Bloodbath! Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea stocks plummeted today, causing heavy losses, FX warrior Hisami Kurumi laments: Where did the profits go?

The U.S. stock market plunged, triggering a bloodbath across Asian markets. Even FX Warrior Kurumi’s official Twitter account posted a string of lamentations. The Taiwan stock market ultimately fell by 1,568 points; the three major institutional investors sold a net total of 133.9 billion yuan. Japan’s stock market closed down 2,563 points, and South Korea’s stock market crashed by more than 8%, triggering a circuit breaker.

Asian stock markets bloodbath, FX Warrior Kurumi’s official Twitter laments

Today (6/8), Asian stock markets—including Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea—saw sharp declines, prompting retail investors to complain on social media! Meanwhile, the official X (formerly Twitter) account of the well-known investment (warning) manga “FX Warrior Kurumi,” which has been adapted into an animated version, also posted an image with the words “Where did the profits go?”—vividly capturing investors’ mood today.

Image source: FX Warrior Kurumi official Twitter

FX Warrior Kurumi’s original creator reveals his investment situation

The original creator of “FX Warrior Kurumi,” Demunyan, also posted this morning, saying that even though stock prices fell sharply today, because he currently holds almost no positions, his personal assets have not actually decreased. However, he also said that up to today his assets have not increased and are even in an overall negative state.

Image source: Original creator of FX Warrior Kurumi

Looking back at the author’s personal holdings published on May 25, 2026, he mentioned that his recent performance in speculative trading deteriorated, and he had decided to reduce capital. Due to failed speculation plus various expenses, the month saw a large loss; however, relying on his prior asset-allocation plan, he did not reach the point where he needed to completely exit the market. For all of 2026, he still maintained a positive return overall.

The author also revealed that the recent losses have had a negative impact on his mindset—he feels the more he trades, the easier it is to lose money—so he plans to temporarily pause other speculative activities.

Taiwan stocks suffer heavy losses during trading; three major institutions dump 133.9 billion

Affected by last Friday’s plunge in the U.S. stock market, Asian markets performed poorly today. For example, the Taiwan weighted index once dropped by 2,694 points during the trading session, setting a record for the largest intraday decline.

After that, bargain-buying orders stepped in, and with the pullback in bellwether stocks like TSMC narrowing, the index’s decline shrank. By the close, it was down 1,568 points, finishing at 43,502 points, for a decline of 3.48%.

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According to a report by the Economic Daily, the three major institutional investors today expanded their net selling of Taiwan stocks to 133.9 billion yuan in total. Of this, foreign and mainland Chinese investors sold as much as 93.8 billion yuan; proprietary firms together sold 49.1 billion yuan; and investment trusts were the only ones with net buying of 9.0 billion yuan.

Among the top 10 stocks by trading volume in Taiwan today, as many as seven are ETFs, and the top five are all handled by ETFs. The Yuan-Taiwan 50 Pro 2 ETF saw the highest amount of trading, with 730,000 shares traded in a single day, indicating that market activity is highly concentrated in index-based products.

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Japan and South Korea stocks fall in sync; South Korea triggers circuit breaker mechanism

Japan’s Nikkei index has been declining for the third consecutive trading day. Today it closed down 2,563 points, at 64,024 points. During the session, it even slid more than 3,100 points to as low as 63,406 points. Its single-day decline was the second-largest this year and also the fifth-largest in history.

Citing analysis by Hiroshi Namioka (Hiroshi Namioka), chief strategist at T&D Asset Management, Reuters noted that the decline in Japanese stocks is due to profit-taking after AI stocks surged higher, along with upcoming U.S. economic data to be released this week, making the overall market situation prone to instability.

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Also, according to a report by the Chosun Ilbo, South Korea’s KOSPI index plunged more than 8% today, dropping back to around the 7,400-point level, directly triggering the circuit breaker mechanism.

Foreign investors continued to sell South Korean stocks; today they recorded net selling of 356 billion won, achieving an astonishing record of 21 consecutive trading days of net selling.

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A researcher at Daishin Securities, Kyung-min Lee (phonetic), said that the recent net selling by foreign investors can be viewed as profit-taking following the surge in leading stocks, as part of portfolio rebalancing. Meanwhile, retail investors net bought 1,760 billion won today, significantly absorbing the massive selling pressure from foreign investors.