[R-SIG-Finance] RquantLib : FittedBondCurve function

[Khanh Nguyen]

Hi Oliver,

Simply add degree to curveparams, something like this

> curveparams <- list(method="SimplePolynomialFitting", origDate = Sys.Date(), degree = 3)

'degree' is a parameter required for QuantLib's
SimplePolynimialFitting. I am terribly sorry that we neglected the
documentation on that (and possibly a few other parts :( ).


-k



On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Olivier Schmitt
<olivier.schmitt at gmail.com> wrote:
> Allen - Thanks for the suggestions, especially the one about fitting
> several parts of the curves separately. I thought the splines method
> had high enough dimensionality so that there would be a very close fit
> all along the curve.
>
> Khanh - Well, thanks and great job on working on adapting QuantLib to
> R, it is an extremely helpful project! I have two question for you
> then :
>  - I believe the maturities need to be integer, would there be a way
> around this, so that, in particular, the part of the curve between 0
> and 1 year could be fitted as well?
>  - I tried the example of the help file with
> method="SimplePolynomialFitting" instead of
> "ExponentialSplinesFitting" and it made R crash. Do you have an
> example for simple polynomial fitting?
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Khanh Nguyen <knguyen at cs.umb.edu> wrote:
>> Hi Oliver,
>>
>> I implemented RQuantLib's FittedBondCurve. I put your data through
>> FittedBondCurve.cpp (QuantLib/Examples/FittedBondCurve.cpp) and the
>> result follows that of RQuantLib. I don't know all the detail about
>> how quantlib does its curve fitting, so perhaps you will get better
>> explanation from QuantLib's mailing list.
>>
>> knguyen at knguyen-laptop:~/Desktop/FittedBondCurve$ g++ -o newbond
>> FittedBondCurve2.cpp -lQuantLib -lm && ./newbond
>>
>> Today's date: November 5th, 2009
>> Calculating fit for 15 bonds.....
>>
>> (a) exponential splines
>> reference date : November 5th, 2009
>> number of iterations : 7264
>>
>> Value for ts1 on November 5th, 2011
>> 2.554127 % Simple continuous compounding
>> Value for ts1 on November 4th, 2014
>> 2.659071 % Simple continuous compounding
>>
>> Enclosed is the source code.
>>
>> -k
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Allen Kuo <allen_kuo at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Olivier:
>>>
>>> I've never used Rquantlib but the key to note for the underlying QuantLib code is that it is based on a multidimensional optimization problem- the mathematical solutions you get (and there may be multiple solutions to the problem- nonuniqueness here) may very well depend on where you inititalize your search (guessSolution_ in the code below).
>>>
>>> http://quantlib.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/quantlib/trunk/QuantLib/ql/termstructures/yield/fittedbonddiscountcurve.cpp?revision=16281&view=markup
>>>
>>> There are also iteration numbers and lamda parameters to play with in the original code. You can even change the optimization method if you have the time.
>>>
>>> Generally, that two year point will get you a kink in the curve since it is more out of line with the other coupons. Since you are minimizing pricing errors subject to a duration adjustment (gives you approximately yield), my guess is a single outlier is probably never going to be fit well with this generic methodology. To pull the curve down closer to this point, you may have to artificially add other points close to this bond, with a similar coupon. Then the optimization will weight this part of the curve more (but now, to the possible detriment of other points on the curve....).
>>>
>>> Generally, best fitting from 2 to 30 years accurately will not be easy- this is a global best fit, which may lead to local issues. May also consider just fitting 0-10 years separately from the longer tenors (10-30 years). For fair value pricing purposes, this may be a better bet.
>>>
>>> Finally, note also you're comparing zero rates to the coupons (I think). This may not be the best comparison. Par rates should come closer to the coupons.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Allen
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On Wed, 11/4/09, Olivier Schmitt <olivier.schmitt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Olivier Schmitt <olivier.schmitt at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [R-SIG-Finance] RquantLib : FittedBondCurve function
>>> To: r-sig-finance at stat.math.ethz.ch
>>> Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 6:33 PM
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am trying to run an example based on the one provided in the
>>> documentation for FittedBondCurve, from RQuantLib but using current
>>> data.
>>>
>>>
>>>> library(RQuantLib)
>>> Loading required package: Rcpp
>>>> lengths <- c(2,5,7,10,30)
>>>> coupons<- c(0.0090,0.024,0.03,0.035,0.043)
>>>> dateparams <- list(settlementDays=0, period="Annual", dayCounter="SimpleDayCounter", businessDayConvention ="Unadjusted")
>>>> curveparams <- list(method="ExponentialSplinesFitting", origDate = Sys.Date())
>>>> curve <- FittedBondCurve(curveparams, lengths, coupons, dateparams)
>>>>
>>>> curve$table[2*365,]
>>>           date  zeroRates  discount
>>> 730 2011-11-03 0.02553986 0.9502694
>>>> curve$table[5*365,]
>>>            date  zeroRates  discount
>>> 1825 2014-11-02 0.02658928 0.8756396
>>>
>>> So, it seems the output curve does not fit the short end data very
>>> well. Are there further parameters that I could adjust to improve
>>> this?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Olivier
>>>
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