Re: ask help on swapratehelper earilst date

Posted by elton wang on
URL: http://quantlib.414.s1.nabble.com/ask-help-on-swapratehelper-earilst-date-tp5432p5433.html

cput from the code below. I am using QL ver 0.9. s1y
rate helper gives 01/21/08(ML King day) as the swap
start date. anything I did wrong? Many thanks to Peter
and all of you.

Today: Thursday, January 17th, 2008
Settlement date: Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
 s1y->earliestDate()=January 21st, 2008


--- elton wang <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Sorry for asking stupid questions: Could anybody
> help
> me on the use of SwapRateHelper? In the relavant
> code
> below, the evaluation date is 01/17, settlement date
> is 01/22, but the swapratehelper s1y gives an
> earilest
> datet 01/21 so the bootstrap fails.
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Calendar calendar =UnitedStates();
> Date todaysDate(17,Jan,2008);
> Integer fixingDays = 2;
> Date settlementDate = calendar.advance(todaysDate,
> fixingDays, Days);
>      
> Settings::instance().evaluationDate() = todaysDate;
>
>
>         Frequency swFixedLegFrequency = Semiannual;
>         BusinessDayConvention swFixedLegConvention =
> ModifiedFollowing;
>         DayCounter swFixedLegDayCounter =
> Thirty360(Thirty360::USA);
>         boost::shared_ptr<IborIndex>
> swFloatingLegIndex(new USDLibor(Period(3,Months)));
>
>         boost::shared_ptr<RateHelper> s1y(new
> SwapRateHelper(
>             Handle<Quote>(s1yRate), 1*Years,
>             calendar, swFixedLegFrequency,
>             swFixedLegConvention,
> swFixedLegDayCounter,
>             swFloatingLegIndex));
>
>
>      
>
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