Adding Barrier Options

OG-Platform
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I was trying to add Barrier Options (Equity) via web interface, but realized that this option is not available. Figured out that I need to start from scratch to add these options — something similar to what is being done in VanillaFXOptionPortfolioGeneratorTool. I tried something similar in EquityEuropeanDigitalsPortfolioGenerator
final ExerciseType european = new EuropeanExerciseType();

      ExternalId test1 = ExternalSchemes.syntheticSecurityId("TestingOption1");

      final EquityBarrierOptionSecurity barrierOption1 = new EquityBarrierOptionSecurity(OptionType.CALL,100,Currency.USD,test1,european,new Expiry(DateUtils.getUTCDate(2013, 5, 11)),0,"",BarrierType.UP,BarrierDirection.KNOCK_OUT,MonitoringType.DISCRETE,SamplingFrequency.ONE_LOOK,103);

again repeat of similar lines for other options. I override also similar methods as was done in that class.
Also in ExampleDatabasePopulator.java I added the following code (which is called in doRun())
private void loadBarrierPortfolio()
{
final Log log = new Log(“Creating example Barrier portfolio”);
try {
portfolioGeneratorTool().run(getToolContext(), BARRIER_PORTFOLIO_NAME, “EquityEuropeanDigitals”, true, null);
log.done();
} catch (final RuntimeException t) {
log.fail(t);
}
}

I haven’t configured the view definitions as I was just trying to see if the db is populated with this new security. Apparently the command ant init-database throws an exception saying it can’t find the instance

 [java] com.opengamma.OpenGammaRuntimeException: Couldn't create generator tool instance for EquityEuropeanDigitals
 [java] 	at com.opengamma.financial.generator.AbstractPortfolioGeneratorTool.getInstance(AbstractPortfolioGeneratorTool.java:222)
 [java] 	at com.opengamma.financial.generator.AbstractPortfolioGeneratorTool.getInstance(AbstractPortfolioGeneratorTool.java:227)
 [java] 	at com.opengamma.financial.generator.AbstractPortfolioGeneratorTool.run(AbstractPortfolioGeneratorTool.java:231)

Any suggestions on how to resolve this error? Thanks in advance for your help.

2

Ok figured out one mistake which solved the problem partially.

EquityEuropeanDigitalsPortfolioGenerator should have been EquityEuropeanDigitalsPortfolioGeneratorTool as AbstractPortfolioGeneratorTool had hardcoded “PortfolioGeneratorTool” to concatenate and then search for that class

3

Still the part with viewdefinition is a bit complicated. I don’t see anything on the screen when I Load the view in “Analytics”

4

I am still not able to get the ViewProcessor associated with this? For example if I add to the view definition FairValue of barrier option, how it is calculated or what model is used? I am not sure how this connection is made. Any guidance will be helpful.

5

Hi,

I’ve asked one of my colleagues to take a look and advise you on how to do this. For starters, you’ll probably want ‘Present Value’ rather than ‘Fair Value’ (the former tends to be a model valuation rather than a market price). I suspect though, that you’ll also require a volatility surface definition and specification and a portfolio (which I see you’re trying to generate above). You’ll then need some pseudo market data to build a volatility surface, there are various ways of doing this.

Jim

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thanks jim. waiting for ur colleagues reply.

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btw I also tried this…in the file ExampleStandardFunctionConfiguration.java
I think it is required for model specification…

functionConfigs.add(functionConfiguration(BlackScholesMertonModelFunction.class));
functionConfigs.add(new ParameterizedFunctionConfiguration(BlackScholesMertonModelFunction.class.getName(),Arrays.asList(ValueRequirementNames.PRESENT_VALUE,ValueRequirementNames.DELTA)));

anyway now i am getting an error message

11:00:53.477 [main] ERROR c.o.e.f.config.RepositoryFactory - Unable to add function definition ParameterizedFunctionConfiguration[_parameter=[Present Value, Delta],_definitionClassName=com.opengamma.financial.analytics.model.option.BlackScholesMertonModelFunction], ignoring

Might be due to missing data.