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Xu Tao

Question about a formula of calculation of Yield of Bond in Quantlib

Hello, everyone,

Recently, I have found a problem which confuses me, it's about the formula of Yield of Bond,

I don't understand how the Quantlib calculate this Yield of Bond, is there anyone can give some help to give me a complete formula of this Yield, Thanks very much.

Have a nice day.

Best Regards.

Xu TAO

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giambologna

Re: Question about a formula of calculation of Yield of Bond in Quantlib

In the most general cases there isn't an explicit formula. Through a solver, you look for the rate r such that the sum of discounted cashflows (discount factors being function of r) is equal to the dirty price of the bond.

GB

Luigi Ballabio

Re: Question about a formula of calculation of Yield of Bond in Quantlib

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Which part of the code are you referring to, exactly? And what is the problem?

Later,

Luigi

On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 11:59 AM Xu Tao <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hello, everyone,

Recently, I have found a problem which confuses me, it's about the formula of Yield of Bond,

I don't understand how the Quantlib calculate this Yield of Bond, is there anyone can give some help to give me a complete formula of this Yield, Thanks very much.

Have a nice day.

Best Regards.

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Xu TAO

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Luigi Ballabio

Re: Question about a formula of calculation of Yield of Bond in Quantlib

Ok, but what is the problem you're having?

Luigi

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On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 12:51 PM Xu Tao <[hidden email]> wrote:

The parts of codes Bond::Yield (BondsFunctions)-> CashFlows::Yield , in these functions, the formula to calculate the result of yield.

2017-04-05 12:30 GMT+02:00 Luigi Ballabio <[hidden email]>:
Which part of the code are you referring to, exactly? And what is the problem?

Later,
Luigi

On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 11:59 AM Xu Tao <[hidden email]> wrote:
Hello, everyone,

Recently, I have found a problem which confuses me, it's about the formula of Yield of Bond,

I don't understand how the Quantlib calculate this Yield of Bond, is there anyone can give some help to give me a complete formula of this Yield, Thanks very much.

Have a nice day.

Best Regards.

--
Xu TAO

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Luigi Ballabio

Re: Question about a formula of calculation of Yield of Bond in Quantlib

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It's not a formula, it's the application of an iterative solver. The functions use one of the root solvers available in the library to find the zero of the CashFlows::IrrFinder::operator()(Rate y) method. In short: given a guess for the yield, the IrrFinder class calculates the corresponding price of the bond (see the call to CashFlows::npv in the IrrFinder::operator() method) and returns the difference between the calculation and the target price. The used solver iteratively changes the guess and tries to find the value for which difference is zero, that is, the yield for which the calculated price equals the target price.

Luigi

On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 12:51 PM Xu Tao <[hidden email]> wrote:

The parts of codes Bond::Yield (BondsFunctions)-> CashFlows::Yield , in these functions, the formula to calculate the result of yield.

2017-04-05 12:30 GMT+02:00 Luigi Ballabio <[hidden email]>:
Which part of the code are you referring to, exactly? And what is the problem?

Later,
Luigi

On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 11:59 AM Xu Tao <[hidden email]> wrote:
Hello, everyone,

Recently, I have found a problem which confuses me, it's about the formula of Yield of Bond,

I don't understand how the Quantlib calculate this Yield of Bond, is there anyone can give some help to give me a complete formula of this Yield, Thanks very much.

Have a nice day.

Best Regards.

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Xu TAO

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