Short selling in Korea
KOSPI and KOSDAQ stocks with the highest short-selling share
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Short-selling ranking, Korea
Stocks with at least ₩1B of short selling · sorted by short-selling share by default.
Compare KOSPI and KOSDAQ with the same sort.
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What is short selling?
Short selling means borrowing shares, selling them first, and buying them back later to return them. This page uses the daily short-selling statistics the exchange publishes each trading day and lists each stock’s short-selling value and share for reference.
What does the short-selling share mean?
It is the percentage of a stock’s total trading value that day that came from short selling. A higher share is an observed fact about that day’s trading, not a view on where the price is heading.
When is the data updated?
Daily short-selling statistics are finalized in the evening after the market closes. ChickenStock loads them every trading evening and shows the reference date at the top of this page. Short positions are a separate figure reported two days later (T+2).
How do short-selling value and short positions differ?
Short-selling value is the amount of short sales executed during the day; the short position is the cumulative size of short sales not yet repaid. Positions are reported with a T+2 delay, so their reference date can differ.
Based on KRX daily short-selling statistics; only stocks with actual short selling are counted (shown when short selling is at least ₩1B). Daily figures are finalized in the evening after the close, and short positions are reported with a T+2 delay. Securities lending is shown as a share of listed shares; it is compiled on a T+1 basis, so its date can lag short selling by a day, and it includes lending for purposes other than short selling (such as ETF creation or arbitrage). Observed facts for reference only, not investment advice.