KO Claim
KO Claim is a direct subtype of Contingent Claim
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TYPICAL OBJECTS OF TYPE KO Claim
This type represents the knock-out payment associated with the related Structured Product
Formally, it can be regarded as a payment conditional on the occurrence of the associated event at each applicable observation timet, which event may be referred here as the knock-out event
As described in Contingent Claim, the three main ingredients of every Contingent Claim are the condition the ON payoff and the OFF payoff
In the case of a KO Claim, these are as below:
Condition
As described in Contingent Claim, technically every condition is represented by a predicate function 𝘨 associated with the key Trigger Fn of its container typeContingent Claim
Here 𝘨 expects as input the performances (also known as growth factors) P₁ , P₂ , ... , Pᵤ of the u underlyings U₁ , U₂ , ... , Uᵤ, as observed at the observation time t
The performances are defined as follows:
P₁ , P₂ , ... , Pᵤ = x₁/x⁰₁ , x₂/x⁰₂ , ... , xᵤ/x⁰ᵤ
where
x₁ , x₂ , ... , xᵤ are the market prices of the underlyings U₁ , U₂ , ... , Uᵤ observed at t
x⁰₁ , x⁰₂ , ... , x⁰ᵤ are fixed reference prices of the underlyings that are part of the note's definition.
The concept of a trigger region is also required in formulating the predicate function 𝘨
In its simplest form, a trigger region is a single interval in the axis of real numbers, such as the interval (1 , +∞)
The predicate function 𝘨 can be one of two types:
1) At least one of P₁ , P₂ , ... , Pᵤ is within the trigger region
2) All of P₁ , P₂ , ... , Pᵤ are within the trigger region
Here 𝘨 is set to Scheduled Number Is Inside Fn, which is a predicate function that returns TRUE if the referenced performances are within the trigger region
ON Payoff
This concerns the payoff amount ON amt associated with the condition being satisfied at any applicable observation time t
Technically, the amount ON amt is calculated by the function ƒON associated with the key On Pmt Fn of its direct container typeContingent Claim
The function ƒON is represented by an object of type Real Function, but its actual ultimate type - and therefore internal structure - depends on the nature of the linked claims defined in key Linked Claims
OFF Payoff
This claim has no payoff associated with the condition not being satisfied.