[Edaily Reporter KIM YOON-JEONG ] It has been revealed that retail investors who invested in single-stock leveraged exchange-traded products (ETPs, including ETFs and ETNs) based on Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have incurred losses exceeding 6.3 trillion won in the approximately two and a half months since the products’ launch. Realized trading losses totaled 2.3242 trillion won, while unrealized paper losses amounted to 3.9888 trillion won.

According to data jointly submitted by the Financial Supervisory Service to the National Assembly’s Political Affairs Committee on the 21st, trading losses incurred by individual investors in single-stock leveraged products at 10 securities firms (Kiwoom, Mirae, Samsung, NH, Korea, KB, Shinhan, Meritz, Daishin, and Hana) from the product’s listing on May 27 through August 14 totaled 2.3242 trillion won.
Looking at realized trading losses by age group, those in their 40s incurred the highest losses at 712 billion won. This was followed by those in their 50s at 703.4 billion won, those in their 30s at 412.1 billion won, those in their 60s at 343.9 billion won, and those in their 20s at 76.1 billion won. Those aged 70 and older recorded losses of 75.3 billion won, while those under 20 recorded losses of 1.4 billion won.
Unrealized losses—losses on the valuation of held assets—were also highest among those in their 40s at 1.341 trillion won, followed by those in their 50s at 1.1621 trillion won. Those in their 30s recorded 679.1 billion won, those in their 60s 462.0 billion won, those aged 70 and older 218.1 billion won, and those in their 20s 119.7 billion won. Valuation losses for those under 20 totaled 6.8 billion won.
Total losses, comprising both trading losses and valuation losses, amounted to 6.313 trillion won. By age group, those in their 40s recorded the largest losses at 2.053 trillion won, followed by those in their 50s at 1.8655 trillion won and those in their 30s at 1.0912 trillion won. Next were those in their 60s at 805.9 billion won, those aged 70 and older at 293.4 billion won, those in their 20s at 195.8 billion won, and those under 20 at 8.2 billion won.
Profit and loss figures by age group were calculated based on accounts that had a history of buying or selling a single-stock leveraged product at least once between the product’s listing and August 14.