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.

Index Rebalance

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<li>KRX Semis is September’s key passive event, but TIGER’s unusual 6% Hynix underweight and sampling approach ahead of the rebalance has raised fresh tracking concerns.</li>
<li>Mirae’s sampling explanation is questionable, with TIGER effectively running an active tilt before reversing KRW 80bn of Hynix and Samsung trades last Wednesday. FSS review remains unclear.</li>
<li>Full replication is the base case. Pre position TES and TSE, then target spillover flows as Hynix and Samsung revert to the 20% cap, with Hynix driving KRW 1.2tn.</li>
</ul>


KRX Semis is September’s key passive event, but TIGER’s unusual 6% Hynix underweight and sampling approach ahead of the rebalance has raised fresh tracking concerns.
Mirae’s sampling explanation is questionable, with TIGER effectively running an active tilt before reversing KRW 80bn of Hynix and Samsung trades last Wednesday. FSS review remains unclear.
Full replication is the base case. Pre position TES and TSE, then target spillover flows as Hynix and Samsung revert to the 20% cap, with Hynix driving KRW 1.2tn.


On the Risk of TIGER (Or Even KODEX) Repeating Its Weird Practice Ahead of KRX Semis Sept Rebalance

<ul>
<li>Last September rebalance, Taesung, HD Hyundai Energy, and Gemvax saw strong announcement day gains, then mixed and partially reversed prints on the actual rebalance flow date.</li>
<li>Setup centers on the announcement window Friday Sept 4 ahead of Sept 10 rebalance, with May to July screening driving pre positioning into likely inclusions.</li>
<li>TES (095610), TSE (131290), VM (089970) are core inclusion locks. KRW 8.2tn AUM drives higher positioning and two track trade into announcement and pre positioning.</li>
</ul>


Last September rebalance, Taesung, HD Hyundai Energy, and Gemvax saw strong announcement day gains, then mixed and partially reversed prints on the actual rebalance flow date.
Setup centers on the announcement window Friday Sept 4 ahead of Sept 10 rebalance, with May to July screening driving pre positioning into likely inclusions.
TES (095610), TSE (131290), VM (089970) are core inclusion locks. KRW 8.2tn AUM drives higher positioning and two track trade into announcement and pre positioning.


KRX Semis Set for Heavy Passive Flow Attention in September

<ul>
<li>KRX announced KOSDAQ Global rebalancing. Annually in June, effective date follows June options expiry. Passive flow trading on Thursday, the 13th. 49 companies designated, with nine excluded and eleven added.</li>
<li>Predicting passive capital movement is challenging, but attention must be given to price impacts because reshuffle predictability is low, lacking preemptive trading setups.</li>
<li>We must anticipate the SSF reshuffle in August, likely including new KOSDAQ Global constituents. KRX plans to list SSFs for all remaining constituents, potentially advancing setup timing for price increases.</li>
</ul>


KRX announced KOSDAQ Global rebalancing. Annually in June, effective date follows June options expiry. Passive flow trading on Thursday, the 13th. 49 companies designated, with nine excluded and eleven added.
Predicting passive capital movement is challenging, but attention must be given to price impacts because reshuffle predictability is low, lacking preemptive trading setups.
We must anticipate the SSF reshuffle in August, likely including new KOSDAQ Global constituents. KRX plans to list SSFs for all remaining constituents, potentially advancing setup timing for price increases.


KOSDAQ Global Rebalancing This Week: Trading Considerations

Event-Driven

<p>We now have KOSPI 200 and KOSDAQ 150 rebalancing completed. What does this mean? It means we have new members of the so-called Korea Short 350 as these new additions are now eligible for short selling.</p><p>So, let's look at their current loan balance, often serving as a leading indicator of short-selling intensity in the short term.</p>

We now have KOSPI 200 and KOSDAQ 150 rebalancing completed. What does this mean? It means we have new members of the so-called Korea Short 350 as these new additions are now eligible for short selling.So, let's look at their current loan balance, often serving as a leading indicator of short-selling intensity in the short term.

Korea Short 350 New Members: KOSPI 200 & KOSDAQ 150 Adds

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

<p>The KRX has announced the list of inclusions and exclusions to the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kosdaq-150-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31077:1" rel="noopener">KOSDAQ 150 Index (KOSDQ150 INDEX)</a> today. The rebalance is effective after the close of trading on 10 June.</p><p>There are 16 inclusions into and exclusions from the index at the June review with an estimated one-way turnover of 7.04%.</p><table class="table table-striped">
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; width: 233pt;"><h3>Inclusions</h3></td>
<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; width: 242pt;"><h3>Exclusions</h3></td>
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<td><strong>Code</strong></td>
<td><strong>Name</strong></td>
<td><strong>Code</strong></td>
<td><strong>Name</strong></td>
</tr>
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<td>015750.KQ</td>
<td>Sungwoo Hitech Co Ltd</td>
<td>018290.KQ</td>
<td>VT GMP Co Ltd</td>
</tr>
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<td>018000.KQ</td>
<td>Unison Co Ltd</td>
<td>034950.KQ</td>
<td>Korea Ratings Corp</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>027360.KQ</td>
<td>AJu IB Investment Co Ltd</td>
<td>035810.KQ</td>
<td>Easy Holdings Co Ltd</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>036810.KQ</td>
<td>Fine Semitech Corp</td>
<td>052020.KQ</td>
<td>STCube Inc</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>041190.KQ</td>
<td>Woori Technology Investment Co Ltd</td>
<td>052260.KQ</td>
<td>Hyundai BioLand Co Ltd</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>053030.KQ</td>
<td>Binex Co Ltd</td>
<td>060570.KQ</td>
<td>Dream Us Co</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>082270.KQ</td>
<td>GemVax &amp; KAEL Co Ltd</td>
<td>065660.KQ</td>
<td>Anterogen Co Ltd</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>100090.KQ</td>
<td>Samkang M&amp;T Co Ltd</td>
<td>082920.KQ</td>
<td>Vitzrocell Co Ltd</td>
</tr>
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<td>131290.KQ</td>
<td>TSE Co Ltd</td>
<td>092730.KQ</td>
<td>NeoPharm Co Ltd</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>131970.KQ</td>
<td>Tesna Inc</td>
<td>143240.KQ</td>
<td>Saramin HR Co Ltd</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>140860.KQ</td>
<td>Park Systems Corp</td>
<td>194700.KQ</td>
<td>Novarex Co Ltd</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>166090.KQ</td>
<td>Hana Materials Inc</td>
<td>214370.KQ</td>
<td>Caregen Co Ltd</td>
</tr>
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<td>175250.KQ</td>
<td>Icure Pharmaceutical Inc</td>
<td>215000.KQ</td>
<td>Golfzon Co Ltd</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>194480.KQ</td>
<td>Devsisters Corp</td>
<td>237880.KQ</td>
<td>Clio Cosmetics Co Ltd</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>222800.KQ</td>
<td>Simmtech Co Ltd</td>
<td>239610.KQ</td>
<td>HL Science Co Ltd</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>323990.KQ</td>
<td>Vaxcell Bio Therapeutics</td>
<td>243840.KQ</td>
<td>Shin Heung Energy &amp; Electronics Co Ltd</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table><p>There are 12 trading days to implementation of the changes and there are a lot of additions and deletions that have over 2 days of ADV to trade. There will be a lot of action in the next few days on the names with higher ADV to trade.</p><p>With short selling limited to the constituents of the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kosdaq-150-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31077:1" rel="noopener">KOSDAQ 150 Index (KOSDQ150 INDEX)</a>, shorting the inclusions will be tough while selling/shorting the deletions is a lot easier since they are current index constituents. The inclusions could outperform the deletions till a couple of days before implementation date, while there could be a high risk/reward reverse trade if the outperformance is significant.</p>

The KRX has announced the list of inclusions and exclusions to the KOSDAQ 150 Index (KOSDQ150 INDEX) today. The rebalance is effective after the close of trading on 10 June.There are 16 inclusions into and exclusions from the index at the June review with an estimated one-way turnover of 7.04%.








Inclusions
Exclusions


Code
Name
Code
Name


015750.KQ
Sungwoo Hitech Co Ltd
018290.KQ
VT GMP Co Ltd


018000.KQ
Unison Co Ltd
034950.KQ
Korea Ratings Corp


027360.KQ
AJu IB Investment Co Ltd
035810.KQ
Easy Holdings Co Ltd


036810.KQ
Fine Semitech Corp
052020.KQ
STCube Inc


041190.KQ
Woori Technology Investment Co Ltd
052260.KQ
Hyundai BioLand Co Ltd


053030.KQ
Binex Co Ltd
060570.KQ
Dream Us Co


082270.KQ
GemVax &amp; KAEL Co Ltd
065660.KQ
Anterogen Co Ltd


100090.KQ
Samkang M&amp;T Co Ltd
082920.KQ
Vitzrocell Co Ltd


131290.KQ
TSE Co Ltd
092730.KQ
NeoPharm Co Ltd


131970.KQ
Tesna Inc
143240.KQ
Saramin HR Co Ltd


140860.KQ
Park Systems Corp
194700.KQ
Novarex Co Ltd


166090.KQ
Hana Materials Inc
214370.KQ
Caregen Co Ltd


175250.KQ
Icure Pharmaceutical Inc
215000.KQ
Golfzon Co Ltd


194480.KQ
Devsisters Corp
237880.KQ
Clio Cosmetics Co Ltd


222800.KQ
Simmtech Co Ltd
239610.KQ
HL Science Co Ltd


323990.KQ
Vaxcell Bio Therapeutics
243840.KQ
Shin Heung Energy &amp; Electronics Co Ltd


There are 12 trading days to implementation of the changes and there are a lot of additions and deletions that have over 2 days of ADV to trade. There will be a lot of action in the next few days on the names with higher ADV to trade.With short selling limited to the constituents of the KOSDAQ 150 Index (KOSDQ150 INDEX), shorting the inclusions will be tough while selling/shorting the deletions is a lot easier since they are current index constituents. The inclusions could outperform the deletions till a couple of days before implementation date, while there could be a high risk/reward reverse trade if the outperformance is significant.

KOSDAQ150 Index Rebalance: 16 Changes & Large Turnover

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TSE Co., Ltd. manufactures and markets various LED testing equipments and semiconductor testing equipments, such as Interface Boards and Probe Cards.

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Sanghyun Park

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KRX Semis in September is shaping up as a pretty notable passive flow event with strong market attention and elevated positioning focus.

Sanghyun Park

KOSDAQ Global Rebalancing This Week: Trading Considerations

This post outlines today's announcement of the KOSDAQ Global Index rebalancing results and explores trading implications.

Sanghyun Park

Korea Short 350 New Members: KOSPI 200 & KOSDAQ 150 Adds

We now have new members of the so-called Korea Short 350 for short-selling eligibility. They are new additions to KOSPI 200 and KOSDAQ 150. This...

Sanghyun Park

KOSDAQ150 Index Rebalance: 16 Changes & Large Turnover

There are 16 changes to the KOSDAQ150 index resulting in a one-way turnover of 7.04%. The impact on the exclusions is a lot higher than on the...

Brian Freitas

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