Price Correlation Structure

A Price Correlation Structure is a World Variable which is used to specify a collection of Price Correlations between pairs of securities. [These correlations must be calculated using prices of both securities in the same Price Currency.]

The main use of a Price Correlation is to facilitate the conversion of a security's Price Volatility from one price currency into another.

The following is a display of a Price Correlation Structure:

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In order to examine how the data has been set up, select one of the items in the list box with the Price Correlation Structure Data. For example, selecting "RM_PCS_CAD_DEM" will display:

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This display shows that the correlation between the USD price of the currency CAD and the USD price of the currency DEM is currently -0.146895 .

The correlation formula shows that the current value is obtained from an External Data Variable called CAD_XS_DEM_XS_CORD.

Naming Convention:

The Price Correlation Structure Data names are automatically created by alphabetically adding the currency names to the end of the name chosen for the Price Correlation Structure.