Trading Volume Drops to One-Tenth After South Korea Raises Margin Requirements for Leveraged ETFs
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On August 3, following South Korea's increase in margin requirements for investors in single-stock leveraged ETFs, the trading activity of related products significantly declined, with trading volume dropping to about one-tenth of its previous peak level. According to data from the Korea Exchange, the total trading volume of 16 single-stock leveraged and inverse ETFs related to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix in the KOSPI market was 12.388 trillion won over the two trading days following the implementation of the new measures, a decrease of 58.6% from 29.907 trillion won on the day the measures were implemented (July 31).
The South Korean regulatory authorities raised the minimum cash margin requirement for investors in single-stock leveraged ETFs from 10 million won to 30 million won. Compared to the trading volume of 124.485 trillion won on the last trading day before the measures were implemented (July 30), the current trading scale of related products has dropped to about one-tenth.
The enthusiasm of retail investors has cooled significantly, with data showing that the trading volume of retail investors in single-stock leveraged and inverse products has fallen to 250.7 billion won, less than a quarter of the 929.9 billion won on July 31. Analysts indicate that the effect of restricting speculative capital inflow has begun to show after the margin threshold was raised, and the trading pattern of retail investors continuously buying leveraged products during declines in the underlying stocks is changing.
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