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- May 30, 2016 at 2:24 pm #318154
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 questionRequirements
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 timesthen i thought
Investement
$7.1m x 4.1%x 4/12Profit or loss on FRA
$7.1m x(3.5%(OFFER RATE Due to selling the FRA) less 3.5 % (to buy back))x 4/12But ANSWER is,
Investement
$7.1m x( 4.1%= 3.5 +0.6% )x 4/12 = 0.97033Profit 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 #3181651. 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 #318232oh 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 partIn the FRA (forward rate agreement)
let’s say
position: sell FRA 5 v9 – 3.50- 3.45
to hedge the $7.1mwhen 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 4/12Thank you : )
May 31, 2016 at 7:32 am #318285It 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 #318424Thank you!
May 31, 2016 at 3:15 pm #318437You are welcome 🙂
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