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Eurex Deutschland is pleased to inform you that with effect from August 3, 2012, VSTOXX® Mini Futures contracts will be available for trading for Eurex participants and investors domiciled in the U.S.
On July 20, 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight certified this contract submitted by Eurex for review on June 4, 2012. The contracts satisfy the requirements of the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC’s Regulations and may be offered or sold to persons in the U.S. through Eurex’s direct access terminals located in the U.S.
The respective new product assignment groups are XACFVE (Volatility Index Futures in Euro).
For direct access to the CFTC press release, please click here: CFTC Press Release
Please note: As a result of the new product assignment groups, although the multicast addresses for the dissemination of market data will remain unchanged, the respective port numbers will change as follows:
Snapshot Messages: 50033 to 50001
Incremental Messages: 50032 to 50000
For any questions you may have, please contact Chris Dopp, Megan Morgan or Rex Jones via the abovementioned contact details.
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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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