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On 22 March 2013, the German High Frequency Trading (HFT) Bill (“Hochfrequenzhandelsgesetz”) was passed in the Upper House of the German Parliament (“Bundesrat”). The Bill is now expected to be announced within the next two or three weeks. It becomes effective immediately after publication. The German HFT Bill foresees measures and procedures to regulate algorithmic trading and high frequency trading by introducing various measures.
Please be informed that Eurex is in close contact with the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority “Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin)” to discuss the next implementation steps. We will provide regular updates on the implementation and further aspects of the Bill as soon as these details become available to us.
Trading participants who wish to receive further information and updates from Eurex should inform us via e-mail to HFT_LAW@eurexchange.com and include details of the main point of contact (e.g. Legal Counsel, Compliance Officer) within their firm on this topic.
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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