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I am trying to calculate a single currency basis swap by using the Quantlib floatfloatswap function.

Please advice if I am doing wrongly.

float3m=floatingSchedule1
float6m=floatingSchedule2
index3m=index1
index6m=index2
spread=0
notional=100e6
basisSwap=ql.FloatFloatSwap(ql.VanillaSwap.Payer,
                [notional] * (len(float3m)-1),
                [notional] * (len(float6m)-1),
                float3m,
                index3m,
                ql.Actual360(),
                float6m,
                index6m,
                ql.Actual360(), False, False,
                [] * (len(float3m)-1),
                [] * (len(float3m)-1))
swapEngine = DiscountingSwapEngine(discount_curve)
basisSwap.setPricingEngine(swapEngine)

basisSwap.spread1()

Trying not to be too length, the input arguments are not copied here.

After setting up, I try to use floatfloatswap.spread1() to obtain the fair spread. It returns an error message:

'AttributeError: 'FloatFloatSwap' object has no attribute 'spread1''

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The FloatFloatSwap class does not have a method to solve for the spread but you can use a solver to find it.

Do something like this...

def basisFairValue(spread):
    basisSwap = ql.FloatFloatSwap(ql.VanillaSwap.Payer,
                    [notional] * size3m,
                    [notional] * size6m,
                    float3m,
                    index3m,
                    ql.Actual360(),
                    float6m,
                    index6m,
                    ql.Actual360(), False, False,
                    [1] * size3m, [spread] * size3m)
    basisSwap.setPricingEngine(engine)
    return basisSwap.NPV()
    
accuracy = 0.0001
guess = -0.0002
step = 0.0001
fairSpread = ql.Brent().solve(basisFairValue, accuracy, guess, step)
print(fairSpread)
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