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antaragini
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### Probability of peg break

I am trying to calculate VaR using historical time series for FX CCY pairs that are pegged or managed float. Can you suggest how can I quantify and incorporate probability of peg breaking (given that it is a rare event).

bearish
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### Re: Probability of peg break

The old peso problem... The answer is most likely that you cannot get useful results from the time series of the individual currency pairs you care about. Maybe look at a very long time series of a large number of exchange rates and estimate some general frequency of breaks, perhaps conditional on the amount of carry on offer? Or, if you have access to option prices, try to imply a jump intensity parameter?

ISayMoo
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### Re: Probability of peg break

It's a rare large event dependent on political decisions. Your best best is to call the head of their central bank and offer \$ for insider knowledge

IOW: I doubt you can do a lot of prediction here.