To: 'Paul Barrett
Cc: Stewart Oldfield Joshua Shoshan Martin Zeman
Subject: RE: DB FX trade idea: EURZAR-USDZAR correlation swap
Paul, Vimal is working on the analysis and we'll send soon with the termsheet and mathematical claculations of implied
and reaslied correlation.
See also below the same idea but in EURMXN-USDMXN, the strike is a bit lower but Vimal wanted to point out that the
historical realized has gone also much lower than in the ZAR situation, so the potential for positive payout seems higher
here than in ZAR.
Vimal also told me that we have seen clients do more the MXN and TRY crosses than the ZAR one, but typically MXN and
TRY are currencies with more interest.
Talk soon. Thanks
DB FX Trade Idea
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Trade Idea
• Sell ly EURMXN-USDMXN correlation swap at 77%
• Sell 2y EURMXN-USDMXN correlation swap at 77%
Rationale
• EURMXN-USDMXN implied correlations are close to the highest levels since 2007 (see graph 1)
• This has been driven by MXN implied volatilities trading at their highest levels relative to EURUSD volatility since the financial crisis, largely
a result of concerns regarding the Mexico elections in 2018 (see graph 2)
• Since 2007 the highest ly realized correlation is 87% and the lowest is 11%. For 2y the highest is 83% and the lowest is 44%. Whilst current
levels of 1y and 2y realized correlations are close to their highest levels, 3m realized correlation has fallen from recent highs to now sit close to
current strikes (see graphs 3 & 4)
• The correlation swap provides a limited loss way of fading elevated MXN volatilities and buying cheap EURUSD volatility, which could
perform in the event of rising Italian election and Catalonia independence concerns
Graphs
Graph 1: KIRMXN-USDMXN implied correlation at highs Graph 2: MXN vols elevated compared to EURUSO vols
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2007 3301 2003 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2007 2003 2009 2010 3311 2012 2013 2014 2015 3216 2017
Graph 3: 1v realized correlation vs. strike Graph 4: 2y realized correlation vs. strike
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