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<p><code>#include &lt;ql/experimental/credit/cdo.hpp&gt;</code></p>
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<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&#160;</td><td class="mdescRight">returns whether the instrument might have value greater than zero. <br/></td></tr>
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<hr/><a name="details" id="details"></a><h2>Detailed Description</h2>
<div class="textblock"><p>collateralized debt obligation </p>
<p>The instrument prices a mezzanine <a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_c_d_o.html" title="collateralized debt obligation">CDO</a> tranche with loss given default between attachment point <img class="formulaInl" alt="$ D_1$" src="form_66.png"/> and detachment point <img class="formulaInl" alt="$ D_2 > D_1 $" src="form_67.png"/>.</p>
<p>For purchased protection, the instrument value is given by the difference of the protection value <img class="formulaInl" alt="$ V_1 $" src="form_68.png"/> and premium value <img class="formulaInl" alt="$ V_2 $" src="form_69.png"/>,</p>
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<img class="formulaDsp" alt="\[ V = V_1 - V_2. \]" src="form_70.png"/>
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<p>The protection leg is priced as follows:</p>
<ul>
<li>Build the probability distribution for volume of defaults <img class="formulaInl" alt="$ L $" src="form_46.png"/> (before recovery) or Loss Given Default <img class="formulaInl" alt="$ LGD = (1-r)\,L $" src="form_71.png"/> at times/dates <img class="formulaInl" alt="$ t_i, i=1, ..., N$" src="form_72.png"/> (premium schedule times with intermediate steps)</li>
<li>Determine the expected value <img class="formulaInl" alt="$ E_i = E_{t_i}\,\left[Pay(LGD)\right] $" src="form_73.png"/> of the protection payoff <img class="formulaInl" alt="$ Pay(LGD) $" src="form_74.png"/> at each time <img class="formulaInl" alt="$ t_i$" src="form_75.png"/> where <p class="formulaDsp">
<img class="formulaDsp" alt="\[ Pay(L) = min (D_1, LGD) - min (D_2, LGD) = \left\{ \begin{array}{lcl} \displaystyle 0 &amp;;&amp; LGD < D_1 \\ \displaystyle LGD - D_1 &amp;;&amp; D_1 \leq LGD \leq D_2 \\ \displaystyle D_2 - D_1 &amp;;&amp; LGD > D_2 \end{array} \right. \]" src="form_76.png"/>
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<li>The protection value is then calculated as <p class="formulaDsp">
<img class="formulaDsp" alt="\[ V_1 \:=\: \sum_{i=1}^N (E_i - E_{i-1}) \cdot d_i \]" src="form_77.png"/>
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 where <img class="formulaInl" alt="$ d_i$" src="form_78.png"/> is the discount factor at time/date <img class="formulaInl" alt="$ t_i $" src="form_57.png"/></li>
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<p>The premium is paid on the protected notional amount, initially <img class="formulaInl" alt="$ D_2 - D_1. $" src="form_79.png"/> This notional amount is reduced by the expected protection payments <img class="formulaInl" alt="$ E_i $" src="form_80.png"/> at times <img class="formulaInl" alt="$ t_i, $" src="form_81.png"/> so that the premium value is calculated as</p>
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<img class="formulaDsp" alt="\[ V_2 = m \, \cdot \sum_{i=1}^N \,(D_2 - D_1 - E_i) \cdot \Delta_{i-1,i}\,d_i \]" src="form_82.png"/>
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<p>where <img class="formulaInl" alt="$ m $" src="form_39.png"/> is the premium rate, <img class="formulaInl" alt="$ \Delta_{i-1, i}$" src="form_83.png"/> is the day count fraction between date/time <img class="formulaInl" alt="$ t_{i-1}$" src="form_84.png"/> and <img class="formulaInl" alt="$ t_i.$" src="form_85.png"/></p>
<p>The construction of the portfolio loss distribution <img class="formulaInl" alt="$ E_i $" src="form_80.png"/> is based on the probability bucketing algorithm described in</p>
<p><b> John Hull and Alan White, "Valuation of a CDO and nth to default CDS
        without Monte Carlo simulation", Journal of Derivatives 12, 2, 2004 </b></p>
<p>The pricing algorithm allows for varying notional amounts and default termstructures of the underlyings.</p>
<dl class="todo"><dt><b><a class="el" href="todo.html#_todo000006">Possible enhancements:</a></b></dt><dd>Investigate and fix cases <img class="formulaInl" alt="$ E_{i+1} < E_i. $" src="form_86.png"/> </dd></dl>
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    <tr><td class="paramname">attachment</td><td>fraction of the LGD where protection starts </td></tr>
    <tr><td class="paramname">detachment</td><td>fraction of the LGD where protection ends </td></tr>
    <tr><td class="paramname">nominals</td><td>vector of basket nominal amounts </td></tr>
    <tr><td class="paramname">basket</td><td>default basket represented by a vector of default term structures that allow computing single name default probabilities depending on time </td></tr>
    <tr><td class="paramname">copula</td><td>one-factor copula </td></tr>
    <tr><td class="paramname">protectionSeller</td><td>sold protection if set to true, purchased otherwise </td></tr>
    <tr><td class="paramname">premiumSchedule</td><td>schedule for premium payments </td></tr>
    <tr><td class="paramname">premiumRate</td><td>annual premium rate, e.g. 0.05 for 5% p.a. </td></tr>
    <tr><td class="paramname">dayCounter</td><td>day count convention for the premium rate </td></tr>
    <tr><td class="paramname">recoveryRate</td><td>recovery rate as a fraction </td></tr>
    <tr><td class="paramname">upfrontPremiumRate</td><td>premium as a tranche notional fraction </td></tr>
    <tr><td class="paramname">yieldTS</td><td>yield term structure handle </td></tr>
    <tr><td class="paramname">nBuckets</td><td>number of distribution buckets </td></tr>
    <tr><td class="paramname">integrationStep</td><td>time step for integrating over one premium period; if larger than premium period length, a single step is taken </td></tr>
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