Daily Korea Market Report · as of 2026-08-11 close
The KOSPI closed at 6,345.53, up 0.73% on the day. It remains -30.4% below its recent peak. Our system’s Korea crash gate is currently blocking new entries — a high-volatility regime. Overall regime call: INFLATION.
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KOSPI Close
6,345.53
+0.73% · -30.4% vs peak
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Volatility (20d realized)
102.1
Panic ≥40
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USD/KRW
1,418.4
+0.81% · 1M -5.3%
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Regime
INFLATION
🔴 Entries blocked
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📝 Market Wrap
■ Market Overview & Leaders
KOSPI added 0.73% to close at 6,345.53, buoyed by Samsung SDS (+6.5%), Celltrion (+4.7%) and Samsung Electronics (+4.1%), while KOSDAQ edged up 0.39% to 857.84. Regional peers outpaced Seoul, with Nikkei 225 jumping 2.08% to 66,970.22 and TAIEX up 0.43%; the S&P 500 was roughly flat (-0.06%). The won weakened 0.81% against the dollar to 1,418.42, adding a currency headwind for foreign holders even as local equities advanced.
■ Flows & Breadth
Beneath the headline gain, breadth was essentially split — 20 advancers versus 19 decliners among large caps — with heavyweights like Posco Future M (-5.2%), Samsung SDI (-4.6%) and LG Electronics (-4.4%) sliding hard. This divergence signals the rally is narrowly concentrated in a handful of mega-caps rather than broad-based strength. Headlines also flag retail “ants” rotating capital toward Wall Street amid domestic volatility, while a system risk gate remains active, blocking trades in this high-volatility regime.
■ Takeaway
With gains concentrated in select names and the risk gate still engaged, the market looks prone to sharp swings; index-level optimism deserves scrutiny given the near-even breadth and won weakness. 📈
📊 Market Snapshot
| Index | Close | 1D | 5D | 1M | vs Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOSPI | 6,345.53 | +0.73% | -0.2% | -15.1% | -30.4% |
| KOSDAQ | 857.84 | +0.39% | +9.9% | +2.4% | -30.0% |
| S&P 500 | 7,753.11 | -0.06% | +2.0% | +2.3% | -0.1% |
| USD/KRW | 1,418.4 | +0.81% | -0.7% | -5.3% | -8.8% |
| Nikkei 225 | 66,970 | +2.08% | +5.0% | -1.1% | -7.5% |
| Taiwan TAIEX | 45,121 | +0.43% | +4.1% | -0.6% | -5.5% |
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🏷️ Large-Cap Movers (Today)
| Gainers | Chg | Losers | Chg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 삼성에스디에스 | +6.5% | 포스코퓨처엠 | -5.2% |
| 셀트리온 | +4.7% | 삼성SDI | -4.6% |
| 삼성전자 | +4.1% | LG전자 | -4.4% |
| 코웨이 | +3.5% | KT&G | -3.1% |
| 삼성생명 | +3.2% | KB금융 | -3.0% |
Large-cap breadth: 20 up · 19 down (of 40)
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🔄 Sector Rotation
| Sector | 1M | 3M | Score | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 부동산/리츠 | +77.5% | +98.4% | 93.4 | — |
| 반도체/IT | -3.3% | -26.7% | 2.6 | Growth |
| 에너지 | +10.3% | -3.1% | 1.9 | Defensive |
| 통신/인터넷 | +8.0% | -4.3% | 0.2 | Growth |
| 유틸리티 | -2.2% | -37.2% | 0.2 | Defensive |
| 소비재 | -2.2% | -9.5% | -1.7 | Growth |
| 필수소비재 | +6.7% | -2.1% | -2.1 | Defensive |
| 화학/소재 | +8.4% | -13.9% | -2.4 | Growth |
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📐 Market Breadth
(40 names)
| Above 200-DMA | Above 50-DMA | Up over 1M | 52-wk highs | 52-wk lows |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60% | 48% | 58% | 0% | 0% |
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📰 Headlines (English coverage of Korea)
- Kosdaq trounces Kospi with 7% gain as biotech, chip gear stocks surge — KED Global
- Korean ‘ants’ swarm back to Wall Street as KOSPI rout dents homecoming drive — Reuters
- How Leveraged ETFs Turned South Korea’s Stock Market Into a Casino and Why the U.S. Might Be Next — Yahoo Finance
- Investors Shift from Domestic ETFs to U.S. as KOSPI Slumps — 조선일보
- Oil prices hold steady after jumping 5%, while Asian shares are mixed — FOX 44
- It is predicted that the KOSPI will rebound in the form of a “√” after a sharp decline. It is a scen.. — 매일경제
- How A.I. Mania Turned This Stock Market Into a ‘Version of Squid Game’ — The New York Times
- Kospi opens lower on U.S. losses — Korea JoongAng Daily
Headlines are credited to their publishers — click a headline to open the original article.
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🌐 Macro Dashboard
| Indicator | Level | 1M | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|
| US 10Y yield | 0.78 | — | — |
| Dollar Index (DXY) | 119.06 | -1.2% | — |
| Gold | 4,427 | +10.8% | ▼ |
| WTI Crude | 82.00 | +3.5% | — |
| Bitcoin | 63,860 | -2.1% | — |
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🌡️ Regime & Risk Diagnosis
- Regime call: INFLATION — Inflationary — growth with rising price pressure
- Allocation guide: Tilt toward real assets and value
- Crash gate: 🔴 Blocking new entries
- 5-day index return -5.1% (threshold -8%) · 20-day realized vol 102.1 (threshold 40) — the system automatically resumes new entries once both metrics normalize.
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🎯 System Watchlist
Sectors in focus: 금융 11 names · 필수소비재 3 names · 반도체/IT 3 names · 화학/소재 1 names · 바이오/헬스 1 names
| Name | Mkt | Sector | Style | Score | Target | Stop | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 한화생명 | KR | 금융 | Swing | 100 | +20.0% | -10.0% | Watching |
| 코스맥스비티아이 | KR | 금융 | Swing | 100 | +20.0% | -10.0% | Watching |
| 동국홀딩스 | KR | 금융 | Swing | 100 | +20.0% | -10.0% | Watching |
| LS | KR | 금융 | Swing | 100 | +20.0% | -10.0% | Watching |
| 스틱인베스트먼트 | KR | 금융 | Squeeze | 100 | +20.0% | -10.0% | Watching |
| 오리온 | KR | 필수소비재 | Swing | 90 | +29.2% | -14.6% | Watching |
| 롯데정밀화학 | KR | 화학/소재 | Swing | 90 | +20.0% | -10.0% | Watching |
| 삼성전자 | KR | 반도체/IT | Swing | 90 | +20.0% | -10.0% | Watching |
| 현대지에프홀딩스 | KR | 금융 | Swing | 90 | +20.0% | -10.0% | Watching |
| 무학 | KR | 필수소비재 | Squeeze | 90 | +17.3% | -8.6% | Watching |
| DB손해보험 | KR | 금융 | Swing | 90 | +20.0% | -10.0% | Watching |
| 코리아써키트 | KR | 반도체/IT | Swing | 90 | +20.0% | -10.0% | Watching |
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🩺 System Health Check
- Risk gate: 🔴 Blocking new entries
- [KR Crash Gate] 실현변동성 20일 102.1 ≥ 40 — 패닉 국면, 신규 진입 차단
- Circuit breaker: 🟢 Normal
- Entry attempts blocked by the gate today: 31
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🤖 System Trading Status
No positions closed today.
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Published 2026-08-11 15:51 KST
For information only — not investment advice or a solicitation. All investment decisions are your own responsibility.
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