Korean retail's 2x inverse SK Hynix ETF lost ~60% in one day when the squeeze snapped back

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Korean retail's 2x inverse SK Hynix ETF lost ~60% in one day when the squeeze snapped back

The retail echo of the fund unwind: forum traders flipped to 2x inverse ETFs mid-crash to ride the downside, then SK Hynix limit-upped 30% on the KOSPI's record Friday and the inverse products lost ~60% in a session. Leverage got carried out on both sides of the same week — the same both-directions-forced signature as the fund that started it.

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The retail echo of the fund unwind: forum traders flipped to 2x inverse ETFs mid-crash to ride the downside, then SK Hynix limit-upped 30% on the KOSPI's record Friday and the inverse products lost ~60% in a session. Leverage got carried out on both sides of the same week — the same both-directions-forced signature as the fund that started it.

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Jul 31 NewsKOSPI's largest one-day gain in history; the unwind's anatomy gets numbers — captured 2026-07-31 EOW Jul 31 ArticleOne Seller: Anatomy of the AI Whiplash Jul 29 SourceKorea margin cascade Jul 29 SourceKorea margin cascade Jul 13 Desk NoteVertical: Memory & Storage — read the −15% correctly Jul 13 Redditr/stocks — SK Hynix tumbles 15% in Seoul AFTER a record Nasdaq ADR debut ($26.5B, 7x oversubscribed, ADR +13%) Jul 13 InvestigationThe memory selloff is an ASP repricing — and the $26.5B raise is the tell

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