Capturing Commodity Swaption Trades

To capture Commodity Swaption Trades, please use the Pricing Sheet - Commodity Swaption.

To capture commodity swaption trades in the Pricing Sheet, select the Commodity Swaption strategy and set the properties as needed. You can also select a strategy template to populate default values.

The following categories of properties are common to all types of strategies:

Trade properties
Product Amount properties
Market Data properties
Solver properties
Dealt Data properties
Keyword properties
Pricer properties

See Strategy Properties for details.

 

Commodity Swaption Quick Reference

Pricing Sheet Strategy drop-down menu for selection.

Entering Trade Details

» You can select a template from the Template field to populate the worksheet with default values. Then modify the fields as applicable.

Or you can enter the trade fields directly.

Note that the Trade Date is entered in the Details panel.

» Proceed to the other panels as applicable.

Saving a Trade

» Hit F5 to save the trade, or choose Trade > Save.

You can also hit F3 to save the current trade as a new trade, or choose Trade > Save As New.

A description will appear in the title bar of the trade worksheet, a trade id will be assigned to the trade, and the status of the trade will be modified according to the workflow configuration.

Pricing a Trade

» Please use PricerCommoditySwaption2.
» A commodity swaption trade requires the following market data: a discount curve, a forecast curve, a commodity volatility surface, reset rates.

Note that a cross-currency commodity swaption also requires an FX curve, an FX rate, and an FX reset.

» You can choose Pricing Env > Check to check if all required pricing data are available in the Pricing Environment.

» Click Price to price the trade.

Trade Lifecycle

» You can allocate the trade to multiple books using Back Office > Allocate
» You can terminate and partially terminate the trade using Back Office > Terminate
» You prices by choosing Trade Lifecycle > Reset > Price Fixing
» You can exercise the option using Back Office > Exercise or from Calypso Navigator by choosing Trade Lifecycle > Expiration & Exercise > Options Exercise