Manuals/calci/TBILLPRICE

TBILLPRICE (Settlement,Maturity,Discount)

where,

• $Settlement$ is the Treasury Bill's settlement date (a date when the Treasury Bill is purchased)
• $Maturity$ is the Treasury Bill's maturity date (a date when the Treasury Bill expires)
• $Discount$ is the Treasury Bill's discount rate.
  • TBILLPRICE(), returns the price per $100 face value for a Treasury bill.

Description

TBILLPRICE (Settlement,Maturity,Discount)

• $Settlement$ and $Maturity$ should be entered either in 'date format' or 'dates returned using formulas'. If dates are not valid, Calci displays #N/A error message.
• If $SettlementDate$ >= $Maturity$, Calci displays #N/A error message.
• $Maturity$ should not be greater than one year from $Settlement$. Else, Calci displays #N/A error message.
• If $Discount$ <=0, Calci displays #N/A error message.
• Formula:

If 'N' is number of days from 'Settlement' to 'Maturity', then TBILLPRICE is calculated as -

$TBILLPRICE=100*(1-{\frac {(Discount*N)}{360}})$

Examples

Consider the following example that shows the use of TBILLPRICE function:

01/01/2010
11/20/2010
5.85%

=TBILLPRICE(A1,A2,A3) : Calculates the price for the Treasury Bill with values in the range A1 to A3. 
Displays 94.75125 as a result.
=TBILLPRICE(DATE(2013,10,20),DATE(2014,6,20),9%) : Calculates the price for the Treasury Bill with 
the mentioned values. Displays 93.925 as a result.

Related Videos

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See Also

• TBILLEQ
• TBILLYIELD

References

• Treasury Bill

• List of Main Z Functions

• Z3 home