Foreign and institutional investors unleash a selling barrage ahead of Samsung Electronics' earnings release... Why? (Lee Seung-jo) | Follow the Money, broadcast on 2026/10/7
- What to look for
- In a single 48-minute video, you can examine the derivatives-market breakdown ahead of Samsung Electronics' earnings D-day, the outlook for the KOSPI floor, and stock-specific trading prices across US stocks, materials, components and equipment, biotech, and nuclear power.
- Why it matters
- Understanding a framework for estimating the index floor through futures, non-arbitrage trading, and foreign investor flows can help you independently interpret index and trading-flow news during earnings season and periods of sharply rising interest rates.
AI summary
The video identifies fluctuations in the US Treasury yield for a 10 year maturity in the 5.2% range as the biggest negative factor and calls for caution about volatility in stocks with the largest market capitalizations while focusing on speculative money games in individual stocks. It describes tomorrow's announcement of Samsung Electronics' preliminary earnings as D-day and predicts that it will decide whether the stock rebounds after holding the 26 ten-thousand won range or falls to 24 ten-thousand won. It explains that the 1120 futures level in the derivatives market has changed from support to resistance, that non-arbitrage selling has continued since September (month 9) on day 8 and that foreign investors are selling trillions of won in cash equities and futures. It identifies the initial KOSPI floor, stage 1, as between 6,750 and 6,800 while leaving the 6,500 and 6,000 levels open if conditions deteriorate. For Samsung Electronics, it proposes selling at 27 ten-thousand won plus 5,000 won and then waiting between 24 ten-thousand won plus 5,000 won and 25 ten-thousand won plus 5,000 won. For SK hynix, it proposes buying in the 150 ten-thousand to 160 ten-thousand won range at the end of October (month 10) because of concerns about Solidigm being listed alongside its parent. It believes those orchestrating the speculative money game will not let the US market collapse before Anthropic's listing, views NVIDIA and Micron as trading within ranges, and proposes buying SK ADRs in installments between 155 and 165 dollars, selling Tesla and SpaceX proportionally, and choosing NuScale as its top pick. It warns against chasing materials, components and equipment stocks, security stocks, and quantum computing stocks. It proposes contrarian approaches to HYBE and Yuhan, rotation into established pharmaceutical stocks, buying a pullback after the Nuri rocket catalyst has run its course, and plays on Hanwha Ocean and nuclear power linked to campaigning in Texas. All directional outlooks are the speaker's conditional judgments, not definitive predictions of short-term prices.