--- title: "Korean version of \"Nvidia leverage\" is here? The first batch of Samsung and SK Hynix leveraged ETFs in South Korea is expected to be listed in May" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/280113906.md" description: "The first single stock leveraged ETFs linked to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are expected to be listed in May. Large asset management companies are preparing related products aimed at achieving two to three times the daily performance of the underlying stocks. Despite the higher risks associated with such products, the South Korean Financial Services Commission has expedited the approval process, allowing day traders to engage in more leveraged trading. The leverage ratio will be limited to twice the price volatility of the underlying stocks, which may exacerbate market fluctuations, especially in a market dominated by retail investors" datetime: "2026-03-23T07:09:05.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/280113906.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/280113906.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/280113906.md) --- > Supported Languages: [简体中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/280113906.md) | [繁體中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/280113906.md) # Korean version of "Nvidia leverage" is here? The first batch of Samsung and SK Hynix leveraged ETFs in South Korea is expected to be listed in May According to Zhitong Finance APP, the first single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) linked to leading companies in the chip industry, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, are expected to debut as early as May. It has been reported that large asset management companies such as Samsung Asset Management and Mirae Asset Global Investments are preparing to launch related products. Leveraged ETFs aim to achieve two to three times the daily performance of the underlying stocks or indices, with both gains and losses amplified. Given the high risks associated with such products, South Korea has so far prohibited the listing of single-stock leveraged ETFs locally. However, this has prompted risk-seeking retail investors in South Korea to flock to similar products in Hong Kong. Over the past year, driven by AI-driven chip demand, the stock prices of Samsung and SK Hynix have surged until the Iran war triggered a deterioration in market sentiment. ![image.png](https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://img.zhitongcaijing.com/image/20260323/1774249192770981.png?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg) To promote product diversification and allow day traders to engage in more leveraged trading, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) of South Korea stated in January that it would expedite the approval process for single-stock products. An FSC official mentioned that the regulatory body is currently consulting with relevant parties based on the announcement made in January and is committed to ensuring a smooth system upgrade. However, the introduction of single-stock leveraged ETFs may exacerbate market volatility, as such products amplify the gains and losses of actively traded stocks. In South Korea, where retail investors dominate the market, this impact may be particularly significant, as funds often concentrate on heavily weighted semiconductor stocks. The Financial Services Commission of South Korea stated in January that the leverage ratio would be limited to twice the price fluctuations of the underlying stocks, rather than the three times that some had hoped for. This means that if the price of the underlying stock changes by 1%, the leveraged fund's price will change by approximately 2%, whether up or down. It has been reported that to prevent excessive speculation and malicious competition, the regulatory body may only allow each company to launch one such leveraged ETF product. For U.S. stock investors, this dynamic is not only a financial innovation in the South Korean domestic market but also signals a deep restructuring of the liquidity structure of global semiconductor assets. For a long time, investors in the U.S. stock market have been accustomed to high-frequency speculation through leveraged products of individual stocks like Nvidia and Micron, while South Korea's recent "opening the floodgates" means that leveraged trading of global chip stocks will achieve full-time coverage, with volatility during Asian hours significantly amplified through these double-leveraged tools. From the perspective of cross-border linkage effects, Samsung and SK Hynix, as barometers of the storage industry, maintain a very high correlation with the Nasdaq 100 Index and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX). The emergence of local leveraged ETFs in South Korea effectively provides global investors with a more liquid "outpost." Moreover, this move will profoundly impact the distribution of capital flows in global semiconductor derivatives. Previously, due to the lack of single-stock leveraged tools in South Korea, a large amount of high-risk-return-seeking capital from both South Korean and international investors flowed into Hong Kong or the U.S. stock market's linked targets, even being forced to seek similar alternatives in the U.S. stock market, which to some extent raised the premium levels of related semiconductor ETFs in the U.S. stock market With the landing of local products in South Korea, funds chasing the fluctuations of Samsung and SK Hynix are expected to flow back to Seoul on a large scale, thereby alleviating the passive buying pressure on related U.S. stocks ### Related Stocks - [State Street® SPDR® S&P® Smcndctr ETF (XSD.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/XSD.US.md) - [XL2CSOPSMSN (07747.HK)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/07747.HK.md) - [Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Sponsored GDR Pfd (SSNGY.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SSNGY.US.md) - [Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 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