[Data: South Korean Retail Investors Lose $1.45 Billion Due to Leveraged Trading Over the Past Month, Young Investors Hit Hardest] According to Hupzy citing Bloomberg data, South Korean retail investors in the stock market have incurred an estimated loss of $1.45 billion due to leveraged trading over the past month. Among them, 460,000 accounts were forcibly liquidated by brokerage firms, and approximately 1.2 million leveraged accounts faced margin calls. Investors aged 20 to 30 accounted for 62% of the total forced liquidations. The Korea Financial Investment Association reported that between July 1 and July 13, the amount of forced liquidations reached 451.9 billion Korean won.