South Korea will launch the first batch of leveraged ETFs targeting Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, promising to achieve daily returns of twice the positive or negative. It is expected to attract over 14 million retail investors. The KOSPI volatility continues to intensify, with experts warning that this will amplify volatility and concentration risk. Analysts predict that the 14 new funds will have a net inflow of up to 5.3 trillion Korean won, and 300k investors have already completed online training for leveraged products, exceeding the total for the entire year of 2025.

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2026-05-24 04:39:20

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Mars Finance News, on May 24, South Korea will launch its first batch of individual stock leveraged ETFs next week. These products are linked to chip manufacturers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, aiming to achieve daily returns of twice the positive or negative performance of the underlying stocks. Analysts expect these ETFs will attract strong demand from more than 14 million retail investors in South Korea. However, against the backdrop of intraday fluctuations in the KOSPI index reaching 5% becoming increasingly common, this enthusiasm may further intensify market volatility. The CEO of Fibonacci Asset Management in Singapore said, “These ETFs will exacerbate existing concentration risk, posing a structural challenge for long-term investors, because index volatility will remain high, making it difficult for the Korean market to gauge and navigate.” DaYu Future Asset analyst Yoon Jaehong predicts that the net inflow of funds into 14 leveraged ETFs that bet on Samsung Electronics or SK Hynix—expected to be listed by the end of May—could reach as much as 5.3 trillion Korean won. He said that in the first two months of this year, the number of investors who completed mandatory online training before investing in leveraged products had already reached 300,000, exceeding the total number for all of 2025. (Jin10)

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ForkInTheRoadmap

· 9h ago

KOSPI is about to become a roller coaster

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OpcodePoet

· 10h ago

The fluctuation amplifier is in place

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DustCollector

· 12h ago

300k people complete the course and then rush, only to be disappointed in training.

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NonceNinja

· 12h ago

Experts warn, if the words are useful, why still need to trigger a circuit breaker?

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GateUser-fb035825

· 13h ago

This product design is just addictive.

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GateUser-c29c3db9

· 13h ago

2x leverage? This must be an accelerator designed for new investors, right?

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GateUser-6fd3205e

· 13h ago

Concentration risk: Shared prosperity in success, shared loss in failure.

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OrigamiMountains

· 13h ago

Training is already exceeding the limit halfway through 2025, FOMO is confirmed.

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NonceNomad

· 13h ago

A game with daily gains and losses of double, with a negative mathematical expectation

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LateEntryLarry

· 13h ago

Korean retail investors versus Wall Street?

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