Retail Investors Adjust Overseas Portfolios After South Korea Tightens Single-Stock Leverage Thresholds, Shift to Buying Underlying US Stocks

According to South Korean media Daum, after South Korean financial regulators raised the investment threshold for single-stock leveraged products, South Korean retail investors began adjusting their overseas investment portfolios, reducing holdings of high-leverage products and shifting to directly buying underlying US stocks. Data shows that since the minimum cash margin for single-stock leveraged products was raised to 30 million Korean won on August 1, significant capital outflows have occurred in Tesla's 2x leveraged product TSLL. South Korean investors still net bought approximately $14.58 million worth of TSLL on August 3, but on August 4, the buying amount plummeted to $1.56 million, while the selling amount rose to $8.68 million, turning to a net sell of $7.11 million for the day.