I am looking into a 2s5s10s swaps idea using a 50-50 weighting scheme, where it's 2 times the 5 year minus the 2 year and 10 year. However, there is a correlation between the butterfly spread and the slope of the curve (2s10s) and also with the 5 year. I want to adjust the weights of my butterfly to remove the directionality such that I still want the body to have a weight of 2.
Essentially, I think it should be X : 2 : Y but I am having a hard time.
Answer
I think he's saying that if
Fly=b1(2s−10s)+b2(5s)+error
But Fly=2s−2(5s)+10s
Then doing some algebra ,
(1−b1)2s−(2−b2)5s+(1+b1)10s=error
Hence the weights of the fly that give pure noise , un correlated to curve and rate , are as given above. If you want 2 in the middle , you have to rescale.
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