FittedBondDiscountCurve Class Reference
Term structures

Discount curve fitted to a set of fixed-coupon bonds. More...

`#include <ql/termstructures/yield/fittedbonddiscountcurve.hpp>`

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## Classes

class | FittingMethod
| Base fitting method used to construct a fitted bond discount curve. More...

## Public Member Functions

Constructors
| FittedBondDiscountCurve (Natural settlementDays, const Calendar &calendar, const std::vector< boost::shared_ptr< BondHelper > > &bonds, const DayCounter &dayCounter, const FittingMethod &fittingMethod, Real accuracy=1.0e-10, Size maxEvaluations=10000, const Array &guess=Array(), Real simplexLambda=1.0)
| reference date based on current evaluation date
| FittedBondDiscountCurve (const Date &referenceDate, const std::vector< boost::shared_ptr< BondHelper > > &bonds, const DayCounter &dayCounter, const FittingMethod &fittingMethod, Real accuracy=1.0e-10, Size maxEvaluations=10000, const Array &guess=Array(), Real simplexLambda=1.0)
| curve reference date fixed for life of curve
Inspectors
Size | numberOfBonds () const
| total number of bonds used to fit the yield curve
Date | maxDate () const
| the latest date for which the curve can return values
const FittingMethod & | fitResults () const
| class holding the results of the fit
Observer interface
void | update ()
Public Member Functions inherited from YieldTermStructure
| YieldTermStructure (const DayCounter &dc=DayCounter(), const std::vector< Handle< Quote > > &jumps=std::vector< Handle< Quote > >(), const std::vector< Date > &jumpDates=std::vector< Date >())
| YieldTermStructure (const Date &referenceDate, const Calendar &cal=Calendar(), const DayCounter &dc=DayCounter(), const std::vector< Handle< Quote > > &jumps=std::vector< Handle< Quote > >(), const std::vector< Date > &jumpDates=std::vector< Date >())
| YieldTermStructure (Natural settlementDays, const Calendar &cal, const DayCounter &dc=DayCounter(), const std::vector< Handle< Quote > > &jumps=std::vector< Handle< Quote > >(), const std::vector< Date > &jumpDates=std::vector< Date >())
DiscountFactor | discount (const Date &d, bool extrapolate=false) const
DiscountFactor | discount (Time t, bool extrapolate=false) const
InterestRate | zeroRate (const Date &d, const DayCounter &resultDayCounter, Compounding comp, Frequency freq=Annual, bool extrapolate=false) const
InterestRate | zeroRate (Time t, Compounding comp, Frequency freq=Annual, bool extrapolate=false) const
InterestRate | forwardRate (const Date &d1, const Date &d2, const DayCounter &resultDayCounter, Compounding comp, Frequency freq=Annual, bool extrapolate=false) const
InterestRate | forwardRate (const Date &d, const Period &p, const DayCounter &resultDayCounter, Compounding comp, Frequency freq=Annual, bool extrapolate=false) const
InterestRate | forwardRate (Time t1, Time t2, Compounding comp, Frequency freq=Annual, bool extrapolate=false) const
const std::vector< Date > & | jumpDates () const
const std::vector< Time > & | jumpTimes () const
void | update ()
Public Member Functions inherited from TermStructure
| TermStructure (const DayCounter &dc=DayCounter())
| default constructor More...
| TermStructure (const Date &referenceDate, const Calendar &calendar=Calendar(), const DayCounter &dc=DayCounter())
| initialize with a fixed reference date
| TermStructure (Natural settlementDays, const Calendar &, const DayCounter &dc=DayCounter())
| calculate the reference date based on the global evaluation date
virtual DayCounter | dayCounter () const
| the day counter used for date/time conversion
Time | timeFromReference (const Date &date) const
| date/time conversion
virtual Time | maxTime () const
| the latest time for which the curve can return values
virtual const Date & | referenceDate () const
| the date at which discount = 1.0 and/or variance = 0.0
virtual Calendar | calendar () const
| the calendar used for reference and/or option date calculation
virtual Natural | settlementDays () const
| the settlementDays used for reference date calculation
Public Member Functions inherited from Observer
| Observer (const Observer &)
Observer & | operator= (const Observer &)
std::pair< std::set< boost::shared_ptr< Observable > >::iterator, bool > | registerWith (const boost::shared_ptr< Observable > &)
void | registerWithObservables (const boost::shared_ptr< Observer > &)
Size | unregisterWith (const boost::shared_ptr< Observable > &)
void | unregisterWithAll ()
Public Member Functions inherited from Observable
| Observable (const Observable &)
Observable & | operator= (const Observable &)
void | notifyObservers ()
Public Member Functions inherited from Extrapolator
void | enableExtrapolation (bool b=true)
| enable extrapolation in subsequent calls
void | disableExtrapolation (bool b=true)
| disable extrapolation in subsequent calls
bool | allowsExtrapolation () const
| tells whether extrapolation is enabled
Public Member Functions inherited from LazyObject
void | recalculate ()
void | freeze ()
void | unfreeze ()

## Friends

class | FittingMethod

## Additional Inherited Members

Calculations
This method must be implemented in derived classes to perform the actual calculations. When it is called, range check has already been performed; therefore, it must assume that extrapolation is required.
Protected Member Functions inherited from TermStructure
void | checkRange (const Date &d, bool extrapolate) const
| date-range check
void | checkRange (Time t, bool extrapolate) const
| time-range check
Protected Member Functions inherited from LazyObject
virtual void | calculate () const
Protected Attributes inherited from TermStructure
bool | moving_
bool | updated_
Calendar | calendar_
Protected Attributes inherited from LazyObject
bool | calculated_
bool | frozen_

## Detailed Description

Discount curve fitted to a set of fixed-coupon bonds.

This class fits a discount function \( d(t) \) over a set of bonds, using a user defined fitting method. The discount function is fit in such a way so that all cashflows of all input bonds, when discounted using \( d(t) \), will reproduce the set of input bond prices in an optimized sense. Minimized price errors are weighted by the inverse of their respective bond duration.

The FittedBondDiscountCurve class acts as a generic wrapper, while its inner class FittingMethod provides the implementation details. Developers thus need only derive new fitting methods from the latter.

Example: compares various bond discount curve fitting methodologies

Warning:
  The method can be slow if there are many bonds to fit. Speed also depends on the particular choice of fitting method chosen and its convergence properties under optimization. See also todo list for BondDiscountCurveFittingMethod.

Examples:
  FittedBondCurve.cpp.

## Member Function Documentation

void update | ( |  | ) |

virtual

This method must be implemented in derived classes. An instance of Observer does not call this method directly: instead, it will be called by the observables the instance registered with when they need to notify any changes.

Reimplemented from LazyObject.