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by ANORAK
November 16th, 2012, 10:09 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: equity options under OIS discounting
Replies: 2
Views: 10217

equity options under OIS discounting

Just wondering if anyone has any links to papers on valuation of collateralised Equity or FX Options under OIS Discounting?Thanks
by ANORAK
October 18th, 2011, 1:53 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Hedging the OIS discounting impact
Replies: 2
Views: 17760

Hedging the OIS discounting impact

<t>Is there a hedge for the changes over time on the PV change between OIS & libor discounting?If I have a vanilla swap that I value using Libor discounting and then OIS discounting, I will generate a pv difference. The value of this will change during the life of the deal according to the size ...
by ANORAK
July 10th, 2008, 1:11 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Building a 3M Libor Curve
Replies: 5
Views: 54580

Building a 3M Libor Curve

Thanks for your help.
by ANORAK
July 10th, 2008, 11:44 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Building a 3M Libor Curve
Replies: 5
Views: 54580

Building a 3M Libor Curve

<t>Thanks for that, Have a term structure for the spreads so not just using a flat spread.Have a convexity adjustment at the moment as well, but that actually brings up another point, is it okay to apply the convexity adjustment to the future to get a convexity adjusted price for use in a 3M curve, ...
by ANORAK
July 10th, 2008, 8:10 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Building a 3M Libor Curve
Replies: 5
Views: 54580

Building a 3M Libor Curve

<t>Hi all,I am building a 3M curve in EUR by subtracting the 3V6 basis spreads from the regular 6M EURIBOR swap quotes, if I also use 3M futures in my 3M curve build, should I use the futures market quotes as they are, or do they need to be adjusted as well?Also, if building a standard (6M) zero cur...
by ANORAK
October 26th, 2006, 10:01 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: KI Floor
Replies: 1
Views: 89559

KI Floor

<t>Hi,I am looking at an interest Rate Floor with a Knock in based on an FX rate, for example, a USD interest rate floor of 5% which only knocks in if USD-JPY reaches 100.To value this, would it be sufficient to value the Floor as normal, calculate the probability of the FX rate hitting the barrier ...
by ANORAK
February 27th, 2006, 12:49 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Quanto adjustment in Monte Carlo
Replies: 1
Views: 118079

Quanto adjustment in Monte Carlo

<t>Hi All,Just looking for a bit of help/advice. I see a lot of discussions in relation to quanto adjustment on the message boards, but was wondering about a particular simulation question, hope this is not too similar to what has been posted before.If pricing a basket option on equity indicies in 2...
by ANORAK
December 13th, 2005, 4:12 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Cholesky Decomposition: Covariance or Correlation Matrix?
Replies: 16
Views: 167484

Cholesky Decomposition: Covariance or Correlation Matrix?

A related question (and probably obivious), is it always the case that:Where A_Cov and A_Corr are the cholesky decomposed covariance and correlation matricies respectively and z is a vector of Normal variates?
by ANORAK
August 14th, 2005, 9:44 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Vega on Basket Structure
Replies: 0
Views: 138556

Vega on Basket Structure

Hi all,Am pricing a basket structure by monte carlo was was wondering about Vega on the position using finite differencing, do I bump the vols on all underlying at the same time and reprice to get the overall vega, or is it necessary to bump each underlying and reprice for each one?Thanks
by ANORAK
July 26th, 2005, 9:11 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Likelihood Ratio Method in Multiasset Monte Carlo
Replies: 2
Views: 142284

Likelihood Ratio Method in Multiasset Monte Carlo

<t>Hi,Thanks for that, got a lot more info, but have a few more questions as a result! Hope no one minds.Looking at a couple of sources and going through the derivations, I am getting the weight for the delta on asset j to be:Where A is the Cholesky Decomposed COvariance Matrix, N is the vector of i...
by ANORAK
July 16th, 2005, 9:53 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Likelihood Ratio Method in Multiasset Monte Carlo
Replies: 2
Views: 142284

Likelihood Ratio Method in Multiasset Monte Carlo

<t>Hi,Wondering if anyone can give a few pointers.Am simulation a basket on 8 indices with Monte Carlo and wanted to use Likelihood Ratio Method for greeks. Have found a good amount of material on using Likelihood Ratio for single asset simulation but was wondering if anyone had any good pointers to...