Trading hours

Trading phases

The trading day at Eurex typically runs from 07:30 to 22:00 CET. It consists of three phases:

  • Pre-Trading
  • Trading
  • Post-Trading.

All products are subject to these periods, although product-specific schedules apply for each period - for instance, due to different conventions in the underlying market.

Pre-trading

The pre-trading period begins at 07:30 CET, and allows participants to prepare for the opening of trading. Quotes and orders can be entered, changed or deleted, and participants can make data inquiries, but no inside market (the best bid and ask prices, as well as their respective aggregated bid and offer sizes) information is available. Entering futures combination quotes, as well as quotes and orders for option strategies and option volatility strategies is not permitted during this time.

Market Status

XEUR

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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