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Sorry for the long read
With the correction of the market buying opportunities have presented themselves through quality stocks with great dividend yields, like LPTs in ASX100 yielding 10%+. I want to take advantage of this through purchasing warrants but haven't used this derivative before.
My plan is more on investing rather than trading. I plan to purchase long term warrants (many years left till exercise date) and use the dividend repayments to pay interest, fees and lower loan ammount. These high yield stocks purchased will hopefully have enough annual dividends (at these prices) to fully pay for the holding costs of the warrant. At exercise date I will take possession of the underlying stock which will hopefully have increased in CG. I just have a few questions on warrants before I impliment this strategy
1) What is the average interest payable on the loan ammount, ie: is there a standard charged above the base IR.
2) what are the rough purchasing and ongoing costs with warrants.
3) If I purchase the warrants on market through my etrade account how will the issuer identify me as the owner of the warrant and how will I go about paying the annual interest and fees.
4) Is there any risks in warrants apart from stock being lower than exercise price. Would like to hear peoples experiences with warrants - particularly those that didn't work out too well.
5) What do people think of my approach. Could it be improved.
Thanks and happy easter all.
Hi NewCollector,
Here's my 2c worth since I've generally considered this strategy as well.
Some issues- will the stock blow up? High yields alone don't make a good investment.
How much of a premium are you paying for the 'loan' built into the warrant compared to another type of loan (eg margin loan).
Is the warrant overpriced? (Wayne has some excellent threads here on warrant and option pricing).
Read each pds carefully as some issuers don't pass on special dividends to you- check this.
Find a warrant product that suits your tax and risk profile- you'll need to consider your timeframe.
We need to know the tradeable price NOW. The last traded price is irrelevant and could be from days ago... and must be, because it's not even intrinsic value.
What is the current asking price? Should be around $2.80-$3.20ish or more. We also need an idea of native volatility of this baby. Can anyone find the 100 day historical volatility of this puppy?
(I don't have ASX data)
Cheers Reece, nice spreadsheet mate.I have 100 day historical volatility at 36.59%.... But I suspect the IV of the stock at the moment would be a lot higher, with recent rates at a minimum of 40%...
Everyone is welcome to pinch my little template if you like, helps me perform option valuations for accounting (YAY!).
Cheers
Cheers Reece, nice spreadsheet mate.
Looking at those HV figures, we could be seeing IVs much higher... perhaps 50% or more. That would price the option at $3.60 or at 40% about $3.30.
Be interesting where the bid/ask is. I can't imagine the MMs giving these away at the moment.
FWIW If it were me looking at this: You've got huge vega in a warrant with such a long expiry. When vols simmer down the value of this warrant could get seriously crunched. Caution!
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