韩国将要求单一杠杆ETF的新投资者必须完成模拟交易练习

The Odaily Planet Daily reports that South Korea will require new investors in single-leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to complete simulated trading exercises, further tightening regulations on these high-risk products that exacerbate market volatility. The Financial Services Commission of South Korea has announced that new investors purchasing single-leveraged ETFs must complete at least five days of simulated trading, with a total duration of at least five hours. The new rules will take effect on August 19 and apply to both domestic and overseas related investments. This is another move by South Korean regulators to restrict retail investors' participation in leveraged ETF trading.

Previously, these related products experienced significant declines, resulting in billions of dollars in losses for investors. Regulators had earlier raised the minimum cash deposit requirement for such trades to 30 million won (approximately $21,000) and extended the mandatory online training time for new investors in single-stock leveraged products to three hours.