The European volatility benchmark
VSTOXX

VSTOXX® Derivatives

Use our VSTOXX® Futures and Options on the VSTOXX® index to take a view on European volatility.

It is designed to reflect the investor sentiment and overall economic uncertainty by measuring the 30-day implied volatility of the EURO STOXX 50®, offering the most accurate and cost-effective way to have access to European volatility.

VSTOXX® derivatives are exchange-traded and centrally cleared, providing independent mark-to-market valuation and robust liquidity. Managing European specific volatility risk with VSTOXX® allows for a more effective hedge.

Trade the European volatility benchmark!

Traded Contracts and Open Interest

FVS

OVS2

Key Benefits

  • Hedge your portfolio exposure in equity, credit and option portfolios
  • Explore spreads between European and non-European volatility indices
  • Diversify your portfolio by adding a new asset class
  • Generate additional alpha, due to the mean-reversion nature of volatility
  • Implement a tail risk hedge
  • Trade directional positions on the level of a single volatility index
  • Integrated spread matrix available for all futures maturities
     

Contract Specifications

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Margin efficiencies

VSTOXX® is part of Eurex Clearing Prisma

To fully benefit from cross margining efficiencies, take a look at our Eurex Clearing Prisma brochure. For highly accurate what-if scenarios and incremental risk calculations, use our online margin calculators

Liquidity Providers

Block Liquidity Providers - Options

Firm

Contact

Email

Phone

Bank of America

Thomas Eshaghi

Thomas.Eshaghi@bofa.com

+33-187701372

BNP

Houssam Chreim

Houssam.Chreim@bnpparibas.com

+33-1-4014-3347

DRW

King Bhattacharyya

kbhattacharyya@drwuk.com

+44-7834825157

Goldman Sachs

Gavin Dolan

gavin.dolan@gs.com

+33-142121850

IMC

Sergio Tam Suarez

sergio.tamsuarez@imc.com

+31-207988572

Maven

Felipe Morales

felipe.morales@mavensecurities.com

+44-20-3005-3789

Optiver

Maikel Verdiesen

maikelverdiesen@optiver.com

+31-207087608

Susquehanna

Rob Switzer

robert.switzer@sig.com

+353-1-517-5545

Susquehanna

Daniel Mannion 

daniel.mannion@sig.com

+353-15677210

JP Morgan

Federico Borghese

federico.borghese@jpmorgan.com

+44-2071340153

VSTOXX 101: Understanding Europe’s Volatility Benchmark

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Contacts

Matthew Koren
Equity & Index Sales America

T +1-917-495 2997

matthew.koren@eurex.com

Matthew Riley
Equity & Index Sales EMEA

T +44-20-78 62-72 13

matthew.riley@eurex.com

Sophie Granchi
Equity & Index Sales EMEA

T +33-0680347501

sophie.granchi@eurex.com

Jane Yeo
Equity & Index Sales Asia

T +852-2530-78 07

jane.yeo@eurex.com

Sascha Semroch
Equity & Index Product Design

T +49-69-2 11-1 50 78

sascha.semroch@eurex.com