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Certain Fixed Income, Equity, ETP and commodity derivatives at Eurex are subject to position limits. Applicable position limits can be found in our Product Search by filling in the respective Eurex product in the search box and then switching to the "Stats" tab or in the complete list of all Eurex products in csv format available for download at the bottom of that page.
The following table provides a high-level overview of the position limit regime at Eurex (for details, please refer to the Circulars set out below).
Product | Fixed Income Futures | Equity derivatives and ETP derivatives | Commodity derivatives (i.e. at Eurex certain Bloomberg Commodity Derivatives) |
General | Position limits apply generally – per Admitted Company (for its proprietary positions) and per end client | ||
Affected product types | Futures (separate position limit per product) | Futures and Call Options (single position limit for derivatives on the same underlying; no netting between options and futures positions on the same underlying, but netting | Futures and Options (single position limit for derivatives on the same underlying) |
Affected position type | For positions on M-/P-Accounts: For positions on A-Accounts: | Sum of net long Futures and net long Call Options positions per Admitted Company or end client | Net long / net short position in derivatives on the same underlying per Admitted Company or end client |
Affected expiries / series | Generally only the next expiry (Front Month), taking effect in the last 3 trading days. Additional reporting limits apply (see applicable Circular for the relevant expiry) | Single position limit for all expiries / series (resulting out of normal contracts and FLEX contracts) | Two separate position limits for the front month / all back months per underlying |
Affected settlement method | Only physically settled derivatives
| Only physically settled derivatives [Position limits are technically set in the systems for any product where physical delivery is possible (incl. where this applies only to flex contracts) – but only apply to those contracts with actual physical settlement] | Physically and cash-settled derivatives |
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