On the day-ahead market, natural gas is traded for the next and next-but-one day. The day-ahead market is used for the short-term optimisation of the procurement and sale of gas quantities. EEX offers day-ahead trading for two market areas:

BEB market area
On every exchange trading day, continuous trading of BEB Natural Gas Day Contracts takes place from 09:00 am until 03:30 pm for day-ahead trading and from 09:00 am until 05:00 pm for trading two days ahead.

E.ON GT market area
On every exchange trading day, continuous trading of EGT Natural Gas Day Contracts takes place from 09:00 am until 03:30 pm for day-ahead trading and from 09:00 am until 05:00 pm for trading two days ahead.

Possibilities of participation in trading

Day-ahead trading of natural gas with an exchange membership
Trading participants who are already registered to trade on the Spot Market of EEX have access to day-ahead trading in natural gas provided they can present a valid balance or hub agreement.

Day-ahead trading of natural gas without an exchange membership
Brokers and clearing banks offer easy access to participation in trading on the exchange without an exchange membership. A complete list of the clearing banks and brokers is available at this link.

Advantages of day-ahead trading in gas

• Day-ahead trading is a flexible tool for portfolio optimisation.
• More than 20 trading participants have taken part right from the outset.
• Well-established, efficient and automated standard processes are used for all transactions.

Contract Specifications