Bad week for ‘the ants’ as ripple effects of Korean crash spread out across Asia
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Bad week for ‘the ants’ as ripple effects of Korean crash spread out across Asia
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Bearish · 60%
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2026-07-17 09:36
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It was a bad week for “the ants,” as South Korea’s army of retail traders are known colloquially. 1.2 million of them were clobbered with margin calls. That’s more than 3% of the country’s adult population, illustrating the feverish extent of stock market speculation and the danger of leverage.
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Original article published by MarketWatch on July 17, 2026. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.
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