OTC Interest Rate Cap Option Contract

Definition

OTC Interest Rate Cap Option Contract. A strip of options in which interest payable in each period is either the Observable (Underlying) rate or the Strike rate, at the holder's discretion, and in which the Strike rate represents a rate above which the holder can elect not to pay.

The interest in each period is effectively capped by the Strike rate. That is, the rate of interest may not go above the Strike rate because the Holder is expected to exercise the option to take the Strike as the rate of interest instead.

Issues and Challenges

Definition and editorial note against the property 'strike effect' for this class (property is now a restriction): The Strike rate is to be subtracted from the Observable rate on the reset date, to determine the settlement amount. REVIEW SESSION NOTES: This is incorrect. Cap applies to borrower. the Cap is the max amount I will pay to borrow. I take a capped rate. I am the buyer of the option. The market rate this time is higher than the capped rate. You as the seller of the option will pay me thedifference bwteen the capped rate and the market reate. If the market rate is lower than the capped rate no one pays anything because I will not exercise my right to that capped rate. So no money changes hands at settlement. Then: capped Loan: What I would be paying would be interest at the market rate if the market rate is lower, but if the market rate is higher then I would pay interest at the capped rate. This is the difference between a cap as a loan or as a cash settled thing. These represent different kinds of contract: Non loan one: Cap talks of settlement being difference between the market rate and the strike rate. This is cash settled. Name: "Cap" Loan one: Cap talks about a maximum interest rate payable by the holder, so the holder pays an amount each time, up to a maximum which is the Cap rate. Name: "Capped Loan" What manner of thin is this? A loan. Its ancestors are not OTC derivatives contracts thet are Loan.

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