Questions tagged [interest-rate-swap]
An interest rate swap is a financial derivative where two parties exchange interest payments on a specified notional principal over a set period. One party pays a fixed rate, while the other pays a floating rate tied to a reference rate (e.g., LIBOR). These swaps help manage interest rate risk, hedge against rate fluctuations, and enable speculation on future rate changes.
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What is the Swap Curve?
What is the so-called Swap Curve, and how does it relate to the Zero Curve (or spot yield curve)?
Does it only refer to a curve of swap rates versus maturities found in the market? Or is it a swap ...
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how to derive yield curve from interest rate swap?
According to some textbooks, to derive the yield curve, quote
overnight to 1 week: rates from interbank money market deposit,
1 month to 1 year: LIBOR;
1 year to 7 years: Interest Rate Swap;
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Difference between OIS Rate and Fed Funds Rate
I understand Fed Funds Rate is the rate at which banks lend/borrow to/from each other to maintain their daily reserve requirements at the Central Bank; also it is unsecured-meaning no collateral.
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What is the correct convexity adjustment for an Interest Rate Swap with unnatural reset lag?
I am looking at the valuation of an Interest Rate Swap (IRS thereafter) which is pretty much vanilla with one small tweak. Floating leg pays 3 months LIBOR in monthly intervals. To be precise: ...
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interest rate swap: PV01 vs DV01
Bloomberg defines PV01 as PV of adding 1 bps on a fixed coupon , while 'DV01' as (down - up principal) / 2 * bps shift. The ...
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Why using the swap curve as riskfree rate and no longer gov bonds?
I recently had an interview where I was asked what to use as risk-free rate. In all my textbooks it was always the US treasury yield curve.
But they said no its now the "swap curve".
Why is the swap ...
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LIBOR Cessation: Construction of Term-RFRs as LIBOR Fallbacks; Forward vs. Backward Looking
This question emerged from comments in this feed: OIS rate to build Term structure.
I was wondering how the float leg of an IRS will look like in a post-LIBOR world. Assume the following time-line, ...
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Use QuantLib Python to calculate Swap DV01
I would want to use QuantLib Python to calculate DV01 of an interest rate swap.
Initially I was thinking of calculating the fixed leg DV01 and floating leg DV01 separately, then add both legs DV01 ...
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Looking for a pricing library supporting Mutli-curve Framework
I am looking for a builder of Yield curves by tenors (O/N, 1M, 3M, 6M, 12M) respect to a given discount curve based on multi-curve framework as described below :
Interest-rate Modelling with Multiple ...
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SOFR Discount Curve Construction in Nov 2021
On July 29, 2021, the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) formally recommended the forward-looking term rates based on SOFR published by the CME Group.
CME currently publishes Term SOFR for ...
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Transition to SOFR Swaps and single curve pricing
As in the US there is a push to replace IBOR based swaps with SOFR rate does that mean that SOFR swap pricing will return to using a single curve framework as LIBOR swaps did pre the financial crisis?
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Replicating QuantLib plain vanilla Interest Rate Swap valuation
I'm learning QuantLib-Python and trying to replicate an Interest Rate Swap valuation on a custom curve constructed by passing lists of dates and discounting factors. Please see my code below
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Carry calculation on an interest rate swap
I was hoping that I can get help on a simple yet not so straight forward topic :
Looking at valuing the costs of holding an IRS in the books this would entail marketed-to-market due to price ...
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Interest Rate Convexity - Fundamental Question
I have a very basic question around convexity adjustments in swap valuations. I am comfortable with the mathematical derivation of the convexity adjustment.
My question relates to when and why a ...
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Why are multiple custom curves (swap) built for one desk?
Currently in a journey of learning and getting my hands a bit dirty with Interest Rate Swaps.
Why there are multiple customized curves built by many even within one desk? For e.g. Short Rates desk ...
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What is Dual Curve Bootstrapping? And how to do it, with an example?
I am starting to explore this area. My ultimate aim is to build a 3 month LIBOR forward curve.
I wish to know what exactly 'Dual Curve Bootstrapping' is (If someone could explain it in clear words).
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Use of interest rate swaps in liability-driven investing
You probably have home across recent events in the UK bond markets. The Financial Times article "The reason the BoE is buying long gilts: an LDI blow-up" from Sep. 28, 2022 goes through why ...
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Term SOFR rate formula
The following website gives the specifications of the CME Term SOFR reference rates: CME Term SOFR.
Point 1 in the link above specifies that the tenors that are currently supported are 1m, 3m, 6m, and ...
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Market convention for building the front-end of the SOFR discounting curve
In SOFR Discount Curve Construction in Nov 2021, @dm63 does an excellent job describing the way to build the SOFR discount curve. A few questions:
What is the market convention for building the ...
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Market Convention to Price Interest Rate Swaps (post LIBOR transition)
Prior to the onset of the Global Financial Crisis in 2008, interest rate swaps were priced using a so-called "single curve framework". Under this framework, the LIBOR curve was used to ...
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Swaptions on SONIA/SOFR/ESTR
Given that LIBOR is being decommissioned and we must start building liquidity in swaptions on the OIS swaps, how do we price them? i.e. If I have a swaption on SONIA/SOFR/ESTR etc how does the pricing ...
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Why does the ultra long-end of a yield curve invert?
The shape of the yield curve (at least in the GBP Rates market) is upward sloping from the front end up to the long end (i.e. 30y), but then begins to become downward sloping as we go beyond 30y and ...
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What is the difference between OIS Swap vs Basis Swap?
What is the use of OIS Swap Curve vs. Basis Swap Curve?
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Calculating Cross Currency basis swaps
I am trying to calculate cross currency basis swaps for personal use. I generally understand what they are (essentially swapping one currency for another currency on a floating interest rate basis) ...
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Pricing an interest rate swap using Eurodollar futures
I see this posted but no answer given. I think it would be a good idea if we have a question on here to illustrate an example of how to price an interest rate swap.
So far, I understand that that for ...
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Repricing SOFR Quotes and Non-Zero NPV
I generated/calibrated a SOFR Curve using Quantlib Python and would like to know why when repricing the swaps have non-zero NPVs. Appreciate any assistance. Thank you.
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Calculate OIS rate 3 months, 1 year
I don't know if there are any similar posts in this forum but I’m trying to describe below all things that I understand about OIS rates and Libor rates.
Please correct me if I’m wrong somewhere. I am ...
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Most relevant papers on IR / discount rate(s) modelling in the last 5 years
As the question states, what are some relevant recent papers I, as a non-expert, should read on IR modelling, products, and mechanics (that do not involve AI/ML)?
I think my knowledge on this topic ...
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Swap curve construction
I am new to this area so my question might be basic to many but please answer.
For valuing interest rate swaps how will we define which curve to take, like sometimes we use usd 3m curve, or usd 3mv 6m ...
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Why does the valuation of the floating leg of a swap only use the next payment?
At time $t=0$, swap has zero cost. In fact, both parties may have valued the swap differently based on their zero swap curve-but somehow they agreed. Once a swap is agreed upon it cannot be dissolved ...
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IR Swaps - Curve sensitivity at maturity node
I was recently trying to price some IR swaps in BBG. I noticed that when I shock the yield curve up by 1bps at a single specific node, the DV01 is close to zero except at the node nearest the maturity....
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EuroDollar vs FRA
I am not quite clear about this.
When people mention Eurodollar are they mean Eurodollar Futures?
One of the difference between Eurodollar and Forward Rate Agreement(FRA) is basically difference ...
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European Swaptions: does implied volatility of swap rates decreases both with start and tenor?
Does implied volatility of swap rates decreases both with start and tenor?
Given a Swaption price and a discount curve I calculate the swap_rate from the curve, then
I define implied volatility as ...
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USD swaps trading post LIBOR: the current state of the world (January 2022)
The USD interest rate swaps market has been transitioning from LIBOR to SOFR for some time. In the "old days" when swaps reset against LIBOR underlyings, there were a few "market ...
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Difference between OIS Rate and Risk-Free Rate
What exactly is the difference between the fixed rate of an OIS and the risk-free rate in that currency. For example, in the US the OIS rate vs. risk-free rate SOFR or in the UK the OIS rate vs. the ...
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How to compute forward swap rates?
I am trying to compute shocks on the forward swap rates based on shocks to the swap rate curve (aiming at repricing consistently a set of swaps and swaptions based on a shock to the swap curve):
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Different types of swaps and generalized pricing structure - correlation swap, variance swap, volatility swap, gamma swap, etc
I am very new to derivatives pricing, and I am currently trying to learn these on my own.
As far as I can tell, most of the derivatives that are simple (in the sense of having a constant strike that ...
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Difference between FRA and a zero coupon swap
Wanted to know the difference between an FRA and zero coupon swap with both legs having payment at maturity. If the zero coupon swap is forward starting, will it be equivalent to an FRA?
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Quantlib Slow valuation of ois_swap on multiple eval days
I have bootstrapped a curve using several depo and swap rates and am trying to use that curve to get the NPV of a swap over a period of time. The generation of prices iteratively through time is ...
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How are Interest Rate Swaps Quoted
Im not sure if this is the right place to ask this question or whether Personal Finance & Money would be a better place. Basically I know that initially interest rate swaps are quoted based on the ...
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IR Yield Curve and Fixing Dates
Consider two FRAs.
3x6 , Effective 3 months from now, terminates in 6 months. The floating leg payer pays 3-month LIBOR. Fixing date for LIBOR 40 business days. To price this at par, the fixed leg ...
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Pricing interest rate swap in Ho Lee model
In Ho Lee model, assuming risk neutral probability is not exactly 0.5, would a change in the volatility of short-term rate affect the price of an interest rate swap?
My intuition tells me no as ...
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If floating leg in an arrears swap is paid on the date then valuing them is like predicting future
From what I am reading arrears swap are paid on the same day(actually, +2 business days for JPY and USD) as the reset date. To me then, a week before the reset date the floating rate is not known. ...
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ISDA SIMM swap sensitivities
Most of the commercial SIMM models require sensitivities to be passed in in CRIF format. The documentation mentions that "par sensitivities" need to be used. What exactly is a par sensitivity? When we ...
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What is the relation between the USD Swaps Rates and US treasuries?
I asked this question HERE and redirected to https://quant.stackexchange.com
I understand a swap rate is the fixed leg on a IRS (source), and a swap spread is the difference between a swap rate and ...
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Does an Interest Rate Swap has a Vega component?
I am a bit confused on how you calculate vega for Interest Rate Swap.
One argument is that IR Swap is a combination of fixed rate bond and floating rate bond. Since a bond has no vega component, IR ...
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