/* -*- mode: c++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */ /* Copyright (C) 2006 Allen Kuo This file is part of QuantLib, a free-software/open-source library for financial quantitative analysts and developers - http://quantlib.org/ QuantLib is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the QuantLib license. You should have received a copy of the license along with this program; if not, please email . The license is also available online at . This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the license for more details. */ /*! \file forwardrateagreement.hpp \brief forward rate agreement */ #ifndef quantlib_forward_rate_agreement_hpp #define quantlib_forward_rate_agreement_hpp #include #include namespace QuantLib { //! %Forward rate agreement (FRA) class /*! 1. Unlike the forward contract conventions on carryable financial assets (stocks, bonds, commodities), the valueDate for a FRA is taken to be the day when the forward loan or deposit begins and when full settlement takes place (based on the NPV of the contract on that date). maturityDate is the date when the forward loan or deposit ends. In fact, the FRA settles and expires on the valueDate, not on the (later) maturityDate. It follows that (maturityDate - valueDate) is the tenor/term of the underlying loan or deposit 2. Choose position type = Long for an "FRA purchase" (future long loan, short deposit [borrower]) 3. Choose position type = Short for an "FRA sale" (future short loan, long deposit [lender]) 4. If strike is given in the constructor, can calculate the NPV of the contract via NPV(). 5. If forward rate is desired/unknown, it can be obtained via forwardRate(). In this case, the strike variable in the constructor is irrelevant and will be ignored. Example: \link FRA.cpp valuation of a forward-rate agreement \endlink \todo Add preconditions and tests \todo Should put an instance of ForwardRateAgreement in the FraRateHelper to ensure consistency with the piecewise yield curve. \todo Differentiate between BBA (British)/AFB (French) [assumed here] and ABA (Australian) banker conventions in the calculations. \warning This class still needs to be rigorously tested \ingroup instruments */ class ForwardRateAgreement: public Forward { public: ForwardRateAgreement(const Date& valueDate, const Date& maturityDate, Position::Type type, Rate strikeForwardRate, Real notionalAmount, const boost::shared_ptr& index, const Handle& discountCurve = Handle()); //! \name Calculations //@{ /*! A FRA expires/settles on the valueDate */ bool isExpired() const; /*! This returns evaluationDate + settlementDays (not FRA valueDate). */ Date settlementDate() const; /*! Income is zero for a FRA */ Real spotIncome(const Handle& incomeDiscountCurve) const; //! Spot value (NPV) of the underlying loan /*! This has always a positive value (asset), even if short the FRA */ Real spotValue() const; //! Returns the relevant forward rate associated with the FRA term InterestRate forwardRate() const; //@} protected: void performCalculations() const; Position::Type fraType_; //! aka FRA rate (the market forward rate) mutable InterestRate forwardRate_; //! aka FRA fixing rate, contract rate InterestRate strikeForwardRate_; Real notionalAmount_; boost::shared_ptr index_; }; } #endif