Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>The biggest story in the Korean stock market in the past three days has been the crash in 8 stocks related to CFD derivatives.</li>
<li>As a result of the CFD related margin call selling, the following are the major impact on the 8 related stocks and the overall Korean stock market in our view.</li>
<li>They include a) overshooting on the downside on 8 related names, b) negative impact on the major rechargeable battery names, and c) negative impact on the overall Korean stock market. </li>
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The biggest story in the Korean stock market in the past three days has been the crash in 8 stocks related to CFD derivatives.
As a result of the CFD related margin call selling, the following are the major impact on the 8 related stocks and the overall Korean stock market in our view.
They include a) overshooting on the downside on 8 related names, b) negative impact on the major rechargeable battery names, and c) negative impact on the overall Korean stock market. 


A Crash in 8 Korean Stocks Related to CFD Derivatives: Margin Call in Korea

Korea / Special Situations, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Situations

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

Event-Driven

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<li>The local ghost hedge fund began to excessively invest in credit, which leveraged 2.5 to 3 times when the eight manipulated stocks started to increase rapidly in price.</li>
<li>Then, the Financial Supervisory Service deemed this excessively-leveraged trading behavior as unusual, and news of an investigation into their activities broke out and triggered them to dump the shares.</li>
<li>The key now is identifying in advance the stocks that will experience similar selling patterns. To do so, we need to prioritize selecting stocks with high-margin balances in recent times.</li>
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The local ghost hedge fund began to excessively invest in credit, which leveraged 2.5 to 3 times when the eight manipulated stocks started to increase rapidly in price.
Then, the Financial Supervisory Service deemed this excessively-leveraged trading behavior as unusual, and news of an investigation into their activities broke out and triggered them to dump the shares.
The key now is identifying in advance the stocks that will experience similar selling patterns. To do so, we need to prioritize selecting stocks with high-margin balances in recent times.


Matched Order Fraud in Korea: Reason Behind Eight Stocks Hit Massively

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<li>Hankyung's report is a clear misunderstanding under the current index methodology. The possibility of Samchully and Daesung Holdings' KOSPI 200 inclusion is NONE.</li>
<li>However, the issue of deteriorating the market representation of the K200 index, which is caused by the top stocks outside the index, is gaining attention in the local financial space.</li>
<li>So, we should prepare for the possibility that KRX will revise the methodology. In this case, an intense preemptive flow for the top names outside the KOSPI 200 can appear.</li>
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Hankyung's report is a clear misunderstanding under the current index methodology. The possibility of Samchully and Daesung Holdings' KOSPI 200 inclusion is NONE.
However, the issue of deteriorating the market representation of the K200 index, which is caused by the top stocks outside the index, is gaining attention in the local financial space.
So, we should prepare for the possibility that KRX will revise the methodology. In this case, an intense preemptive flow for the top names outside the KOSPI 200 can appear.


Misunderstandings & Truth About Samchully & Daesung Holdings Entering KOSPI 200

South Korea

Samchully Co., Ltd. an energy company, specializes in distributing liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Incheon City and the Gyeonggi area.  The Company also distributes gas equipment including gas heaters, ranges, and ovens.  In addition, Samchully operates discount store and real estate leasing business.

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Matched Order Fraud in Korea: Reason Behind Eight Stocks Hit Massively

This post investigates and explains the matched order fraud incident that engulfed Korea's local stock market this week and the potential names...

Sanghyun Park

Misunderstandings & Truth About Samchully & Daesung Holdings Entering KOSPI 200

This post explains why Hankyung's report about Samchully and Daesung Holdings entering K200 is a misunderstanding. Still, it can lead to revising...

Sanghyun Park

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A Crash in 8 Korean Stocks Related to CFD Derivatives: Margin Call in Korea

The biggest story in the Korean stock market in the past three days has been the crash in 8 stocks related to CFD derivatives. We discuss the major...

Douglas Kim

Matched Order Fraud in Korea: Reason Behind Eight Stocks Hit Massively

This post investigates and explains the matched order fraud incident that engulfed Korea's local stock market this week and the potential names...

Sanghyun Park

Misunderstandings & Truth About Samchully & Daesung Holdings Entering KOSPI 200

This post explains why Hankyung's report about Samchully and Daesung Holdings entering K200 is a misunderstanding. Still, it can lead to revising...

Sanghyun Park