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effective futures rate

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA AFM Exams › effective futures rate

  • This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 2 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • December 30, 2023 at 2:36 pm #697512
    quytuan
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    In both currency futures and interest rate futures sections, there is a ‘quicker’ method to calculate the effective futures rate:
    Opening futures price – closing basis = effective futures rate (1)
    In bpp practice and revision kit, the formula (1) is widely used in most problems in relation with currency futures, but this formula is not used in problems in relation with interest rate futures
    Therefore, I want to ask if I use the formula (1) in AFM exam, can i get full marks?

    January 1, 2024 at 4:45 pm #697572
    John Moffat
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    I am not sure why you refer to it as a ‘quicker’ method. It is the standard way of estimating the ‘lock-in’ rate as I explain in my free lectures. It is the same approach for interest rate futures.

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