indications in the market status window but to always check the production news board for comprehensive information on an incident.

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