--- title: "Korean girl's summer" type: "Topics" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/topics/42479130.md" description: "These days, a Korean girl's post has been going viral on social media. The gist is: this is the best summer since she became an adult—she found a job, threw all her salary into the stock market, bet on the currently most crowded sector, and her account multiplied. Air tickets are discounted everywhere, and saving a week's salary is enough to fly to an island. In the streets of Seoul, people stopped to hug and cheer. "It feels like living in a golden age." Most people who saw it felt FOMO, but I sneered. I'm well-versed in "Dream of the Red Chamber" and know the story of the Jia family's home visit. Imperial Consort Yuan's visit, paved with gold and silver, like adding fuel to the fire and brocade to flowers. But the shift from peak prosperity to extreme decline often happens in an instant. Present-day South Korea..." datetime: "2026-07-07T14:04:14.000Z" locales: - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/topics/42479130.md) - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/topics/42479130.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/topics/42479130.md) author: "[股神小顾](https://longbridge.com/en/profiles/13638348.md)" --- # Korean girl's summer These days, a Korean girl's post has been spreading like wildfire on social media. The gist is: this is the best summer of her adult life—she found a job, threw all her salary into the stock market, bet on the most crowded sector right now, and her account multiplied several times. Air tickets are discounted everywhere, and saving a week's salary is enough to fly to an island. People on the streets of Seoul stop to hug and cheer. "It feels like living in a golden age." Most people who saw it felt FOMO, but I sneered. I've read "Dream of the Red Chamber" thoroughly and know the story of the Jia family's home visit. Imperial Consort Yuan visits, gold and silver pave the way, the fire is fierce, and flowers adorn the brocade. But the transition from peak prosperity to extreme decline often happens in an instant. Isn't that exactly what South Korea is like now? Consumption downgrading, index soaring, institutional herding, liquidity drying up, fools making money. Putting these fragments together, what I see is not a golden age, but the **end of a carnival**. It's just that people are foolish, seeing only the revelry and not the end. That girl thinks she's the protagonist, but she's actually the **fuel**. I imagined her ending, which probably falls into one of these few categories:   **The first, and the most dignified one:** She made that fivefold profit. She really bought a ticket and went to the island. She was playing with her phone on the beach when a pop-up notification told her the heavily weighted stock she held had hit the limit down. She wasn't panicked; she thought it was a correction. After all, she'd never seen what a "liquidity squeeze" is. By the time she got her tan and returned to work in her home country, her account had already been **liquidated**. More ironically, the company she worked for also went under. Not for any other reason, but because the boss, just like her, had leveraged up and bet on the same ship. The streets were full of young people dragging suitcases as they resigned. She stopped talking, silently deleted the "golden age" screenshot, and returned to her "N-throw generation." **The second, a bit more tragic:** She didn't have time to run. She watched her account go from fivefold to threefold, to break-even, to negative. Unwilling to accept it, she mortgaged her house, borrowed money, trying to win it back. Then suddenly, there were no buyers for that "crowded sector." She was still working overtime that day, checking the market in a toilet stall, her fingers trembling so much she couldn't press the sell button. Finally, **with a "ding," the pop-up turned gray, showing a forced liquidation**. It was raining heavily in Seoul that day. When she walked out of the office building, she didn't hug anyone. **The third, the most ironic one:** She won. She really used that several-fold profit for a down payment, even changed her car, found a sk (presumably "skilled" or "successful") husband. She thought it was due to her good judgment, her good luck. Then she put all her principal and profits back in—**because those who have tasted fast money can no longer look at slow money.** She became the last person to foot the bill for that feast. What she bought was the illusion of a golden age. I don't care which one she ends up as. I only know that when "making money without understanding anything" becomes news, when even male-female relationships in Seoul start to ease up, the whole thing is just absurd. All I can see are four words: **the end of the carnival**. You guys keep sunbathing on the island. **When the tide goes out, we'll see who's crying and who's laughing.** Retail investors come and go, **but Gu the God remains steadfast**. **No matter which way the wind blows, I still sail against the current.** **(Written on June 18, 2026)** $Micron Tech(MU.US) $SK Hynix(SKHY.US) $Sandisk(SNDK.US) ### Related Stocks - [SKHY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SKHY.US.md) - [MU.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MU.US.md) - [SNDK.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SNDK.US.md) ## Comments (35) - **aiko20 · 2026-07-08T00:59:55.000Z**: It's time for a reversal! - **李大霄 · 2026-07-08T00:24:47.000Z**: It's about to reverse, the gods are coming to save the market$Invesco QQQ Trust(QQQ.US) - **股魔大霍 · 2026-07-07T16:41:37.000Z**: No, Xiao Gu, you're making predictions so early, it's bound to fall someday. I think there's no need to rush in on the second day; we need to let some people get margin-called. Finance is inherently predatory. - **GLORY · 2026-07-07T16:14:51.000Z**: Ironclad Gu Shen, go Gu Shen! 🤣 - **理小存 · 2026-07-07T15:49:45.000Z**: So many words, not even with two pictures🙃 - **hohohaxi · 2026-07-07T15:35:44.000Z**: Everyone can buy SK Hynix and Samsung tomorrow, don't panic, God Gu is showing the way - **KUNER · 2026-07-07T15:26:56.000Z · 👍 3**: Seeing Gu Shen coming out to short the stock, I knew we've bottom-fished SNDK 2x 17 again today. - **KUNER** (2026-07-08T00:55:10.000Z): Thanks, stock god 🙏 - **KUNER** (2026-07-09T15:31:27.000Z): Thanks again - **長野原烟花店交易员 · 2026-07-07T15:26:37.000Z**: Still AI-generated - **黑化的交易员 · 2026-07-07T15:25:08.000Z · 👍 1**: When the tide goes out, we'll see who's crying and who's laughing.Who's crying after all? It's a bit hard to guess. - **拜登的交易员エウベル · 2026-07-07T15:21:22.000Z · 👍 9**: Gambling God, furious because he missed the boat, has been bearish every day. Finally, he got it right once because of the sharp drop and really thinks he's a fortune teller now😇 (Gambling God: See, I told you it would fall a long time ago🤡)If you just analyze it a bit, you'll know that the curren - **跟顾神反着买** (2026-07-08T00:34:17.000Z): You said the stock god bought in a few days ago again - **跟顾神反着买 · 2026-07-07T14:55:55.000Z**: The stock god is bearish, this script is hard to predict@京城Z先生 - **超级美股韭菜** (2026-07-08T10:11:01.000Z): Even the stock god won't make it rise without shorting it. - **zag · 2026-07-07T14:38:25.000Z · 👍 5**: At least she has experienced +500%, when can your account achieve +5%? - **ttchong202 · 2026-07-07T14:28:19.000Z**: Gu Shen always uses A-share market thinking to trade US stocks, no wonder he's become a contrarian indicator. - **长桥挺好的 · 2026-07-07T14:22:42.000Z · 👍 4**: Even the stock gods are bearish, looks like it's bottomed out🤣 - **橙橙橙 · 2026-07-07T14:22:08.000Z · 👍 1**: 小顾还搁这嘲笑人家韩国妹子呢，小顾自己已经亏到贷款炒股了，把父母的口袋都快掏空了，别人赚钱的有资格说这话，你小顾也配？ദ്ദി (⩌ᴗ⩌ ) - **闪迪 · 2026-07-07T14:12:51.000Z · 👍 1**: Do you mean SK Hynix's final P/E ratio will reach 1x? - **漂洋过海来炒股** (2026-07-07T14:18:40.000Z): No, but SK Hynix has only fallen a little over 20% from its high, while the 2x long position on SK Hynix has already been more than halved😂 - **小汤神 · 2026-07-07T14:12:43.000Z**: I've seen this opening on many social media platforms already... - **超级美股韭菜 · 2026-07-07T14:10:48.000Z · 👍 3**: Monday morning quarterback - **股神小顾** (2026-07-07T14:11:22.000Z): Written on the 18th - **超级美股韭菜** (2026-07-07T14:11:49.000Z): Why didn't you post it back then? - **股神小顾** (2026-07-07T14:13:02.000Z): Forgot to post it elsewhere