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Calculates the Macauley duration of a security as the weighted average of present value cash flows, measuring bond price sensitivity to yield changes.

Definition

Constructors

Initializes a new DURATION function instance for calculating Macauley duration at $100 par value.

C#
public Duration()

Fields

The name of the function.

C#
public static readonly string FunctionName

Methods

Evaluates the function by computing duration from settlement, maturity, coupon, yield, frequency, and day-count basis.

C#
protected override RadExpression EvaluateOverride(FunctionEvaluationContext<double> context)
Parameters:contextFunctionEvaluationContext<double>

The context.

Returns:

RadExpression

Functions result as RadExpression.

Overrides: FunctionWithSameTypeArguments<double>.EvaluateOverride(FunctionEvaluationContext<double>)

Properties

Specifies that numeric arguments exclude booleans during conversion.

C#
public override ArgumentConversionRules ArgumentConversionRules { get; }
Property Value:

The argument conversion rules as ArgumentConversionRules.

Overrides: NumbersInFunction.ArgumentConversionRules

Provides metadata including category, description, and argument definitions.

C#
public override FunctionInfo FunctionInfo { get; }
Property Value:

The function info as FunctionInfo.

Overrides: FunctionBase.FunctionInfo

Returns the function identifier "DURATION".

C#
public override string Name { get; }
Property Value:

The name as String.

Overrides: FunctionBase.Name