Product Specifications
An active Gas Exchange membership enables the trader to trade on the Spot Market (Within-Day, Day Ahead and Weekend contracts) and Futures Market.
- Within-Day contracts:
- Tradable on a 24/7 basis without interruption
 - Continuous trading
 - Rest of day product with a lead time of 3 hours based on the next full hour to 6 a.m. (d or d+1)
 - Minimum contract size of 1 MWh/h or multiple
 - All concluded deals will nominated from ECC on your behalf.
 
 
- Hourly contracts:
- Tradable on a 24/7 basis without interruption
 - Continuous trading
 - Each Hourly Spot Contract will be introduced into trading in such way that it is tradable for at least 24 hours.
 - Trading in Hourly Spot Contracts begins at maximum 27 hours and ends three (3) hours (lead time) prior to the beginning of their respective delivery period.
 - Minimum contract size of 1 MWh/h or multiple
 - All concluded deals will be nominated from ECC on your behalf.
 
 
- Day Ahead and Weekend contracts:
- Day Ahead, Weekend and Saturday and Sunday contracts are tradable on 24/7 basis
 - Trading of the respective delivery period is offered one day before (d+1). Trading of the weekend contract, delivery gas day Saturday and Sunday, is offered on Thursday and Friday.
 - Minimum contract size is 1 MWh/h or multiple, all contracts will be delivered as a base load product.
 
 - Futures Contracts:
- Month, quarter, season and year contracts are tradable from 08:00 a.m. to 06:00 p.m.
 - Minimum contract size is 1 MWh/h or multiple, all contracts will be delivered as a base load product.
 
 
Overview:
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  | 
 Within-Day Market (Only AT)  | 
 Day Ahead Market (AT and CZ)  | 
 Futures Market (AT and CZ)  | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 
 Gas product  | 
 Base load  | 
 Base load  | 
 Base load  | 
| 
 Delivery point  | 
 AT: CEGH VTP Austria  | 
 AT: CEGH VTP Austria CZ: Czech VTP  | 
 AT: CEGH VTP Austria CZ: Czech VTP  | 
| 
 Settlement  | 
 Hourly: Next single 27 single hours with a lead time of 3 hours based on the next full hour to 6:00 a.m. (d or d+1); Within Day: Rest of day with a lead time of 3 hours based on the next full hour to 6:00 a.m. (d or d+1)  | 
 Physical delivery from 06:00 am (d+1) to 06:00 am (d+2)  | 
 Physical delivery from 06:00 am (d+1) to 06:00 am (d+2)  | 
| 
 Trading hours  | 
 AT: 24/7  | 
 AT: 24/7 CZ: From 08:00 a.m to 06:00 p.m  | 
 AT/CZ: From 08:00 a.m. to 06:00 p.m.  | 
| 
 Price units  | 
 EUR/MWh 3 decimal digits  | 
 EUR/MWh 3 decimal digits  | 
 EUR/MWh 3 decimal digits  | 
| 
 Price change  | 
 0.025 EUR/MWh (min.)  | 
 0.025 EUR/MWh (min.)  | 
 0.025 EUR/MWh (min.) for orders in the order book  | 
| 
 Trade size  | 
 1 MW (min.)  | 
 1 MW (min.)  | 
 1 MW (min.)  | 
| 
 Single sided nomination  | 
 Done by ECC  | 
 Done by ECC  | 
 Done by ECC  |