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If I hold a position in a stock that can be elected to be redeemed for a fixed amount of cash, how can I simulate that transaction in QC to get the right accounting? Can I create a fake sale transaction and specify the execution price? Or could I sell it at market and book some sort of accounting adjustment for the difference from the actual execution price and the redemption amount? Any other idea?
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Hi David
We can manipulate the filling of the trade by a custom filling model. Please check this doc for example. It is possible to add cash after filled order within it.
Could you please provide a concrete example to elaborate on what is the behavior of that "redemption" would look like for further assistance?
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Louis Szeto
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David Avraamides
Thanks, Louis. The use-case I'm referring to is for a SPAC that is trading below $10 before the redemption tender date, in which case the holder can elect to tender their shares for $10 cash. There are times where these shares are trading below $10 and it may be advantageous to tender them rather than hold them through the despac event. So I'd want a way to tell the algorithm that the shares were “sold” at $10 even though the market price never reaches that level.
I'll look into a custom FillModel. I think I could use a custom Tag to indicate that the intent is to tender the shares.
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