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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/931 CHAPTER 2 — Formula to be used to calculate the supervisory delta of call and put options mapped to the interest rate risk category and supervisory volatility suitable for that formula and method for determining whether a transaction is a long or short position in the primary risk driver or in the most material risk driver in a given risk category

Article 5–Article 7 · 3 articles

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Formula to calculate the supervisory delta of call and put options mapped to the interest rate risk category and supervisory volatility suitable for such formula

Article 5

1.   Institutions shall calculate the supervisory delta (δ) of call and put options, when mapped to the interest rate risk category, that is compatible with market conditions in which interest rates may be negative as follows: where:       N ( x ) = the cumulative distribution function for a standard normal random variable which reflects the probability that a normal random variable with mean zero and variance of one is less than or equal to ‘x’;   P = the spot or forward price of the underlying instrument of the option;   K = the strike price of the option;   T = the expiry date of the option, expressed in years using the relevant business day convention;   λ = the shift adequate to move both P and K into positive territory, determined in accordance with paragraph 2;   σ = the supervisory volatility of the option determined in accordance with paragraph 3. 2.   For the purposes of paragraph 1, institutions shall calculate the shift (λ) for any call and put options as follows: λ j =max( threshold - min( P j , K j ),0) where:   P j = the spot or forward price of the underlying instrument of the option j ;   K j = the strike price of the option j ;   Threshold = 0.10 % 3.   For the purposes of paragraph 1, institutions shall determine the supervisory volatility of the option on the basis of the risk category of the transaction and the nature of the underlying instrument of the option in accordance with the following table: Table Risk category Underlying instrument Supervisory volatility Interest rate All 50 %

Methods for determining whether a transaction is a long or short position in the primary risk driver or in the most material risk driver in a given risk category

Article 6

Institutions shall determine whether a transaction is a long or short position in the primary risk driver or in the most material risk driver in a given risk category by applying either of the following methods: (a) they shall calculate the delta risk sensitivities of those risk drivers in accordance with Article 325r of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and identify the transaction as a long position in a risk driver where the corresponding delta risk sensitivity is positive or as a short position where the corresponding delta risk sensitivity is negative; (b) they shall assess the dependence of the structure of cash flows of the transactions on that risk driver or the hedging purpose of the transaction with respect to that risk driver and identify the transaction as either long or short position on the basis of that assessment.

Entry into force

Article 7

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

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