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by wesker
January 10th, 2011, 9:09 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: About CMS vega risk
Replies: 1
Views: 23065

About CMS vega risk

Hi all,Can someone tell me why CMS is subject to vega risk? I can not find any discussion about this issue. Thanks.
by wesker
January 7th, 2011, 8:34 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Swaption and Caps/Floors
Replies: 1
Views: 24141

Swaption and Caps/Floors

<t>Hi all,I am thinking the difference between caps/floors and swaptions, especially in terms of how correlation will affect their values.I've done some survey about previous discussion of similar topics. However I still have few questions and wish someone could help to clarify.1. As correlation of ...
by wesker
January 3rd, 2011, 11:29 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: convexity of swaps
Replies: 5
Views: 26733

convexity of swaps

<t>Hi Doc,I think your view about the last two questions are correct. When you hedge CMS with a IRS there exist a convexity mismatch because when rates go high the duration of IRS will be lower than a CMS with the same tenor. If you can access to Bloomberg terminal you can set up a simple example to...
by wesker
January 3rd, 2011, 10:25 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: convexity of swaps
Replies: 5
Views: 26733

convexity of swaps

<t>Hi Doc,I'm new here as well. As to the convexity of swaps, you can search relevant discussions and I believe many are very helpful(because I've done before!).Basically, the convexity adjustment in the case of FRA and futures is caused by the nature of reinvestment risk. It has been proposed by ma...
by wesker
January 3rd, 2011, 10:11 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Calibration of OU process
Replies: 1
Views: 23769

Calibration of OU process

<r>Hi all,I have problems with OU process calibration. I follow the formula displayed in the following page:<URL url="http://formulapages.com/doc/Calibrating_the_Ornstein-Uhlenbeck_modelSince"><LINK_TEXT text="http://formulapages.com/doc/Calibrating ... modelSince">http://formulapages.com/doc/Calibr...
by wesker
December 31st, 2010, 1:19 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Quick questions of FX opt Greeks
Replies: 0
Views: 21411

Quick questions of FX opt Greeks

I solve the problem by myself so no bothering.
by wesker
January 24th, 2007, 9:08 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: EVT in excel
Replies: 2
Views: 82101

EVT in excel

Edwyn Thank you for your help.Actually I would not like to get involved with too much numerical analysi.that will lead a interesting theory toa boring calculation.Anyway thanks.
by wesker
January 23rd, 2007, 8:30 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: EVT in excel
Replies: 2
Views: 82101

EVT in excel

<t>Dear all I recently would like to conduct EVT module with excel interface but run into some problems,wich are as follows: 1.First,I tried to use optimizer which is in the excel add-in to estimate parameter,however I failed.Does anyone give me any suggestion?specifically speaking,I use that optimi...
by wesker
September 16th, 2005, 6:22 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Volatility strategies
Replies: 6
Views: 137625

Volatility strategies

<t>So far as I know,there're lots of article regarding this issue,one prevailing approach is via regression to estimate vol.several papers use "(K/(S*sqrt(t))" as a explaination varialbe in their regression model,where K is strike price and S is underlyingprice and t is remianing time.Also,Some pape...
by wesker
July 21st, 2005, 1:02 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Excel VBA+REUTERS power plus pro
Replies: 5
Views: 154297

Excel VBA+REUTERS power plus pro

Hi ellertonthanx for your code!!
by wesker
July 4th, 2005, 11:50 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Get stuck with VBA code...help
Replies: 3
Views: 143775

Get stuck with VBA code...help

<t>Hi Thank you! both your advise help me a lot! One question I would like to ask DCFC is that you said it's not a good practive for setting "cells(i,1).activate".what did that mean?All I want to do is selection a specified cell by asc. order when each loop was executed.If I don't make my problem cl...
by wesker
July 4th, 2005, 2:06 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Get stuck with VBA code...help
Replies: 3
Views: 143775

Get stuck with VBA code...help

<t>Dear All: I am trying to make a VBA macro and the code is as followed:Private i As IntegerSub ab()If ActiveCell <> "" ThenApplication.OnTime Now + TimeValue("00:00:01"), "cd"ElseExit SubEnd IfEnd SubSub cd()i = ActiveCell.Rows.CountCells(2, 2) = ActiveCelli = i + 1Cells(i, 1).ActivateApplication....
by wesker
July 4th, 2005, 12:06 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Vega exposure of a variance swap
Replies: 2
Views: 143845

Vega exposure of a variance swap

<t>Hi wertykal In my personal opinion,It's intuitive to calculate vega of a variance swap according to the weight which is displayed in the close form of a variance swap,and I'm sure you must already know about it. The variance swap is a static hedge(replication)and once you've made it you won't wor...
by wesker
June 29th, 2005, 3:05 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Excel VBA+REUTERS power plus pro
Replies: 5
Views: 154297

Excel VBA+REUTERS power plus pro

<t>Hi,DCFC Again,I got the problem on calling procedure.It seems something wrong with my codebut I don't know where the glitch is. Would you help me?Here's my codeSub abc()Sheets("a").ActivateDim i As Integeri = 1Cells(4, 1).SelectDo While ActiveCell <> "" Application.OnTime Now + TimeValue("00:00:0...
by wesker
June 28th, 2005, 3:37 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Excel VBA+REUTERS power plus pro
Replies: 5
Views: 154297

Excel VBA+REUTERS power plus pro

Hi,DCFC Many thanx for your instruction.I will try it ASAP!
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