Over the past month, South Korean retail investors who used leverage trading lost about KRW 2.15 trillion (about $1.45 billion), with positions being forcibly liquidated from accounts; investors aged 20 to 30 accounted for 62%. As of July 13, around 320,000 to 460,000 leveraged accounts had been fully liquidated by brokers. Data from the Korea Financial Investment Association shows that between July 1 and 13, the actual forced liquidation amount triggered by unsettled trades was KRW 451.9 billion. (Macrostream)