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by raags
May 30th, 2012, 9:48 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: OIS Discounting
Replies: 11
Views: 30722

OIS Discounting

Thanks Stas. I believe that is what everyone is doing.
by raags
February 29th, 2012, 4:23 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: OIS Discounting
Replies: 11
Views: 30722

OIS Discounting

Hi stas,pretty old thread but do you have something on algebraic relationship between the three parameters (i.e. OIS rate, swap rate and FF/LIBOR basis swap) now? I would appreciate if you can share that with me.Thanks.
by raags
February 28th, 2012, 8:38 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: FF/Libor and Libor/OIS basis swaps
Replies: 12
Views: 28723

FF/Libor and Libor/OIS basis swaps

Hi,Please find attached document which has in detail discussion on different basis swaps.
by raags
January 27th, 2012, 12:50 am
Forum: Trading Forum
Topic: FX Option pricing (negative domestic interest rate)
Replies: 1
Views: 16912

FX Option pricing (negative domestic interest rate)

Any idea how we deal with negative interest rates in FX Option pricing. I am talking about vanna volga pricing of a Up&In one touch option. Any research paper which discusses this?Thanks.
by raags
January 26th, 2012, 11:01 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: FX option pricing (negative domestic interest rate)
Replies: 0
Views: 14793

FX option pricing (negative domestic interest rate)

Any idea how we deal with negative interest rates in FX Option pricing. I am talking about vanna volga pricing of a Up&In one touch option. Any research paper which discusses this?Thanks.
by raags
January 23rd, 2012, 1:50 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: vanna volga for different currency pairs
Replies: 0
Views: 14649

vanna volga for different currency pairs

<t>Hi,Any idea if we do some kind of adjustment for different currency pairs when calculating vanna volga (VV) price. I am following one standard VV approach and comparing the price to bloomberg. For some currency pairs its really close to bloomberg values but for some other pairs its off.Any help i...
by raags
January 20th, 2012, 9:18 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Vanna Volga in Bloomberg for one touch options
Replies: 0
Views: 16734

Vanna Volga in Bloomberg for one touch options

<t>Hi,I am using Vanna Volga to price a one touch option for different currency pairs. I am calculating theoretical value first (Black Scholes) using formula from Wystup/Castagna book, which is pretty standard. Theoretical value is exactly matching with the bloomberg values.When it comes to the over...
by raags
January 27th, 2010, 3:29 am
Forum: Brainteaser Forum
Topic: Morgan Stanley interview question
Replies: 49
Views: 96683

Morgan Stanley interview question

<t>1. take two uniformly distributed random variables: u[0,1] and v[0,1]2. Norminv(u), Norminv(v)3. change the linear correlation 'rho' to rank correlation = 2*sin(pi*rho/6) because rank correlation is invariant to transformation4. using cholesky decomposition produce correlated normal random variab...
by raags
January 27th, 2010, 2:24 am
Forum: Brainteaser Forum
Topic: Morgan Stanley interview question
Replies: 49
Views: 96683

Morgan Stanley interview question

Attached is a matlab program which produces correlated uniform random variables. comments??
by raags
January 15th, 2010, 4:46 am
Forum: Brainteaser Forum
Topic: (famous) Gossips
Replies: 5
Views: 36005

(famous) Gossips

<t>How can it be 2n-4? Suppose there are just 2 ladies (n=2), then it will take only one call and each of them will know everything...but for n=2 (2n-4 =0) i.e. # of calls will be zero. Am I missing something here?QuoteOriginally posted by: wileyswthis is also discussed here before: here and herei d...
by raags
January 14th, 2010, 3:42 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Credit Suisse Interview question
Replies: 10
Views: 35484

Credit Suisse Interview question

We generate discount curve using money market rate, Euro dollar futures and swap rates. Is the generated discount curve arbitrage free? If not, how to make it arbitrage free?