KOSPI Short Selling Hits 36.9B Won Amid Rising Margin Call Pressure

South Korean short selling reached 36.9B Won on July 27-28 as outstanding buy orders climbed to 12.24T Won, signaling intensifying leverage fund stress.

Woofun AI data shows that short selling in the South Korean stock market totaled approximately 36.851 billion Korean Won across Monday and Tuesday. The breakdown reveals 22.961 billion Won on July 27 and 13.890 billion Won on July 28, according to disclosures from the Korea Financial Investment Association.

Outstanding buy orders, a key indicator of uncollected funds, rose from 10.78 trillion Korean Won on July 27 to 12.24 trillion Korean Won on July 28. This increase highlights accumulating pressure on investor fund chains following the recent market decline.