Eurex

Eurex, a derivatives exchange, represents the leading European derivatives marketplace and, in conjunction with Eurex Clearing. Eurex boasts an automated and integrated clearing house, Eurex Clearing AG, which mitigates individual counterparty risk through its provision of central counterparty services for instruments traded on the Eurex exchanges, Eurex Repo GmbH, and the FWB® Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse (the Frankfurt Stock Exchange: Xetra® and floor). It provides a broad spectrum of financial instruments through F7 trading system.

Pros and Cons

Is Eurex Legit?

The domain eurex.com was established on August 9, 1996. As of now, its status is ok, indicating that the domain is currently active and in good standing. But Eurex is not regulated by any institutions.

What Can I Trade on Eurex?

Eurex offers interest rates, equity, equity index, dividends, volatility, ETF & ETC, cryptos (Bitcoin, Ethereum), commodity, FX, Eurex repo market (international fixed income securities, and pre-defined baskets).

The equity products include derivatives based on European indices such as ETFs linked to the EURO STOXX 50®, DAX®, STOXX® Europe 600, and MSCI Europe, as well as iShares ETFs tracking the S&P 500 and FTSE 100.The fixed income products consist of iShares ETFs covering USD investment-grade and high-yield credit indices, along with an iShares ETF focused on an emerging market debt index. The commodities (ETC) offering includes underlyings such as precious metals and energy products.

Eurex Fees

Eurex's transaction fees for exchange-traded derivatives encompass costs related to the matching, registration, administration, and regulation of order book and off-book transactions on Eurex Deutschland. For transactions executed via the order book on the Eurex Exchanges or off-book transactions entered via the Eurex T7 Entry Service (TES), a standard fee per contract applies. These fees are detailed in chapter 3.1 of the Price List of Eurex Clearing AG, categorized by product class and execution type.

Additionally, Eurex offers monthly rebates for trades correctly booked on P- or M-Position Accounts, including market-making rebates and volume rebates, as specified in chapter 3.2 of the Price List. Further fees are associated with post-trade processing and special functionalities such as Self-Match Prevention or Average Price Processing.

Besides, It charges fees for the technical connection to Eurex Repo F7 (participant connection fees).

Participant Leased Line Connection Fees (EUR/month):

Resilient Connections: Resilient connections will assign the same participant LAN. Each of the two channels will be provided on separate leased lines.

Certificate Access Fee (EUR/month): Eurex Repo F7 x1 300x1

Connection to Eurex Repo F7 (GUI/API) via the internet is free of charge for participants with an Eurex Repo F7 Channel on a leased line.

Participants connecting via infrastructure service providers will be charged 300 EUR/month for the required certificate access.

Trading Platform

Eurex supports F7 web-based trading system.Built on the extensive experience of Deutsche Börse Group and integrated into its IT infrastructure, the F7 system offers both web-based access and a leased line connection through the Deutsche Börse Group network. F7 also provides a user-friendly, browser-based GUI solution.