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According to Yonhap News Agency, Korean retail investors lost a total of 6.31 trillion won by investing in leveraged exchange trading products in a single stock. According to data submitted by the Korea Financial Supervisory Service to an opposition lawmaker, between May 27 and August 14, retail investors from ten Korean brokerage firms made this loss on individual stock ETPs. The Financial Supervisory Authority's statistical caliber includes realized profits and losses as well as losses from positions held. Of these, losses of 2.32 trillion won have been realized, and losses of 3.99 trillion won have not been realized. Investors in the 40 age group lost the most, with 165,200 accounts losing 2.05 trillion won; 50-year-old investors lost a total of 1.87 trillion won in 158,000 accounts; and 117,300 accounts of 30-year-old investors lost a total of 1.09 trillion won. In terms of average household losses, older investors are higher. Investors aged 70 and above have an average loss of about 29.94 million won per household.

Zhitongcaijing·10/21/2026 04:01:03
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According to Yonhap News Agency, Korean retail investors lost a total of 6.31 trillion won by investing in leveraged exchange trading products in a single stock. According to data submitted by the Korea Financial Supervisory Service to an opposition lawmaker, between May 27 and August 14, retail investors from ten Korean brokerage firms made this loss on individual stock ETPs. The Financial Supervisory Authority's statistical caliber includes realized profits and losses as well as losses from positions held. Of these, a loss of 2.32 trillion won has been realized, and an unrealized loss of 3.99 trillion won has been realized. Investors in the 40 age group lost the most, with 165,200 accounts losing 2.05 trillion won; 50-year-old investors lost a total of 1.87 trillion won in 158,000 accounts; and 117,300 accounts of 30-year-old investors lost a total of 1.09 trillion won. In terms of average household losses, older investors are higher. Investors aged 70 and above have an average loss of about 29.94 million won per household.