Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

Event-Driven

Korea Stock Exchange KOSPI 200 / Event-Driven

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<li>KRX notified local brokerages last week about allowing market orders for single stock futures (SSF) from April. Currently, 192 SSFs are listed.</li>
<li>Anticipating short-term effects, heightened frequency and impact of erroneous orders may cause spot market confusion. KRX plans real-time bid disclosure for SSFs to prevent price distortions.</li>
<li>Nonetheless, we will likely observe SSF price volatility surges. Real-time bid exposure could exacerbate volatility due to premature information revelation. Preemptive position setups considering these factors are advised.</li>
</ul>


KRX notified local brokerages last week about allowing market orders for single stock futures (SSF) from April. Currently, 192 SSFs are listed.
Anticipating short-term effects, heightened frequency and impact of erroneous orders may cause spot market confusion. KRX plans real-time bid disclosure for SSFs to prevent price distortions.
Nonetheless, we will likely observe SSF price volatility surges. Real-time bid exposure could exacerbate volatility due to premature information revelation. Preemptive position setups considering these factors are advised.


KRX Introduces Market Orders for Single Stock Futures: Potential Trading Impacts

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<li>The effective date, required by law to start six months post-promulgation, suggests implementation around July this year.</li>
<li>Enforcement decrees and regulations, under the Financial Services Commission's purview, must be confirmed before the effective date (within six months post-promulgation). The announcement is likely in early to mid-March.</li>
<li>Expecting the amendment, there may be a pre-July surge in block deals as major shareholders expedite plans, creating assertive market activity in the first half with potential trading opportunities.</li>
</ul>


The effective date, required by law to start six months post-promulgation, suggests implementation around July this year.
Enforcement decrees and regulations, under the Financial Services Commission's purview, must be confirmed before the effective date (within six months post-promulgation). The announcement is likely in early to mid-March.
Expecting the amendment, there may be a pre-July surge in block deals as major shareholders expedite plans, creating assertive market activity in the first half with potential trading opportunities.


A Comprehensive Update on Implementation of Block Deals Pre-Disclosure in Korea

Quantitative Researcher, MRM Research

Nico Rosti

Quantitative Researcher

MRM Research

Quantitative Research

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<li>The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/korea-stock-exchange-kospi-200" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26021:1" rel="noopener">KOSPI 200 INDEX</a> is correcting after a long multi-week rally. Currently down for 2 weeks (to be confirmed this Friday at close), it's becoming OVERSOLD.</li>
<li>There is a risk of a large slide during this week, so LONG trades should be taken with a careful, hedged approach, but the LONG reversal is pending...</li>
<li>The price area between 345 and 334 is where the index could stop its pullback and reverse.</li>
</ul>


The KOSPI 200 INDEX is correcting after a long multi-week rally. Currently down for 2 weeks (to be confirmed this Friday at close), it's becoming OVERSOLD.
There is a risk of a large slide during this week, so LONG trades should be taken with a careful, hedged approach, but the LONG reversal is pending...
The price area between 345 and 334 is where the index could stop its pullback and reverse.


EQD | KOSPI 200 Readying for LONG Reversal

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

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<li>12 ETFs (9 passive and 3 active) and 1 ETN tracking the Korea Value-Up Index will start trading on the KRX on 4 November.</li>
<li>At listing, the combined AUM across the 13 products is KRW 511bn (US$370m). So not a lot of impact on the stocks in the index.</li>
<li>The expectation is that there will be a lot of money that starts to track the index after the ETF listing. Looking at Japan, that is not a success story.</li>
</ul>


12 ETFs (9 passive and 3 active) and 1 ETN tracking the Korea Value-Up Index will start trading on the KRX on 4 November.
At listing, the combined AUM across the 13 products is KRW 511bn (US$370m). So not a lot of impact on the stocks in the index.
The expectation is that there will be a lot of money that starts to track the index after the ETF listing. Looking at Japan, that is not a success story.


Korea Value-Up ETFs: Listing on 4 Nov with US$370m AUM

<ul>
<li>The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/korea-stock-exchange-kospi-200" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26021:1" rel="noopener">KOSPI 200 INDEX</a> closed  up 8 weeks in a row and breached the Inner Fence resistance target at 349, the index is now very OVERBOUGHT. </li>
<li>The upcoming pullback could be an occasion to go LONG at better prices: based on pattern analysis there is a chance the correction may be a large one, albeit fast.</li>
<li>Support levels to buy are in the 346-336 price area.</li>
</ul>


The KOSPI 200 INDEX closed  up 8 weeks in a row and breached the Inner Fence resistance target at 349, the index is now very OVERBOUGHT. 
The upcoming pullback could be an occasion to go LONG at better prices: based on pattern analysis there is a chance the correction may be a large one, albeit fast.
Support levels to buy are in the 346-336 price area.


EQD | KOSPI 200 Shows a Bullish Pattern for the Upcoming Pullback

South Korea

The KOSPI 200 Index is a capitalization-weighted index of 200 Korean stocks which make up 93% of the total market value of the Korea Stock Exchange. The index was developed with a base value of 100 as of January 3, 1990.

Korea Stock Exchange KOSPI 200 (KOSPI2 INDEX EQUITY)

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KRX Introduces Market Orders for Single Stock Futures: Potential Trading Impacts

This post investigates KRX's plans to introduce market orders for single stock futures in Korea and looks into potential impacts from a trading...

Sanghyun Park

A Comprehensive Update on Implementation of Block Deals Pre-Disclosure in Korea

This post delivers a thorough and insightful update on the current status and progress of the block deals pre-disclosure system in Korea.

Sanghyun Park

EQD | KOSPI 200 Readying for LONG Reversal

The KOSPI 200 INDEX is correcting after a multi-week rally, but it's getting oversold. There is a risk of a large slide, LONG trades should be...

Nico Rosti

Korea Value-Up ETFs: Listing on 4 Nov with US$370m AUM

12 ETFs (9 passive and 3 active) and 1 ETN tracking the Korea Value-Up Index will start trading on the KRX on 4 November. Total assets at launch...

Brian Freitas

EQD | KOSPI 200 Shows a Bullish Pattern for the Upcoming Pullback

The KOSPI 200 INDEX is overbought, after 8 consecutive weeks of gains. A potential pullback may present a buying opportunity at support levels...

Nico Rosti

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KRX Introduces Market Orders for Single Stock Futures: Potential Trading Impacts

This post investigates KRX's plans to introduce market orders for single stock futures in Korea and looks into potential impacts from a trading...

Sanghyun Park

A Comprehensive Update on Implementation of Block Deals Pre-Disclosure in Korea

This post delivers a thorough and insightful update on the current status and progress of the block deals pre-disclosure system in Korea.

Sanghyun Park

EQD | KOSPI 200 Readying for LONG Reversal

​The KOSPI 200 INDEX is correcting after a multi-week rally, but it's getting oversold. There is a risk of a large slide, LONG trades should be...

Nico Rosti

Korea Value-Up ETFs: Listing on 4 Nov with US$370m AUM

12 ETFs (9 passive and 3 active) and 1 ETN tracking the Korea Value-Up Index will start trading on the KRX on 4 November. Total assets at launch...

Brian Freitas

EQD | KOSPI 200 Shows a Bullish Pattern for the Upcoming Pullback

​The KOSPI 200 INDEX is overbought, after 8 consecutive weeks of gains. A potential pullback may present a buying opportunity at support levels...

Nico Rosti

The KOSPI 200 INDEX is correcting after a multi-week rally, but it's getting oversold. There is a risk of a large slide, LONG trades should be...

The KOSPI 200 INDEX is overbought, after 8 consecutive weeks of gains. A potential pullback may present a buying opportunity at support levels...