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Fields & Buttons in the Swaption Forward Rates Page

The Swaption Forward Rates page includes the following buttons and fields:

Button

Description

Open

Opens the IR Explorer window in the folder from where you can load any saved forward rates data into the Forward Rates page.

See Opening a Set of Saved Swaption Forward Rates.

Note: Loading an existing set of data into the page overwrites the data currently displayed.

Save

Saves the current market data in this page into a new forward rates file in the IR Explorer window.

See Saving a Set of Swaption Forward Rates.

Send

Lets you send the current Swaption Forward Rates page to one or more of your defined contacts.

See Sending a Set of Swaption Forward Rates Page to a Contact.

Accept

Instructs the system to use the rates displayed in this page (and not the system rates) for all relevant calculations across the system which have the same trade date.

Note: This does not affect the data used for any other currency.

Refresh

By default this button:

Updates the rates displayed on this page using the market rates according to the selected cut-off time.

Reloads the customize settings to this page.

In addition, it can also refresh all the market data in all the curves (i.e., for all currencies and all trade dates) frozen in this session for this market data type only.

For more information on these two Refresh s, see Refreshing Data in the Market Data Pages.

Calculate

Recalculates the straddle price based on the volatility.

Currency

Defines the currency for which the data is displayed.

Customize

Opens the Settings window in the tab for the Swaption Forward Rates page.

For more information see Customizing the Market Data in the Swaptions Forward Rates Page & the Cap Term Structure Page .

Shift swaption vol by

Lets you automatically shift all the ATMF volatilities up or down by the same defined percentage for each tenor.

For more information see Editing the Volatilities in the Swaption Forward Rates Page.

Cut Off

Defines the cut-off time of the market data that is being displayed in this page.

By default the page automatically opens with the set of market data chosen in the Cut Off dropdown list in the pricing page. This lets you see in detail which rates will be used for pricing purposes.

From this dropdown list you can then display a different set of market data, i.e., the rates saved at a different cut, by choosing a different cut-off time from the Cut Off dropdown list. However, note that selecting a different cut-off time in this page is for display purposes only and does not affect the cut-off time of the market data used in the pricing page.

For more information on the choices available see Changing the Market Data Cut-off Time.

Market Data Source

Displays the current market data source for this page.

By default the default market data source is taken from the Settings window > Default Settings tab > General tab > Market Data Source dropdown list. However, from this dropdown list you can change the market data source to any you have permissions for.

For more information see Changing the Market Data Source in the Swaption Forward Rates Page.