CALL SWAPTION

A kind of option among two parties that can be use on a swap where the swap purchaser has the power, but not commitment to, get an agreed upon fixed rate of interest. The purchaser pays a premium for the capability to swap at this steady rate. Call swaption is a shorter word for call swap option, which can be used as a tool for hedging to refrain from risk if the issuer of the bond thinks that rate of interest might decline.

Payer swaption is another term used to characterize call swaption.