F7 Trading System
28 Nov 2022

Eurex Repo F7 production v3.8 update (with mandatory API and FIX upgrade)

The Eurex Repo F7 PRODUCTION environment will be updated to version F7 release 3.8 on Saturday, December 3rd, 2022

On Saturday evening, an Implementation News will announce the completion of the update. After the update, the production system will be technically available in unattended mode (not technical support).

With the start of the business day on Monday, December 5th, 2022 the software version for Repo F7 production will be 003.850.000.

Release 3.8 includes GUI enhancements as well as mandatory upgrades to the F7 API and F7 FIX Gateway.
API users (including ISVs) are provided a new set of updated XSDs, XML message examples and an updated user manual describing all changes in detail.
FIX Gateway users are provided an updated FIX Gateway manual, example messages and FIX44.XML.
All GUI, API and FIX Gateway documentation is available in the Eurex Repo member section.

It is always strongly recommended that all API and FIX interface customers (including ISVs) perform testing of their applications during the simulation period.

Release 3.8 includes the following changes:

  • Core enhancements
    • CA Signed Certificates for API and GUI
    • Price Limit Warnings
    • Delegate Quotes
    • Auto-detect Standard Terms
    • Triparty Agent Depository of Counterparty to be shown (HQLAx only)


  • F7 GUI specific enhancements
    • Price Limit Warnings
    • Delegate Quotes
    • Auto-detect Standard Terms
    • Triparty Agent Depository of Counterparty to be shown (HQLAx only)
    • Accept Multiple Offers
    • Imports/exports changed to .XLSX (please see release notes for known limitations)


  • F7 API specific enhancements
    • Price Limit Warnings
    • Delegate Quotes
    • Auto-detect Standard Terms
    • Triparty Agent Depository of Counterparty to be shown (HQLAx only)
    • Clearing Timestamp
    • Average Trade Price


  • F7 FIX Gateway specific enhancements
    • Price Limit Warnings
    • Auto-detect Standard Terms
    • Trade inquiry to support date filters
    • Clearing Timestamp


  • F7 MTX enhancements


Details on the various enhancements and features are described in the document "Eurex Repo F7 Release 3.8 Release Notes" which has been published in the DBAG Member Section.

As release 3.8 is a mandatory API update, the only valid value for API versionNumber is: "3.8".

F7 GUI users are strongly recommended to clear the browser cache after the release introduction, to ensure that the newly introduced GUI functionalities behave correctly. 


F7 system documentation for release 3.8 are available at: Deutsche Börse Member Section https://membersection.deutsche-boerse.com/

Resources > Eurex Repo > System Documentation > Release 3.8

Including:
Eurex Repo F7 3.8 Release Notes, Production version
Eurex Repo F7 GUI – User Manual, release 3.8
Eurex Repo F7 FIX Gateway Overview
Eurex Repo F7 FIX Manual, release 3.8

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The market status window is an indication regarding the current technical availability of the trading system. It indicates whether news board messages regarding current technical issues of the trading system have been published or will be published shortly.

Please find further information about incident handling in the Emergency Playbook published on the Eurex webpage under Support --> Emergencies and safeguards. Detailed information about incident communication, market re-opening procedures and best practices for order and trade reconciliation can be found in the chapters 4.2, 4.3 and 4.5, respectively. Concrete information for the respective incident will be published during the incident via newsboard message. 

We strongly recommend not to take any decisions based on the indications in the market status window but to always check the production news board for comprehensive information on an incident.

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