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OTC Block Trades

The OTC Block Trade facility is available for the following Eurex products and the following minimum number of traded contracts.

Option strategies or option volatility strategies on the basis of Eurex options listed in the table are also admitted to the OTC Block Trade facility. The minimum block trade size of option strategies or option volatility strategies is equivalent to the minimum block trade size of the respective underlying option contracts of the strategy.

The Bulk Load Panel within the OTC Block Trade facility further enhances the efficiency in trading futures. This function enables the import of multiple OTC Block Trades in futures directly from a file in csv format into the Eurex® system. In the table below please find the Bulk Load import template and the relevant excerpt of the functional notes "Eurex @X-ceed Trading User Guide".

Since January 14, 2009, OTC Block Trades in Single Stock Futures which exceed 999 lots are not being disclosed intra-day in the relevant GUI windows. More details can be found here.

Details about how to use the OTC Block Trade facility can also be found here:

Name Date File Size File
Introduction to using the OTC Block Trading Facility on the Eurex @X-ceed Front-End Sep 2008  
Import Template Bulk Load Feb 2008 399 kB
Manual excerpt "Eurex @X-ceed Trading User Guide" Aug 2008 399 kB

Contract Product ID Minimum Number of
Traded Contracts
Equity Derivatives
Single Stock Futures   1
Equity Options / LEPOs   250

Equity Index Derivatives
Equity Index Futures
DJ EURO STOXX 50® Index Futures FESX 1,000
DJ EURO STOXX® Select Dividend 30 Index Futures FEDV250
DJ STOXX 50® Index Futures FSTX250
DJ STOXX® 600 Index Futures F600250
DJ STOXX® Large 200 Index Futures F2LA250
DJ STOXX® Mid 200 Index Futures F2MI250
DJ STOXX® Small 200 Index Futures F2SM250
DJ EURO STOXX® Sector Index Futures  250
DJ STOXX® 600 Sector Index Futures  250
DJ Sector Titans Index Futures   1
DJ Global Titans 50 IndexSM Futures FGTI 100
DJ Global Titans 50 IndexSM Futures FT50 100
DAX® Futures  FDAX250
DivDAX® Futures  FDIV500
MDAX® Futures  F2MX250
TecDAX® Futures  FTDX 1,000
SMI® Futures  FSMI500
SMIM® Futures  FSMM 1,000
SLI® Futures  FSLI 2,000
OMXH25 Futures  FFOX250
MSCI Russia Index Futures  FMXR100
RDXxt® USD - RDX Extended Index Futures  FRDX100
Equity Index Options
DJ EURO STOXX 50® Index Options OESX 1,000
DJ STOXX 50® Index Options OSTX 1,000
DJ EURO STOXX® Select Dividend 30 Index Options OEDV250
DJ STOXX® 600 Index Options O600250
DJ STOXX® Large 200 Index Options O2LA250
DJ STOXX® Mid 200 Index Options O2MI250
DJ STOXX® Small 200 Index Options O2SM250
DJ EURO STOXX® Sector Index Options  100
DJ STOXX® 600 Sector Index Options  100
DJ Global Titans 50SM Index Options OGTI 100
DAX® Options  ODAX500
DivDAX® Options  ODIV500
MDAX® Options  O2MX250
TecDAX® Options  OTDX 1,000
SMI® Options  OSMI500
SMIM® Options  OSMM 1,000
SLI® Options  OSLI 2,000
OMXH25 Options  OFOX250
MSCI Russia Index Options  OMXR100
DJ EURO STOXX 50® Weekly Options   1,000
DAX® Weekly Options  500
SMI® Weekly Options  500

Equity Index Dividend Derivatives
Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50® Index Dividend Futures  FEXD1
Dow Jones EURO STOXX® Select Dividend 30 Index Dividend Futures  FD3D1
DAX® Price Index Dividend Futures  FDXD1
DivDAX® Dividend Futures  FDVD1
SMI® Dividend Futures  FSMD1

Volatility Index Derivatives
VSTOXX® Futures  FVSX100
VSTOXX® Mini Futures  FVS1.000
VDAX-NEW® Futures  FVDX100
VSMI® Futures  FVSM100

Exchange Traded Funds® Derivatives
EXTF Futures
iShares DJ EURO STOXX 50® Futures  EUNF 1,000
iShares DAX® (DE) Futures  EXSF 1,000
XMTCH on SMI® Futures  XMTF 1,000
EXTF Options
iShares DJ EURO STOXX 50® Options EUN2 1,000
iShares DAX® (DE) Options  EXS1 1,000
XMTCH on SMI® Options  XMT 1,000

Credit Derivatives
iTraxx® Europe 5-year Index-Futures  F5E0 2,500
iTraxx® Europe HiVol 5-year Index-Futures  F5H0 1,500
iTraxx® Europe Crossover 5-year Index-Futures F5C0 1,000
Single Name Recovery Futures    100

Inflation Derivatives
Euro-Inflation Futures  HICP 50

Interest Rate Derivatives
Fixed Income Derivatives
Fixed Income Futures
Euro-Schatz Futures  FGBS 4,000
Euro-Bobl Futures  FGBM 3,000
Euro-Bund Futures  FGBL 2,000
Euro-Buxl® Futures  FGBX100
CONF Futures  CONF500
Options on Fixed Income Futures
Options on Euro-Schatz Futures  OGBS50
Options on Euro-Bobl Futures  OGBM50
Options on Euro-Bund Futures  OGBL50

Money Market Derivatives
Money Market Futures
One-Month EONIA Futures  FEO1100
Three-Month EURIBOR Futures  FEU3100
Options on Money Market Futures
Options on Three-Month EURIBOR Futures  OEU350

Commodity Derivatives
Commodity Index Futures  FCCO, FCAG, FCEN, FCIN 100
Gold & Silver Derivates  FGFX, OGFX, FSFX, OSFX 1
CO2 Derivates  F2PE, FCER, O2PE 1

Weather Derivatives
Hurricane Futures   1

Property Derivatives
IPD UK Annual All Property Index Futures  PUKA 1








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