Turbo warrant

A turbo warrant is a kind of stock option. Specifically, it is a barrier option of the down and out type. It is similar to a vanilla contract, but with two additional features: It has a low vega, meaning that the option price is much less affected by the implied volatility of the stock market, and it is highly geared due to the possibility of knockout. This type of product is actively traded among investors in Europe and Hong Kong, and has been described as being able to cater to individual investors' behavioral biases.

Markets

The first turbo warrants appeared in late 2001. In Germany, buying and selling turbo warrants constitute 50% of all speculative derivatives trading. They are mainly sold to a retail clientele looking for high leverage. Nordic Growth Market At the end of February 2005, Société Générale listed the first 40 turbo warrants on the Nordic Growth Market Nordic Derivatives Exchange. During February 2005 turbo warrant trading revenue was 31 million kronor, 56% of total NGM trading revenue of 55 million kronor. Hong Kong Market Turbo warrants were introduced to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) in 2006 in the name of Callable Bullish/Bearish Contracts (CBBC). By the end of 2011, turnover of CBBC comprises 10.84% of HKEx main board turnover. ==Price calculation==

Price calculation

Since the price of a turbo warrant behaves like a future contract (plus the barrier), we could say that a turbo is expensive or not relative to its future contract. Example: Time 1 year Benchmark interest rates at 2% Stock ACME current price $10 dividend 5% Future contract (1 year)=10-(0.05*10)+(0.02*10)= $9.7 Turbo CALL 1 year parity 1:1 strike at $9 and bid-ask prices:0.98-1 ->related price=9+1=$10 After 1 year (d=dividend): Comments: • If you do not want to be leveraged, buy the stock • If you just want to be leveraged, buy the future • If you want to be leveraged, do not want to rollover quarterly the future(+spreads+commissions) and do not want to wait for a margin call, use the turbo warrant ==When to use turbo warrants==

When to use turbo warrants

• When you want to speculate, or just be leveraged • When the future contract minimum is too big (i.e.: just 1 mini euro/dollar contract is $62.000) • When you do not have a derivatives account to buy the future contract • When you do not want to receive a margin call or add money to your derivatives account when the price goes in the opposite direction ==Exchanges==

Exchanges

Securities exchanges that trade this product: • Euwax – Stuttgart • SMART Market – Frankfurt • Nordic Growth Market, Nordic Derivatives Exchange (NGM, NDX) • Hong Kong Exchanges • Euronext ==See also==

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