
Explanation:
The futures price for a Treasury bond futures, , is given by:
Where is the spot price of the bond, is the present value of cash flows (i.e., coupons), is the risk-free rate of interest, and is the time to maturity.
The spot price of the bond (dirty price) is given by:
Note: The 35/165 represents the accrued interest fraction (35 days since last coupon out of 165 days in the coupon period), and 5 is the semi-annual coupon payment (10% annual / 2 = 5% of face value 100).
A coupon will be received in 130 days and the present value of the coupon is given by:
Thus,
Note that the current price used is the dirty cash price of the bond. Hence, the calculated futures price is also a dirty price.
Q.4931 Suppose that under the terms of a futures contract, a par-value treasury bond of face-value USD 100, will be delivered in 210 days. Suppose further that the last coupon of the bond was paid 35 days ago, and the next coupon will be paid in 130 days. If the risk-free rate is 4% with continuous compounding and the bond pays a coupon of 10% compounded semi-annually, what is the futures price of the bond if the clean price is USD 102.00?
A
103.06
B
105.46
C
101.50
D
100.42
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