basic deposit requirement

In South Korea, a basic deposit (gibon yetakgeum) is the minimum amount an investor must have on account before being allowed to trade certain high-risk products, including single-stock leveraged ETFs and ETNs. Regulators use this threshold to keep undercapitalized retail traders out of the riskiest instruments. Raising the amount, or requiring it in cash rather than securities, tightens who can access the product without banning it outright.

Predictions & track record (2)

• Awaiting grading If Korea limits single-stock leveraged ETFs to professional investors, where does retail money go?As of 7/29-30, the professional-investor-only restriction remained under review, not finalized (the 20% portfolio cap was decided for immediate rollout; the professional-investor limit and leverage-ratio cut are still being weighed separately). Score once an actual rule takes effect, by checking whether domestic product AUM falls together with Korean holdings of the Hong Kong-listed SK hynix 2x product, or whether risk merely migrates there.
• Awaiting grading Korea moved up a leverage-product crackdown by five days and called it bold. Critics aren't buying itCheck whether the July 31 deposit hike and the follow-on tracking-error rule due August 19 both take effect as scheduled, and whether trading volume in single-stock leverage products actually drops.

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