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Jan 16, 2026

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Tradability of Index Futures on STOXX® Europe Total Market Defense Capped for Participants in the U.S.

Eurex Circular 003/26 Tradability of Index Futures on STOXX® Europe Total Market Defense Capped for Participants in the U.S.

1.  Introduction

With effect from 19 January 2026, the following additional product will be activated for tradability in the U.S.:

Product name

Product ID

Currency

Previous Capacity Group

New Capacity Group

STOXX® Europe Total Market Defense Capped Index Futures

FSDF

EUR

Cash EUR

Cash EUR - CFTC

2.  Required action

There is no required action for the Participants.  

3.  Details

Eurex Deutschland has received approval from the “Commodity Futures Trading Commission” (CFTC) to offer trading of STOXX® Europe TM Defense Index Futures in the U.S., with the underlying index qualifying as a „Non-narrow-based Index“.

The multicast addresses for data distribution remain unchanged. However, the following changes have been made to the port numbers:

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

The corresponding new "capacity group" for STOXX® Europe Total Market Defense Capped Index Futures is "Cash EUR - CFTC" (previously: "Cash EUR")

According to Eurex Deutschland's registration as a "Foreign Board of Trade", the above-mentioned product can be offered or sold to persons in the U.S. via Eurex terminals with direct access in the U.S.


Further information

Recipients: 

All Trading Participants of Eurex Deutschland and Vendors 

Target groups: 

Front Office/Trading, Middle + Backoffice, IT/System Administration, Auditing/Security Coordination

Related circular:

Eurex Circular 105/21

Contact: 

client.services@eurex.com or Rachna Mathur, rachna.mathur@eurex.com,  
Sales America, tel. +1 212 309 93 08

Web: 

www.eurex.com 

Authorized by: 

Jonas Ullmann


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