Korean margin loans (sinyong yungja) stood at 32.67 trillion won as of July 24, 2026 — roughly 31% of the 105.6 trillion won parked in investor deposit accounts. Here is where to find both KOFIA figures, how forced liquidation (bandae maemae) actually works, and how to read the ratio before a drawdown, not after.
One company accounts for roughly a fifth of Korea’s benchmark index. Here is how KOSPI’s cap-weighted methodology turns Samsung Electronics and the memory-chip cycle into the index itself – and what that means for anyone tracking or buying Korean equities.
Korea runs two very different stock markets under one exchange operator. This guide explains how KOSPI and KOSDAQ differ in listing rules, sector mix, investor base, and tradable products – and walks through how to read the foreign-flow data that drives both.
Tujaja yetakgeum — the cash retail investors keep parked at Korean brokerages — is the market’s most-watched measure of buying capacity. Here is what it measures, where KOFIA publishes it, and how to read it alongside margin loans without fooling yourself.
Korea slows a crashing market in three layers: sidecars pause program trading at a 5% futures move, circuit breakers halt everything at index drops of 8%, 15%, and 20%, and volatility interruptions cool single stocks. Here is how each trigger works, in what order they fire, and how to read the flow data around a halt.
Where to find Korea’s weekly foreign investor net-buying data for the KOSPI, and how to read it. Foreign investors own roughly 30% of the market and set prices at the margin — including the July 2026 case where an 8-session, ₩28 trillion foreign selling streak flipped to buying at the exact turning point.