Order book trading

Account structure

Eurex provides several position accounts where a transaction may be kept until it is closed out. There are three types of accounts:

  • Agent account
  • Proprietary accounts
  • Market Maker accounts

Every order entered into the T7 system must be associated with one of these account types.

Agent and Proprietary accounts are kept on a gross basis. If a trader buys and sells identical contracts, he will have both a long position and a short position in the same account, unless the second trade is designated as a closing transaction. If an offsetting transaction is not marked as a closing transaction during entry, the designation can be adjusted later. Market Maker accounts are kept on a net basis.


Overview of account types

Account codesAccount typeActivityNet/Gross

A1 - A9

Agent

Clients only

Gross

G1

Pre-Designated Give-up

Give-up firm not yet specified

Gross

G2

Designated Give-up

Give-up firm specified.
Clearing Member ID of the Take-up firm is entered into TUMbr field during order entry.

Gross

P1, P2

Proprietary

Own account

Gross

M1, M2

Market Maker

Own account
Quotes are automatically booked on the M1-account

Netted

Members have the option to extend the number of their agent accounts (A1 - A9). The names for these accounts can be freely chosen by Members subject to the condition that the account name is unique across all the accounts of the individual Exchange Member. The account names of these agent accounts have to be alphanumeric, valid characters are all capital letters and all numbers. Account names can further be up to 20 character long (uppercase), special characters and spaces are not allowed. The following names are reserved by the system and may not be used:

  • G# (#=0-9)
  • P# (#=0, 3-9)
  • M# (#=0, 3-9)
  • PP
  • CLIENT
  • HOUSE
  • ALL



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