Author(s)

Peter J. Zeitsch

Calypso Technology Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA.

The theory of trading with value adjustments, or XVA, is well established. However, the market still differs significantly in pricing practice with houses applying varying numbers of adjustments to the same trade; or none at all. Here the aim is to outline the basic trading strategies used by XVA desks and to explore the implications in terms of the risk transfer involved and the resulting profit and loss. This is achieved through case studies of actual traded structures including details of the positions themselves and the motivation for executing them. The mark-to-market impact is also quantified. Following one case study, a methodology to calculate the cost of funding Initial Margin, or MVA, for linear products will be developed.

XVA Trading, Credit Value Adjustment, Funding Value Adjustment, Margin Value Adjustment, CVA, FVA, MVA

Zeitsch, P. (2017) The Economics of XVA Trading. Journal of Mathematical Finance, 7, 239-274. doi: 10.4236/jmf.2017.72013.