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Put Option Open Interest on South Korea ETF Reaches 880,000 Contracts
Open interest in put options for the South Korea ETF rose to about 880,000 contracts. The figure is the highest in at least 12 months and has quadrupled in recent weeks.
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Put option open interest in the South Korea ETF reached approximately 880,000 contracts. The total is the highest level recorded in at least 12 months. The number of outstanding put option contracts quadrupled over the last several weeks.
Call option open interest rose by 80,000 contracts over the same period, reaching about 400,000 contracts. Both put and call option open interest stood near 50,000 contracts in January 2026. The ETF declined 14 percent on Friday, marking its largest daily drop since the 2020 pandemic crash.
Investors increased holdings of put options to protect against a potential decline in South Korean equities.
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