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Lock in rate and FRA

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  • This topic has 5 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 8 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • May 30, 2016 at 2:24 pm #318154
    Kate
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    1) in calculation of lock in rate
    if spot rate is lower than future , why it is that current future rate – basis
    rather than adding the basis?

    I thought the on the transaction date,
    the future price (agreed rate in the future time) is bigger so that
    it is appropriate to add the basis from the current future price
    to calculate future price on the transaction date.

    thank you for help:)

    2) FRA
    this is june 05 question

    Requirements

    now is 1june and receive 7.1m in 5month and invest for four month
    Futures contracts mature at end of month and SIBOR is currently at 4%
    The current yield on high quality commercial paper is SIBOR+0.6%

    Position is investor who is afraid for interest rate to go down.
    so need to sell FRA , buy futures and options
    FRA prices:
    5 v 9 3.5 -3.45
    If SIBOR fell by 0.5% during 5 months

    ?? question is i thought
    it is required to know the SIBOR in 5month times

    then i thought
    Investement
    $7.1m x 4.1%x 4/12

    Profit or loss on FRA
    $7.1m x(3.5%(OFFER RATE Due to selling the FRA) less 3.5 % (to buy back))x 4/12

    But ANSWER is,
    Investement
    $7.1m x( 4.1%= 3.5 +0.6% )x 4/12 = 0.97033

    Profit or loss on FRA
    $7.1m x(3.5%(SELL RATE) – 3.45% )x 4/12 X (1 /(1+(3.5%X 4/12))

    I thought on the basis from the lecture of p4 in open tuition
    1) transaction at risk 2) profit or loss
    but the profit and loss part can be calculated by using the formular but
    it is hard to understand why profit and loss could be calculated from directly bid and sell rate based on same date?

    Really appreciate for the help.
    thank you!

    May 30, 2016 at 3:50 pm #318165
    John Moffat
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    1. I don’t know which question you are referring to. However the spot rate and the current futures price get closer to zero. If the futures price is currently higher than the spot rate, then it will always be higher (and vice versa).

    2 You will have to tell me the name of the question for me to give you a proper answer.
    However, in more general terms (which may explain your problem), if you are using options then depending on whether they are put options or call options, what happens on the date of the transaction is that (if they are call options, and you choose to exercise them) you buy futures at the exercises price and immediately sell at whatever the futures price is on that date; or if they are put options (and you choose to exercise them) then you buy futures at whatever the price is on that date and immediately sell them at the exercise price.

    May 31, 2016 at 2:26 am #318232
    Kate
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    oh since this is in the question kit from school and could not find the name of this as i tried but acca does not provide paper in 2005.

    Then could i ask general parts ?
    since i am struggling to calculate the profit and loss part

    In the FRA (forward rate agreement)
    let’s say
    position: sell FRA 5 v9 – 3.50- 3.45
    to hedge the $7.1m

    when calculating, what i understand is
    exposure amount x (sell rate – buy rate )x month/12
    is it right ?
    7.1m x (3.45% – LIBOR in 5month ) x 4/12

    Thank you : )

    May 31, 2016 at 7:32 am #318285
    John Moffat
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    It is right in the sense that that is how you calculate the amount to be settled up with the bank providing the FRA.
    (Although we don’t regard this as a profit or loss! It is just the amount to be settled that ends up overall fixing the rate that we pay)

    May 31, 2016 at 2:43 pm #318424
    Kate
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    Thank you!

    May 31, 2016 at 3:15 pm #318437
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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