Payoff Description
A general expression for the payoff of a range accrual is:
- index(i) is the value of the index at the ith observation date
- N is the total number of observations within a period
- P is the payout when the index is in the range
If the observation frequency is daily, the payoff could be more easily written as
where
- n is the number of days a specified index is within a given range
- N is the total number of days of the observation period
- P is the payout for any given day where the index is in the range
The index could be an interest rate (e.g. USD 3 months Libor), or a FX rate (e.g. EUR/USD) or a commodity (e.g. oil price) or any other observable financial index.
The observation period can be different from daily (e.g. weekly, monthly,etc.), though a daily observation is the most encountered.
The receiver of the range accrual coupons is selling binary options. The value of these options is used to enhance the coupon paid.
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