Initiatives & Releases

Cross-Project-Calendar

The Cross-Project-Calendar is your go-to place to get an overview of the main cross project actions, which need to be performed by Eurex Trading Members and/or by ISVs in order to ensure a smooth readiness for all upcoming initiatives. Get quickly and easily a summary of all upcoming: 

  • release 
  • product introductions
  • changes of contract specifications
  • deadlines, events and much more

Know what’s coming next or is on the horizon and might have an impact on you!


Date         ProjectAction Item

01 May

Equity Index Derivatives: Amended Liquidity Provider Program for EURO STOXX 50® Index Options (OESX)

Start first phase of changed Liquidity Provider Program in EURO STOXX 50® Index Options (OESX) in which Eurex’ measurement systems will be activated

01 May 

Amendment of Liquidity Provider Programs and Contract Specifications for “Three-Month EURIBOR Futures and Three-Month Euro STR Futures”

Effective date for amendment of PSS „Fixed Income 17 – Three-Month Euribor Futures and Three-Month Euro STR Futures“

01 May 

VSTOXX Derivatives: Adjustment of the Liquidity Provider schemes

Effective date for amendments of PSS "Equity Index 15 – Futures on VSTOXX Index” and "Equity Index 16 – Options on Futures on VSTOXX Index” 

05 May

ETF Derivatives: Introduction of options on iShares Physical Bitcoin

Introduction of options on iShares Physical Bitcoin in EUR and USD and effective date for amendment of the existing Liquidity Provider Program "Equity 04 – Options on ETFs" regarding new products admitted to trading

05 May 

Credit Index Futures: Renaming of Futures on Bloomberg MSCI Euro Corporate SRI Index

Effective date for: 

  • Renaming of the Bloomberg MSCI Euro Corporate SRI Index
  • Amendment of the Contract Specifications for Futures Contracts and Options Contracts at Eurex Deutschland
  • Amendment of the Product Specific Supplement “Fixed Income 20 - EURO Credit Index Futures” 

05 May 

Derivatives on Cryptocurrencies: Introduction of Nano Futures on FTSE Bitcoin Index and on FTSE Ethereum Index in USD

Effective date for:

  • Introduction of Nano Futures contracts on FTSE Bitcoin index in USD and on FTSE Ethereum index in USD pursuant to the Contract Specifications for Futures Contracts & Options Contracts
  • Amendment of the existing Liquidity Provider Program "Equity 69 – Futures and Options on FTSE Crypto Indexes" with regard to the new products admitted to trading 

09 May

T7 Release 13.1 

Due Date for Readiness Statement submission 

12 May 

Equity Index Derivatives: Introduction of Futures on STOXX® Europe TM Defense Capped Index

Effective date for:

  • Admission of futures contracts on the STOXX® Europe Total Market Defense Capped Index to trading
  • Amendment of the Contract Specifications for Futures Contracts and Options Contracts 
  • Offer of a Liquidity Provider Scheme for futures contracts on the STOXX® Europe Total Market Defense Capped Index for Trading Participants

12 May

FX Derivatives: Introduction of FX futures on New Zealand and Canadian currency pairs

Effective date for:

  • Introduction of three FX futures on New Zealand and Canadian currency pairs
  • Amendment of the Contract Specifications for Futures Contracts and Options Contracts at Eurex
  • Amendment of the Liquidity Provider Scheme for the FX Futures and FX Rolling Spot Futures

17 May

T7 Release 13.1

Connection test prior to release start

17 May

T7 Release 13.1

Important change in the publication of complex instruments via RDF/RDI and initial start-of-day behavior

19 May 

T7 Release 13.1 

Only public keys for ETI password encryption in production with sequence numbers 3 or 2 are valid, key with sequence number 1 becomes obsolete

19 May

T7 Release 13.1

Production start

19 May 

MiFID II/MiFIR Order flagging requirements

Introduction of new validation and respective error code with T7 Release 13.1

26 May

T7 Functionality activations after Release 13.1  Launch date

Removal of Off-book Trade Validation to prevent Self-Execution of same Beneficiary Owner

30 May

Euro Fixed Income Futures: Definition of reporting and position limits for June 2025

Reporting limits valid after close of trading

03 Jun

Euro Fixed Income Futures: Definition of reporting and position limits for June 2025

End of validity of reporting limits after close of trading

04 Jun

Euro Fixed Income Futures: Definition of reporting and position limits for June 2025

Position limits will be valid from start of trading

04 Jun

Equity Index and FX Derivatives

Eurex KOSPI Derivatives and USD/KRW Derivatives: Decommission of the KOSPI link as of 5 June 2025 with last trading day at Eurex on 4 June 2025

06 Jun

Euro Fixed Income Futures: Definition of reporting and position limits for June 2025

End of position limit with expiration of June contract

09 Jun

Euro-Fixed-Income-Futures

Following amendments will take place: 

  • reduction of the minimum price gradation in Short Term Euro-BTP Futures (FBTS)
  • adjustments of the obligations for performance for the delivery of Euro-Fixed Income futures contracts on debt securities of the Republic of Italy

09 Jun 

Amendment of Liquidity Provider Programs and Contract Specifications for “Three-Month EURIBOR Futures and Three-Month Euro STR Futures”

Effective date for amendment of Contract Specifications for Futures Contracts and Options Contracts 

09 Jun

T7 Functionality activations after Release 13.1  Launch date

Production date for support of the Average Price Notation for Packs & Bundles and Strips

13 Jun

ISV Registration & Software Management

Deadline for completing software selection and enhancement of existing sessions and accounts with vendor & software information in Member Section

16 Jun

T7 Functionality activations after Release 13.1  Launch date

Envisioned Production date for Delta-Neutral Total Return Futures

30 Jun

Member Section

Discontinuation of e-mail delivery of Ranking Reports

30 Jun

MSCI Derivatives

Extension of fee reductions and Asian Broker scheme

30 Jun

Money Market Derivatives

End of temporary transaction fee waiver for M-account transactions

30 Jun

Money Market Derivatives

End of temporary transaction fee waiver for  P- and A-Account transactions

30 Jun

Exchange Rules and Conditions for Trading

Start of obligation to register Third-Party Software and Independent Software Providers and to test Third-Party Software

01 Jul

Equity Index Derivatives: Amended Liquidity Provider Program for EURO STOXX 50® Index Options (OESX)

Start second phase and effective date of amendment of the General Supplement to the Liquidity Provider Agreement and the Product Specific Supplement “Equity 01 – Equity Options and Selected Equity Index Options”

01 Sep

T7 Release 14.0

Planned simulation start

10 Sep

Fixed Income Derivatives: Introduction of Euro-EU Bond-Futures

Effective date for introduction of Euro-EU Bond-Futures and amendment of the Contract Specifications for Futures Contracts and Options Contracts 

10 Nov

T7 Release 14.0

Planned production start

31 Dec

Equity Index Derivatives: Extension and amendment of the Eurex Flow Incentive Model

End of amended Eurex Flow Incentive Model 


2026 Calendar

Date         ProjectAction Item

13 Mar

T7 Interface Encryption: TLS 1.2 support 

Decommissioning of TLS 1.2 support in the T7 Release 14.0 simulation environment

31 Mar

MiFID II/MiFIR order flagging requirements: Short Code solution – Start of period for historical corrections phase

HC (historical corrections) phase end and final submission deadline

01 April

Introduction of connection fees for Enhanced Drop Copy (EDC) and corresponding amendments to the GTC 

Introduction of connection fees for Enhanced Drop Copy sessions and usage

27 Apr

T7 Interface Encryption: TLS 1.2 support

Decommissioning of TLS 1.2 support in the T7 Release 14.0 production environment


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