Function SecurityCouponDays(SettlementDate, MaturityDate, Frequency, Basis)

SecurityCouponDays

The function SecurityCouponDays returns the number of days of the coupon period in which settlement date falls. In other words the number of days from the last coupon-date previous to settlement date until the first coupon-date next to settlement date of a security that pays interest at the end of each coupon period.

SecurityCouponDays(
    SettlementDate,           ! (input) scalar string expression
    MaturityDate,             ! (input) scalar string expression
    Frequency,                ! (input) numerical expression
    [Basis]                   ! (optional) numerical expression
    )

Arguments

SettlementDate

The date of settlement of the security. SettlementDate must be in date format.

MaturityDate

The date of maturity of the security. MaturityDate must also be in date format and must be a date after SettlementDate.

Frequency

The number of coupon payments in one year. Frequency must be 1 (annual), 2 (semi-annual) or 4 (quarterly).

Basis

The day-count basis method to be used. The default is 1.

Return Value

The function SecurityCouponDays returns the number of days of the coupon period in which the settlement date falls.

Note

The function SecurityCouponDays is similar to the Excel function COUPDAYS.

See also

Day count basis methods. General equations for securities with multiple coupons.