F7 Trading System
06 Oct 2022

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

The Eurex Repo F7 simulation environment will close down at 4pm CEST on Thursday, October 13th, 2022 for the update to F7 release 3.8. 

Eurex Repo will conduct internal tests on October 14th and the 3.8 Simulation period will commence starting Monday, October 17th 2022. With the start of the business day on Monday, October 17th the software version for Repo F7 simulation will be 003.840.000.


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

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


  • F7 GUI specific enhancements
    • Price Limit Warnings
    • Delegate Quotes
    • Auto-detect Standard Terms
    • Triparty Agent Depository of Counterparty to be shown
    • Accept Multiple Offers
    • Imports/exports changed to .XLSX


  • F7 API specific enhancements
    • Price Limit Warnings
    • Delegate Quotes
    • Auto-detect Standard Terms
    • Triparty Agent Depository of Counterparty to be shown
    • 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 Preliminary 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


Please note: while the F7 Simulation system is already on release 3.8, the F7 Advanced Simulation remains on the same software version as the F7 Production system: release 3.7.

Market Status

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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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