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As announced in Eurex circular 042/08 enhancements to the features “Pre-Trading Risk Protection” and “Stop Button” were introduced, such as online broadcast of “Alert” messages and a new violation counter within the VALUES request.
In addition to the existing report TT130 – “Risk Event Report”, the new report TT131 – “Risk Event Trader Report “ will be introduced on April 14, 2008. The new report contains trader-specific information such as pre-trading risk protection limits set for own trader subgroups and market maker protection limits. For further information please refer to Eurex circular 063/08.
In order to provide special opportunities to test the stop button and pre-trading risk processing, the focus days listed below will be offered. The focus days are also included in the new simulation calendar, published with Eurex circular 074/08 on April 8, 2008:
· Tuesday, April 22, 2008
· Thursday, April 24, 2008
· Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Specific simulation scenarios to support the simulation activities are attached to this circular.
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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