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hi, I'm trying to do this question relating to currency exchanging and hedging, but I'm confused. if i have 10,000. collectable in 1 years, and
hi, I'm trying to do this question relating to currency exchanging and hedging, but I'm confused.
if i have 10,000. collectable in 1 years, and i have 10,000 payable in 1 years time, current spot rate are 1.5/ and $1.2/ forward exchange rate are $1.46/and $1.18/.
interest rate per annum are
Money Market Rates: | ||
Bid (%) | Ask (%) | |
U.S. interest rate (per annum) | 6.10 | 6.12 |
U.K. interest rate (per annum) | 8.87 | 9.00 |
German interest rate (per annum) | 8.00 | 8.05 |
Options Markets: | Call options ($/) | Call options ($/) | |||||
Strike | Bid | Ask | Strike | Bid | Ask | ||
1.30 | 0.040 | 0.041 | 1.00 | 0.035 | 0.040 | ||
1.40 | 0.031 | 0.034 | 1.10 | 0.031 | 0.035 | ||
1.46 | 0.028 | 0.030 | 1.18 | 0.026 | 0.030 | ||
1.50 | 0.021 | 0.026 | 1.20 | 0.020 | 0.025 | ||
1.60 | 0.196 | 0.020 | 1.30 | 0.018 | 0.020 |
Options Markets: | Put options ($/) | Put options ($/) | |||||
Strike | Bid | Ask | Strike | Bid) | Ask | ||
1.30 | 0.003 | 0.005 | 1.00 | 0.020 | 0.021 | ||
1.40 | 0.005 | 0.010 | 1.10 | 0.022 | 0.024 | ||
1.46 | 0.010 | 0.020 | 1.18 | 0.024 | 0.029 | ||
1.50 | 0.020 | 0.030 | 1.20 | 0.029 | 0.031 | ||
1.60 | 0.030 | 0.040 | 1.30 | 0.035 | 0.038 |
I've found out that the future unhedged position are
Forward position outcome | |||
Future Spot Exchange Rate (ST) | Unhedged Position | Hedged Position | Gains/Losses from Hedge |
$1.30 | 13,000 | ||
$1.40 | 14,000 | ||
$1.46 | 14,600 | ||
$1.50 | 15,000 | ||
$1.60 | 16,000 |
im trying to understand how to calculate the hedged position, i understand if USD value are going up in the future that i should be using put option since the pound and euro are not worth as much as today, but how do i apply interest rate to these transactions?
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