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12015 Outlook Recommendations
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Deutsche Bank Securities Inc
Trade Detail
Rationale
Risks
Opened
Entry
Current
P/L
OPdon
Sell FVH6 puts versus buy like
structured swaption for zero
premium
Overly aggressive Fed could produce a
"tightening tantrum" which is negative for
risk asset valuations, likely producing
hedging flows in swap spreads that push
spreads wider.
Spreads tighten in a
sell-off beyond the
strikes
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FVH6
+10.bp
Swaption
+9bp
o ptkin
Buy lxl, tyly receiver spreads
with strikes ATMF and ATMS
spread
The post-Fed sell-off has left the
spot/forward
p
near multiyearost-
crisis highs.
Maximum total loss is
the premium outlay
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29c
Swaps RV
Pay 3yly versus 2y1 y
This curve segment might be expected to
steepen if, for example, higher inflation
produces greater pricing power, or if the
long-absent cyclical increase in
productivity finally materializes.
Curve flattens
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40
1X2 receiver spreads: Buy
$100mn 3M10Y ATMF vs sell
$200mn 3M10Y 19bp OTM
receivers at zero net cost
This a positive carry trade that captures the
central path for the 10Y sector during Ql.
Vulnerable to rally
below the breakevens
with potentially
unlimited downside.
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Sell 1X2 payer spreads at the
short end: Sell $100mn 6M3Y
ATMF vs. buy $200mn34.6bp
OTM payers at zero net cost
The repricing of Fed hikes could begin in
short
02 with the
end rebounding sharply
after initial rally.
Vulnerable to rally
below the breakevens,
with potentially
unlimited downside.
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Option
Sell $100mn 6M10Y straddles
vs. buy $300mn 6M3Y straddles
for a net premium of 176K
With expectations of Fed hikes, volatility
should move to the front end of the curve,
while the back end movements remains
Unilateral spike in
backend vol.
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option
Quiet flatteners: sell $1bn 6M
68/10s 9.6bp OTM curve cap vs.
buy$1bn 6M 66/10s atmf/9.6
curve floor spread at zero cost
Potential for considerable beer flattening
should the market reprice the Fed hikes.
Curve steepens.
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option
Quiet bulls: Sell $100mn 1Y10Y
60bp OTM payers vs. buy
$100mn 1Y10Y ATMF/33
receiver spreads costless
This captures the risk of bullish flattening
of the curve where growth is unable to
take off either due to fundamental
weakness or in response to a policy
mistake of premature hikes.
Sell-off beyond 3.10%.
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Buy $100mn 1Y30Y receivers,
struck at spot, at 1270c
BulVflatteners at the back end.
Loss equal to the
options premium
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Ol
6M dual digital: 2s> FmlObp &
10s < F-10bp offer 11.5%
This is a leveraged expression of a policy-
mistake trade where premature hikes
cause a rally at the back end.
Loss equal to the
options premium
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OptiOn
Equity/rates hybrids: Buy 19-Jan-
2015 SPX 100/90 put spreads
subject to 54 > Fwc1+25bp, offer
Given the impressive run equities have had
on the back of both normalization of the
markets as well as the accommodation.
Fed exit is likely to be disruptive for their
short-term performance.
Limited downside with
maximum loss equal to
the options premium.
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Sen. AntscAt Bent
CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R. CRIM. P. 6(e)
CONFIDENTIAL
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