Re: [Quantlib-dev] add .asOptionlet() to MakeCapFloor ?

[Ferdinando A. <na...@am...>]

Hi Chris,

not sure I get your point.

Couldn't you obtain the same result just using the standard constructor:
       MakeCapFloor(CapFloor::Type capFloorType,
                    const Period& capFloorTenor,
                    const boost::shared_ptr<IborIndex>& iborIndex,
                    Rate strike = Null<Rate>(),
                    const Period& forwardStart = 0*Days);

E.g. let's assume you want the last caplet in a 3Y cap on 6M ibor rate:

MakeCapFloor(Cap, 6*Months, my6mIborIndex, myStrike, 30*Months);

If this is not equivalent because of market conventions used in the 30M fwd
start swap calculation, then I still have another point.
To obtain the sequence of distinct caplets contained in a standard cap, we
could have something like CapFloor::optionlet(Size i) instead: this would
allow to create just one single cap and to extract all caplets from it,
avoiding multiple redundant cap creations

I look forward to your feedback

ciao -- Nando

On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Chris Kenyon <chr...@ya...>
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> this would make life easier.  Effect: only the last cashflow is returned.
> The extra code could be something like:
>
> In .hpp after line 66
>
>     //! Only get last coupon, i.e. get caplet version of cap
>     //! or floorlet version of floor, etc.
>     MakeCapFloor& asOptionlet();
>
> Also before closing };
>
>     bool asOptionlet_;
>
> In .cpp after line 38 in constructor (and before {}):
>
>     asOptionlet_(false)
>
> after new line 53
>
>     //! only leaves the last coupon
>     if (asOptionlet_ && leg.size()>1)
>         leg.erase(leg.begin(), --leg.end());
>
> Best regards,
> Chris
>
>
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