An empirical test of implied volatility in Singaporean structured warrants

Samsudin, Najmi Ismail Murad and Mohamad, Azhar (2018) An empirical test of implied volatility in Singaporean structured warrants. In: The 20th Malaysian Finance Association Conference (MFAC) 2018, 1st-2nd August 2018, Langkawi, Kedah. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Options traders regard implied volatility a vital variable to determine profitability in options trading and use it to estimate the underlying stock’s volatility in the future. While it cannot predict market direction, it has a reputation for forecasting—to a certain extent—potential for large swings by the underlying stock. Once implied volatility is calculated, traders can estimate how high and low the stock can swing by the option’s expiration, and this probable estimation aids in making informed trading decisions. In this paper, we examine the information content of implied volatility of structured warrants in Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX). Using a daily dataset for 252 trading days for a period between August 1, 2014 and July 31, 2015, we test whether implied volatility is an unbiased estimate of realized volatility, if implied volatility contains information on future realized volatility, scrutinize the efficiency of implied volatility and its predictive power compared to historical volatility. Our findings suggest that for although implied volatility does contain some relevant information about future volatility, it is a biased forecast of realized volatility, the efficiency threshold of implied volatility is nugatory, and its predictive power is not superior to historical volatility.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Plenary Papers)
Additional Information:	3334/65796
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Implied volatility; historical volatility; Singapore; Structured warrants.
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HG Finance > HG4501 Stocks, investment, speculation
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences > Department of Finance
Depositing User:	Dr Azhar Mohamad
Date Deposited:	11 Oct 2018 09:52
Last Modified:	23 Nov 2019 23:08
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/65796

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