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by carolt
July 2nd, 2008, 6:48 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: premium convention and delta in fx options
Replies: 1
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premium convention and delta in fx options

I don't know how pricing systems account for this, but if you want to find the strike in the formulae you listed, and delta_call depends on the strike, you can just use an iterative solver (ie. Newton method, or the built-in SOLVER function in excel, or FSOLVE in matlab) to do it.
by carolt
July 2nd, 2008, 6:19 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: implying strike from delta in fx options
Replies: 12
Views: 63650

implying strike from delta in fx options

<t>There are few different defns of delta used in the FX market, as listed in Wystup's book:spot delta = exp(-rf*T)N(d1)forward delta = exp(-rd*T)N(d1)driftless delta = N(d1)I've tried to find out what the market convention is without too much luck, but I think the market usually uses the driftless ...
by carolt
June 23rd, 2008, 12:25 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: FX Risk Reversals
Replies: 3
Views: 53345

FX Risk Reversals

<t>I am trying to figure out the relationship between a RR on x calls (ie. vol of call on x - vol of put on x) and a RR on y calls (ie. vol of call on y -vol of put on y) for a currency pair xy.I checked in bloomberg- the relationship is indeed RR_eur = -RR_usd (as per the notation in my first post ...
by carolt
June 20th, 2008, 12:20 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: FX Risk Reversal quotation question
Replies: 3
Views: 54987

FX Risk Reversal quotation question

Thanks MCarreira. Am I right in thinking that RR_eur is not equal to -RR_usd then? Does a simple conversion exist?By any chance, does anyone know the market standard for the pairs USD/JPY and USD/CAD?Thx.
by carolt
June 20th, 2008, 12:03 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: implying strike from delta in fx options
Replies: 12
Views: 63650

implying strike from delta in fx options

<t>Wouldn't you just use the vol that corresponds to that OTM delta? ie. you have a vol for a 25 delta call. Then you can just solve for K in 0.25 = N(d1) since K is the only unknown variable in d1.Or do you mean you want to find it if you don't have the vol for something, like a 15 delta call? I kn...
by carolt
June 19th, 2008, 8:03 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: FX Risk Reversal quotation question
Replies: 3
Views: 54987

FX Risk Reversal quotation question

<t>Sorry for the double posting, but I realized that this belongs here better than in the General Forumn.I have a question regarding FX Risk Reversals. Consider the currency pair USD/EUR (USD is domestic, EUR is foreign), with a call on EUR. The 25 delta risk reversal would then be:RR_eur = vol of 2...
by carolt
June 17th, 2008, 2:17 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: FX Risk Reversals
Replies: 3
Views: 53345

FX Risk Reversals

<t>Hello,I have a question regarding FX Risk Reversals. Consider the currency pair USD/EUR (USD is domestic, EUR is foreign), with a call on EUR. The 25 delta risk reversal would then be:RR_eur = vol of 25D EUR call - vol of 25D EUR putSuppose we now want to look at a call on USD. The risk reversal ...