NO.PZ2018113001000052
问题如下:
Olivia, a fund manager, sells $50,000 vega notional of a one-year variance swap on the S&P 500 at a strike of 20% (quoted as annual volatility).
Now six months have passed, and the S&P 500 has experienced a realized volatility of 16% (annualized). On the same day, the fair strike of a new six-month variance swap on the S&P 500 is 19%.
The the current value of the variance swap sold by Olivia (note that the annual interest rate is 2.5%) is:
选项:
A. $112,963
B. $ 998,653
C. $ 159,228
解释:
A is correct.
Volatility strike on existing swap = 20.
Variance strike on existing swap = 20^2 = 400.
Variance notional = Vega notional/(2*Strike)=50000/(2*20)=1250.
RealizedVol(0,6)^2 = 16^2 = 256.
ImpliedVol(6,12)^2 = 19^2 = 361.
PVt(T) = 1/[1 + (2.5% × 6/12)] = 0.987654
The current value of the swap is
VarSwapt = 1,250 × (0.987654) × [(6/12) × 256 + (6/12) × 361 – 400]
= –$112,962.9263.
Given that Olivia is short the variance swap, the mark-to-market value is positive for her, and it equals $112,963.
中文解析:
本题考察的是对variance swap求value。
直接带入公式:计算即可。
需要注意以下两点:
1. 该公式是站在long position的角度,而本题问的是short position,因此注意最后的结果需要加负号
2. strike,implied volatility以及realized volatility在代入计算时,不加百分号,只取百分号前面的数字。
算的结果是-112963, 怎么理解是盈利呢