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if we par/par s wap a bond at a spread of -40 bp ( we receive floating less 40 bp) and this spread moves to -35 bp, we can unwind the position by paying on a swap of the same notional and pay floating less 35 bp to lock in a loss of 5 bp running. the upfront payment in the second swap makes us able to sell the original bond (from first transaction) at 100, exactly the price we paid for it in the first place. We got rid of the bond and we are left with 2 swaps in opposite direction, netting at -5bp fixed on every payment.
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owner: piotr.wasik - Using and Trading Asset Swaps - Giles Gale (Morgan Stanley), p6

t earned from the settlement of the contract. Tracking a Par/Par Asset S wap trade One attractive feature of t he par/par trade is that its performance is simple to track. T he spread is always calculated on a swap of par notional, so <span>if we par/par s wap a bond at a spread of -40 bp ( we receive floating less 40 bp) and this spread moves to -35 bp, we can unwind the pos ition by paying on a swap of the same notio nal and pay floating less 35 bp to lock in a loss of 5 bp running. One problem with the methodolo g y is that the trade is not duration hedged. This means that the P&L will vary with outright market level, i.e., the par /par spread is directio



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