NO.PZ2019103001000046
问题如下:
Hirji also proposes the following duration-neutral trades for the French institutional client:
Long/short trade on 1-year and 3-year Canadian government bonds
Short/long trade on 10-year and long-term Canadian government bonds
Which yield curve forecast will most likely result in the highest profit for Hirji’s proposed duration-neutral trades?
选项:
A.Increase in curvature
Decrease in curvature
Parallel downward shift
解释:
A is correct.
The trades are also called a condor and employ four positions, much like a butterfly with an elongated body. Each pair of duration-neutral trades would result in a profit if the yield curve adds curvature. The trades at the short end of the curve (going long the 1-year bond and short the 3-year bond) would profit if that end of the curve gets steeper. In addition, the trades at the long end of the curve (going short the 10-year bond and long the long-term bond) would profit if that end of the curve becomes flatter.
我是选了C,并且看了解答,有一道回答是这么说的:
“这道题说,构建了Long 1-year/Short 3-year;Short 10-year/Long Long-term这个Condor策略,问我们最有可能发生的利率预期是啥?”
但其实这道题是问可产生最高收益的yield curve change是什么——Which yield curve forecast will most likely result in the highest profit
于是我是这么想的,long wing short body下,:
increase in curvature,R(middle term)上升,wing收益不变,但是body却因short有比较小的损失
decrease in curvature,R(middle term)下降,wing收益不变,但是body却因short有比较小的盈利
Parallel downward shift对所的头寸都是产生盈利,只是不同期限头寸盈利大小而已。
三者比较,Parallel downward shift will most likely result in the highest profit,就选了C。