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Nov 20, 2015

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GMEX IRS Constant Maturity Futures: Tradability for U.S. Participants

With effect from 25 November 2015, the GMEX IRS Constant Maturity Futures will be available for trading for Eurex Participants and investors domiciled in the U.S.

The new product assignment group for the GMEX IRS Constant Maturity Futures (Eurex product codes: GE02, GE03, GE04, GE05, GE06, GE07, GE08, GE09, GE10, GE11, GE12, GE13. GE14, GE15, GE16, GE17, GE18, GE19, GE20, GE21, GE22, GE23, GE24, GE25, GE26, GE27, GE28, GE29, GE30) is XFCFIE (previously XNCFIE).

For traders currently authorized to trade the GMEX IRS Constant Maturity Futures, the new product assignment group must be assigned. This is the case for all trading authorizations and transaction size limits.

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.

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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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