8.3 Product Code - COCS

COCS – Currency Options Trade Cash Settled

Business Scenario

The financial product COCS that is Currency Options Trade Cash Settled helps Corporate/Banks to speculate or hedge against adverse movements in exchange rates.

Targeted Customer Segment: Corporates/Banks who seek speculation/hedging against foreign currency risk.

Introduction

Product (COCS) covers the currency options of cash-settled trade type deals. Product (COCS) holds good for all the currency options types of both buy and sell with European, American as well as Bermudan style of expiry. The product covers the various kinds of exotic options (options with barriers).

Synopsis (ex. High level features etc.)

  • Covers all the CO types of Yield-Based.
  • Payment\Settlement is done on the maturity date or exercise date provided the option is In the Money.
  • European, American and Bermudan Expiry styles covered for CO’s.
  • Amortization and Revaluation setup is done with daily frequency.
  • All the Option Styles like
    • Plain Vanilla (Default)
    • Binary
    • Digital
    • No-Touch are covered.

Detailed Coverage

Currency Options can be cash settled as well as physically settled. Product COCS is meant for cash settled currency options.

Table 8-9 Detailed Coverage

Features Type
Types of the Deal Covered
  • Buy Deal
  • Sell Deal
Types of the Contract Covered
  • Trade Deal
  • Hedge Deal
Delivery Type Cash
Currency Option Types Covered
  • Call
  • Put
Options Styles Covered
  • Plain Vanilla
  • Binary
  • Digital
  • No Touch
Expiry Style’s Covered
  • European
  • American
  • Bermudan
Payment Method Covered
  • Actual/365 – Per Annum Basis
  • Arrears
Exotic Options covered
  • Single Knock In (SKIN)
  • Single Knock Out (SKOT)
  • Double Knock In (DKIN)
  • Double Knock Out (DKOT).
Payment Method Covered Actual/365 – Per Annum Basis
Other Features Covered
  • Amortization of Deferred Inception Gain for trade deals
  • Fair Value Revaluation

Events Covered (including brief information on accounting)

Product COCS has the Life Cycle as listed below:

Table 8-10 Events Covered

Events Covered Terminology
AMDG Amortization of Deferred Gains-Hedge
AMND Amendment Option Deal Contract
AMRT Amortization Of Deferred Inception Gain
BOOK Booking of the deal Contract
EXER Exercise Of Option
EXPR Expiry Of Option
EXST Exercise Settlement Of Option
PRPT Premium Payment\Premium Collection
REVL Revaluation Of Option
REVR Reversal Of Deal
RTFX Rate Fixing
TERM Termination of Option Contract

Advices Supported

Following Advices setup done in the COCS Product as part of Product Life Cycle:

Table 8-11 Advices Supported

Advices Description
OT_IRO_AMND IRO Amendment Advice
OT_IRO_CANC IRO Cancellation
OT_IRO_CONF IRO Confirmation
OT_IRO_DEAL_TKT IRO Deal Ticket
OT_IRO_TERM IRO Termination Advice
PAYMENT_MESSAGE Payment Message
REVSWIFT Cancellation of Contract

Messages

Following SWIFT Messages setup done in the COCS product as part of product life cycle.

Table 8-12 SWIFT Messages

SWIFT Messages Contact Field
MT 306/MT 305 CO Confirmation Message
MT 306/MT 305 CO Amendment Message
MT 306/MT 305 CO Cancellation Advice
MT 306/MT 305 CO Termination Message
MT 3306/MT 305 Currency Options Barrier Hit Message

Premium/Charges/Brokerage

Premium

Product COCS enables the Premium Collection or Premium Payment through:

  • Option Premium is expressed as a percentage of the notional principal / contract amount.
  • Option Premium can be a flat amount as well.

Charges

In COCS product following Charge Component is parametrized
  • Component - OTBOOKCHG - OT Options Booking Charge
  • Rule - OTBKCHG - OT Options Booking Charge Rule
  • Flat Amount GBP 125

Brokerage

COCS product is parametrized to handle Brokerage feature. The details are available below:

  • Broker Identification\Code
  • Rule Code: OTBROK

Special/Other Features

Product COCS covers the following special features:
  • Limit Tracking Methods through which customer exposures are tracked,
    • Fair Value Limit Tracking
    • Notional Limit Tracking
    • Risk Weighted Limit Tracking
  • Exotic Options (Options with barriers) are covered
  • Payment of Rebate Amount is covered on Knock out Of Options either at Hit or Maturity.

Additional information (ex. UDF & other Special Maintenance)

In case the Bank wants to capture any additional information regarding the agreement/customer, the Bank can capture the same by defining the User Defined Fields (UDF).

OT Options Module Maintenance

OT Options module has to be setup with the following furnished maintenance,

  • Option Branch Parameter Maintenance
  • Role To Head mapping Class Maintenance
  • Accounting Event Class Maintenance
  • OT Product Maintenance
  • Floating Rate Source Maintenance
  • DV Rate Type Maintenance
  • DV Float Rate Code Maintenance
  • Floating Rate Maintenance
  • Advice Format Maintenance
  • Other General Maintenance Needed For Branch