Eurex Trader Development Program for New Markets

Helping you to expand

The Trader Development Program for New Markets supports you as a Eurex member expanding your business regionally into specific high-growth markets, with a waiver of trading and clearing fees. The chosen markets are becoming increasingly attractive to set up trading operations because of their strong local demand for new investment instruments combined with a large local talent pool. Access to the Eurex derivatives market at lower cost will further enhance growth.

The Trader Development Program for New Markets applies in the following countries:

Group A (started as of August 1, 2007)

Europe: Croatia, Russia, Serbia, Turkey
Central & Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela
Asia/Pacific: China, India, Malaysia, New Zealand
Africa: South Africa

Exemption of all trading and clearing fees

• for all proprietary trades executed by new users of order routing systems from group A countries,
• for up to two million traded contracts per annum and location for a period of two years,
• members exceeding the level of two million traded contracts in the first year will benefit from a fee-exemption for three million contracts in the second year of the program.

Group B (Eastern European Countries, started as of January 1, 2008)

Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia

Exemption of all trading and clearing fees

• for all proprietary trades executed by new users of order routing systems from group B countries,
• for up to 500,000 traded contracts during one year per location of a participant and for a period of one year.

For further information, please refer to the press release of July 18, 2007 and December 13, 2007, the Xpand July (PDF), Circular 262/2007 (PDF) as well as the flyer Trader Development Program for group A countries (PDF) and group B countries (PDF) or contact
Jennifer Vuong, T +44-20-78 62-72 34, e-Mail: or
Simona Simon, T +49-69-211-1 8218, e-Mail: .