Today's stock market briefing

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🇰🇷 Market Briefing for September 28, 2026

Benchmark: 2026-09-28 16:30 KST / Regular Cash·KOSPI200 Futures·Options Weekly Market Close

Today's One Sentence

“The KOSPI fell below 7,000 due to selling by foreign investors in large semiconductor stocks and futures, but the decrease in OI (Open Interest) and resilience of the KOSDAQ and non-semiconductor sectors suggest that it is more of a Long liquidation + risk reduction rather than a full-scale new Short position building.”


① Today's Market at a Glance

Even in open-ended data, KOSPI fell 2.70% on this day due to the burden of rising US Treasury bond yields right after the holidays and the plunge of large semiconductor stocks, while KOSDAQ rose 0.25%. NewsPim


② ★ Market Quant Score

Market Quant Score: 39 / 100 — Risk Aversion Advantage

Indicator

9/28 Final

Change

Judgment

KOSPI

6,889.74

-191.18 / -2.70%

🔴 Crash

KOSPI200

1,089.28

-36.84 / -3.27%

🔴 Large-cap Shock

KOSDAQ

846.58

+2.10 / +0.25%

🟢 Relative Strength

KOSDAQ150

1,426.36

+0.19 / +0.01%

🟡

K200 December Futures

1,088.90

-38.85 / -3.44%

🔴

Futures High

1,099.45

—

Futures Low

1,088.90

Closed at Low

🔴

Basis (Basis)

-0.38p

Backwardation

🟠

OI

133,838

-953

Position Reduction

VKOSPI

44.73

+4.07%

🔴 Volatility Expansion

USD/KRW

1,363.50 won

+6.50 / +0.48%

🔴 Won Weakness

E-mini Nasdaq100

30,619.75

-0.87%

🔴

WTI

93.84 dollars

+1.55%

🔴

Components

Score

Judgment

Index Trend

32

Breakthrough of 7,000 line

KOSPI200

27

-3.27%

KOSDAQ

61

+0.25% Relative Strength

Foreigner Cash

15

-3.61 trillion

Institution Cash

27

-1.40 trillion

Foreigner Futures

25

-596.2 billion

OI Structure

52

Price↓ + OI↓

Basis

42

-0.38

Program

18

-2.04 trillion

Option

38

Call Selling + Put Buying

Sector RS

57

Non-Semiconductor Circulation

Volatility

25

VKOSPI 44.73

Exchange Rate

35

1,363.5 won

Total

39

🔴

Macro Quant Score: 35 / 100

Today's macroeconomic environment was unfavorable for the domestic stock market.

The rise in US interest rates, the burden on global tech stocks, and accumulated uncertainties during the holidays have been reflected in domestic semiconductor large-cap stocks. In public closing data, the sharp decline of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, and the rise in US Treasury yields were cited as key burdens. NewsPim


③ Foreigners and Institutions' Real-Time Trading

KOSPI

Investor

Net Buying

Evaluation

Individuals

+3.3585 trillion won

🟢 Bargain Hunting

Foreigners

-3.6109 trillion won

🔴🔴🔴

Institutions

-1.3969 trillion won

🔴🔴

Financial Investment

-551.7 billion won

🔴

Pension Funds

-182.1 billion won

🔴

Private Equity Funds

-5.024 trillion won

🔴

Public closing data also shows foreigners net selling about 3.6 trillion won and institutions net selling about 1.3 trillion won.

NewsPim

★ Key Trading Points

Today's market structure is characterized by individuals buying up shares sold by foreigners and institutions.

In particular, the scale of foreign selling exceeded simple profit-taking levels and can be interpreted as reducing exposure to large-cap stocks.

However, it is important to note that foreigners net bought 34.1 billion won in the KOSDAQ.

In other words:

The selling pressure was more concentrated on KOSPI large-cap stocks and semiconductors rather than a general sell-off of Korean stocks.


④ ★ KOSPI200 Futures Trading + OI + Basis + Program

Futures Final

Item

Final

K200 December Futures

1,088.90

Change Rate

-3.44%

High

1,099.45

Low

1,088.90

Trading Volume

107,079

OI

133,838

Previous OI

134,791

OI Change

-953

Basis

-0.38p

Futures by Investor Type

Investor Type

Net Buying

Individuals

-842 Billion

Foreigners

-5,962 Billion

Institutions

+7,523 Billion

Financial Investment

+14,961 Billion

Private Equity Funds

-8,026 Billion

★ Today's Most Important Combination

Futures Price↓ + Foreigner Futures Selling + OI↓

This is it.

It is difficult to explain this simply as a typical new short position build (Short Build).

Because the price fell and the OI decreased by -953, there is a high possibility that a significant portion of existing long positions were liquidated (Long Liquidation).

Probabilistic Interpretation

Structure

Possibility

Existing Long Liquidation

40%

New Short Build

25%

Hedge with Spot Selling

20%

Basis/Position Adjustment

15%

※ OI is the total market OI, so it is not a direct indicator of foreign new Long/Short.


Program Trading

Category

Net Buying

Total

-2,384 billion won

Arbitrage

-260 billion won

Non-Arbitrage

-1,812.4 billion won

Today, non-arbitrage program selling was overwhelming compared to arbitrage.

In other words, it was a stronger cash flow reducing the spot basket itself rather than a simple derivative basis problem.

Intraday → Closing Changes

Futures continued to decline in the afternoon, and foreign futures cumulative selling also continued.

On the other hand, OI decreased from about 136,000 contracts during the day to 134,000 contracts.

Therefore:

rather than a sudden surge in new shorts as the market fell, it is closer to a structure where existing positions were liquidated and the market was pushed.


⑤ ★ Option Market

Option Supply and Demand by Investor

Investor

Call

Put

Interpretation

Individual

+800 million

-1 billion

Expecting rebound

Foreigner

-2.5 billion

+1.2 billion

🔴 Defensive

Institution

+1.5 billion

-100 million

Neutral~Rebound

Foreigners are:

Call selling + Put buying

.

In other words, it is a structure that defends against downside risk even in options along with futures selling.


Key Events

October Call 1050

Item

Value

Price

50.00

Change

-32.80

OI

1,374

Previous day

1,402

Change

-28

→ Call price drop + OI decrease.

There is a high possibility that the existing long position liquidation was included.

October Put 1090

Item

Value

Price

30.75

Change

+8.90

OI

271

Previous Day

262

Variation

+9

→ Put Price↑ + OI↑

This combination can be interpreted as an increase in short-term downside hedging or new Put buying.

PCR

Data Unconfirmed

It is difficult to accurately determine the Put/Call Ratio for the entire market based on today's provided screen, so we will not estimate it.


⑥ Semiconductor and Major Stock Trends

The core of today's KOSPI plunge is semiconductors.

According to publicly available closing data, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix plummeted by over 5%, confirming their role as the center of the index decline. NewsPim

HTS industry standard:

Electrical and Electronics -4.46%

which is significantly weaker than the market average.

Representative Trends

Sector

Signal

Evaluation

Samsung Electronics

🔴🔴

Index decline core

SK Hynix

🔴🔴

Semiconductor RS plunge

SK Square

🔴🔴

Weakness in Beta Semiconductor

Samsung Electro-Mechanics

🟡

Relatively defensive

LG Energy Solution

🟢

Improvement in secondary battery RS

Samsung Biologics

🟢

Bio defense

Hyundai Motor

🟢

Relative strength in automobiles

HLB

🔥

Upper limit price

HLB's upper limit price and KOSDAQ relative strength were also confirmed in public data. NewsPim


⑦ ★ Fixed 12 Sectors Quant Score

순위

섹터

Q

RS

특징

단기

1

바이오·제약

75

↑↑

의약품 강세·HLB 급등

🟢

2

건설·원전·에너지

73

↑↑

건설 +3.05%

🟢

3

자동차·부품

70

↑

지수 대비 강세

🟢

4

2차전지

69

↑

대형주 상대강세

🟢

5

화장품·미용

66

↑

내수·중소형 순환

🟢

6

방산·항공우주

65

↑

지정학 모멘텀

🟢

7

조선

63

↑

RS 유지

🟢

8

금융·증권·보험

60

→

보험 강 / 증권 약

🟡

9

인터넷·AI·SW

58

→

일부 방어

🟡

10

전력기기

54

→

종목 차별화

🟡

11

로봇·기계

45

↓

성장주 부담

🟠

12

반도체·AI

27

↓↓↓

전기전자 -4.46%

🔴🔴


8 ★ Top 15 Sectors of the Day & Key Stock Signals

Applied in the same format as last Wednesday.

순위

섹터/테마

Q

핵심 종목

신호

지속성

전일 대비

1

바이오·신약

82

HLB·알테오젠·삼성바이오로직스

🔥🔥

상

↑↑

2

건설·AI 데이터센터

78

현대건설·GS건설·대우건설

🔥

중상

↑↑

3

2차전지

75

LG에너지솔루션·삼성SDI·에코프로비엠

🟢🟢

중상

↑

4

자동차

72

현대차·기아·현대모비스

🟢

중상

↑

5

화학·첨단소재

70

LG화학·금호석유·롯데케미칼

🟢

중

↑

6

원전·SMR

68

한전기술·한전KPS·GS건설

🟢

중상

↑

7

방산

66

한화에어로스페이스·LIG넥스원·한국항공우주

🟢

중상

→

8

조선

64

HD현대중공업·한화오션·HD한국조선해양

🟢

중

→

9

보험

62

삼성생명·DB손해보험·현대해상

🟡🟢

중

↑

10

통신

61

SK텔레콤·KT·LG유플러스

🟡🟢

중

↑

11

화장품·미용

60

에이피알·코스맥스·한국콜마

🟡

중

→

12

인터넷·SW

57

NAVER·카카오·더존비즈온

🟡

중하

→

13

전력기기

54

HD현대일렉트릭·LS ELECTRIC·효성중공업

🟡

중

↓

14

로봇·기계

45

레인보우로보틱스·로보티즈·두산로보틱스

🟠

중하

↓

15

반도체·AI

27

삼성전자·SK하이닉스·SK스퀘어

🔴🔴

하

↓↓↓

Today, GS Construction's AI data center and nuclear power plant momentum was highlighted, and Hyundai Construction also saw positive reports related to nuclear power plants and data centers. NewsPim

🔥 New Leading Sector Judgment

Confirmation of a new leading sector is still pending.

However, looking at today alone:

The relative strength has clearly expanded from semiconductors to bio, construction, secondary batteries, and automobiles.

This was evident.


⑨ KOSPI / KOSPI200 Technical Structure

Today, KOSPI:

Started at 7,057.86 → Closed at 6,889.74

closed near the low price range. Public data also confirms a trend of widening losses after a weak start this morning. Yonhap News

Technical Significance

Element

Judgment

Medium-term Trend

🟡 Confirmation of upward trend damage

Short-term Trend

🔴 Downward

7,000 Level

🔴 Breakout

Buying at Low Prices

🟡 Occurring outside of semiconductors

Semiconductors

🔴 Weakening trend

KOSDAQ

🟢 Relative strength

Volatility

🔴 Increasing

Therefore, the current situation is:

“Adjustment within a medium-term upward trend” to “a stage where we need to confirm whether the medium-term trend is damaged”

.


⑩ ★ Elliott/Neely + Wyckoff + Volume Profile + Current/Futures/OI/RS/Regime Comprehensive Analysis

⑩-1. Today's Structure Summary

While spot, futures, and programs clearly showed risk reduction, OI decreased, and KOSDAQ and non-semiconductor RS remained alive. Therefore, it is more reasonable to view the situation as “Large-cap Long liquidation + High volatility sector rotation” rather than “Full-scale downward trend entry”.


⑩-2. Elliott Wave

Candidate Structure

Judgment

Reliability

ABC Adjustment in Progress

Priority

★★★★

W-X-Y Composite Adjustment

Possible

★★★

Rise 5 Wave Completion Followed by Fall 1 Wave

Cautionary

★★

Simple One-Time Shakeout

Decreased Possibility

★★

Priority Structure

Since the recent high:

A decline → B rebound → currently C or composite adjustment

is most likely.

Today's sharp drop centered on large-cap stocks while some sectors are holding up suggests a correction phase rather than an immediate collapse of the overall uptrend.

Confirmation of Strength Recovery

K200 Futures:

1,092 → 1,096 → 1,100

must recover in this order.

KOSPI:

6,950 → 7,000 → 7,080

in this order.


⑩-3. Neely Wave

From a Neely perspective, the speed of today's decline is important.

The decline speed was faster than the rise.

This is not good in the short term.

However, the adjustment time itself is still not long.

Therefore, for now:

“Trend End Confirmation” rather than “Rapid Price Adjustment Composite Adjustment”

is emphasized.

Ideal Stabilization Structure

Sharp Decline → Volatility Reduction → Time Adjustment → Low Point Test Success

is the ideal structure.

In other words, rather than an immediate V-shaped rebound:

stabilizing prices around 1,085~1,100 for several days

is healthier.


⑩-4. Wyckoff

The current question is:

Is it Re-accumulation or Distribution?

Checklist

Accumulation

Distribution

KOSDAQ Strength

🟢

Non-Semiconductor RS Maintenance

🟢

OI Decrease

🟢/Neutral

Foreigners Spot -3.61 trillion

🔴🔴

Foreigners Futures -5,962 billion

🔴

Program -2.04 trillion

🔴🔴

7,000 Breakaway

🔴

Futures Low Close

🔴

VKOSPI Rise

🔴

Current Judgment

Accumulation 45 : Distribution 55

The possibility of distribution should be increased compared to the previous trading day.

However, it is not yet a complete Distribution confirmation.

Distribution Confirmation Conditions

6,850~6,800 Breakaway + Continued Foreign Selling in Spot and Futures Markets + OI Increase

.

In this case, the interpretation should be raised to New Short Position Establishment rather than simply Long liquidation.


⑩-5. Trading Volume Concentration Zone (Volume Profile)

Today's K200 December contract is based on actual HTS.

Price Range

Transaction Volume (%)

Meaning

1,124.20~1,120.60

3.25%

Top

1,120.67~1,117.10

7.24%

Strong Resistance

1,117.14~1,113.60

2.23%

Low Trading Volume

1,113.61~1,110.00

3.35%

Low Trading Volume

1,110.08~1,106.50

3.66%

Resistance

1,106.55~1,103.00

5.29%

Resistance

1,103.02~1,099.50

6.69%

3rd Resistance

1,099.49~1,095.90

22.04%

★ Strong Buying Interest

1,095.96~1,092.40

30.53%

★★★ POC

1,092.43~1,088.90

15.71%

Bottom Range

★ POC

1,095.96~1,092.40 = 30.53%

Today's highest trading volume concentration range.

However, the closing price is 1,088.90, which is below the **POC**.

This is not good in the short term.


⑩-6. What Trading Volume Concentration Ranges Tell Us About Future Movements

🟢 Stabilization

1,092.5 Recovery

→ POC Entry

🟢 Confirmation of Strength

1,096 Recovery

→ POC Upper Recovery

🟢 Trend Restoration

1,099~1,100 Breakthrough

→ Absorption of a Significant Portion of Today's Buying Orders

🔴 Extension of Weakness

1,088.9 Downward Departure

→ Potential for Finding a New Lower Price Range


⑩-7. Connecting Foreigner Spot ↔ Futures ↔ OI

Variable

Result

Interpretation

Foreigner Spot

-3.61 trillion

🔴🔴🔴

Foreigner Futures

-5,962 billion

🔴🔴

Futures Price

-3.44%

🔴

OI

-953

🟡

Basis

-0.38

🔴

Profit/Loss

-1.812 trillion

🔴🔴

Options

Call Sell / Put Buy

🔴

Today's direction is clear.

Foreigners reduced both spot and futures positions.

However, the decrease in OI is not yet enough to interpret it as a pure new short attack.


⑩-8. New Sell vs. Buy Position Liquidation

Possibility

Judgment

Buy Position Liquidation (Long Liquidation)

40%

New Sell Position Establishment (Short Build)

25%

Spot Selling + Futures Hedging

20%

Position Adjustment

15%

Key

Price↓ + OI↓

indicates the traces of existing Long liquidation are strong.

On the next trading day:

Price↓ + OI↑ + Foreigner Futures Selling

If this happens, we should increase the weight of new Short establishment.


⑩-9. Sector Relative Strength (RS)

🟢 Group 1

Bio / Construction / Automobile / Secondary Battery

🟢 Group 2

Korea / Bangsan / Chemical

🟡 Atmosphere

Finance / Cosmetics / Telecommunications

🟠 Weakness

Power Equipment / Robots & Machinery

🔴 Very Weak

Semiconductors & AI

Breadth Interpretation

Today:

KOSPI Large-Cap Plunge ≠ Entire Market Collapse

.

This is the most important defensive argument.


⑩-10. Market Regime

Element

Regime

Mid-Term

🟡 Trend Damage Check

Short-Term

🔴 Decline

Spot Supply & Demand

🔴🔴

Futures Supply & Demand

🔴

OI

🟡 Liquidation Dominant

Options

🔴 Downside Hedge

Program

🔴🔴

Breadth

🟡

Sector RS

🟢 Cyclical

Volatility

🔴

Overall Regime

“High Volatility Risk Reduction + Sector Rotation (High-Volatility Rotation)”

.

It is not yet confirmed as a full-scale risk aversion (Risk-Off).


⑩-11. Comprehensive Scenario


Scenario A — Technical Rebound 40%

The most necessary combination is:

1,088 support
→ Decrease in foreign futures selling
→ OI decrease halt
→ 1,092 recovery
→ 1,096 breakthrough

.

This structure can be seen as a rebound from overselling after Long liquidation today.


Scenario B — Time Adjustment 35%

It is actually more realistic.

1,085~1,100

Staying within the range for several days:

  • Semiconductor selling slowdown

  • Non-semiconductor RS maintenance

  • VKOSPI decline

  • Exchange rate stabilization

If this appears, the possibility of forming a bottom increases.


Scenario C — Downward Expansion 25%

The following conditions are key.

**1,085 downward deviation

  • Additional foreign selling of over 1 trillion won

  • Foreign futures net selling

  • OI increase

  • Put OI increase**

In this case, it is necessary to greatly increase the possibility of building new short positions (Short Build) and Wyckoff distribution.


⑩-12. ★ ⑩ Final Judgment

Reaccumulation 45 : Distribution 55

Technical Rebound 40% / Time Adjustment 35% / Downward Expansion 25%

The most important thing right now is:

**"The fact that foreigners sold a lot" rather than how OI will change on the next trading day.**

.

Today, since OI decreased, it is still difficult to confirm a surge in new downward bets.


⑪ Key Support·Resistance for the Next Trading Day

KOSPI

Scenario

Probability

Condition

Goal

Invalidation

🟡 A. Floor Exploration·Technical Rebound

40%

1,088 maintained + 1,092 recovery

1,096→1,100

1,085↓

🟡 B. Time Adjustment·Box

35%

1,085~1,100 fluctuation

Box

Range Deviation

🔴 C. Downward Trend Expansion

25%

1,085↓ + Foreign Selling + OI↑

1,075→1,060

1,100 recovery

Price

Meaning

7,080

Strong resistance

7,000~7,020

★ Key recovery line

6,950

Primary resistance

6,890

Current

6,850

Primary support

6,800

Secondary support

6,700

Strong support

K200 Futures

Price

Meaning

1,103~1,106

Strong resistance

1,099~1,100

Secondary resistance

1,095~1,096

★ POC top

1,092~1,093

★ POC entry

1,088.90

Current

1,085

Primary support

1,080

Secondary support

1,075

Risk management


⑫ ★ Most Important Risks to Watch For

Risk

Current

Risk Level

Foreign Stock Selling

-3.61 trillion

🔴🔴🔴

Program Arbitrage

-1.81 trillion

🔴🔴🔴

US Long-Term Interest Rates

Rising

🔴🔴

Won/Dollar

1,363.5

🔴

Semiconductor RS

Plunge

🔴🔴🔴

VKOSPI

44.73

🔴🔴

Foreign Futures

-5,962 billion

🔴🔴

OI

Decrease

🟡

KOSDAQ

Strong Consolidation

🟢

Non-Semiconductor RS

Good

🟢

Today's public closing data also cites US interest rates and the plunge of semiconductor large-cap stocks as key burdens. NewsPim


⑬ ★ Final Market Dashboard

⑭ ★ Today's Key Conclusion

Today's market is definitely a day with increased warning levels.

Foreigners net sold KOSPI spot by about 3.61 trillion won, KOSPI200 futures by about 596.2 billion won, and programs by about 2.04 trillion won. KOSPI200 fell by -3.27%, and large-cap semiconductor stocks plummeted around 5%. Public closing data also cites foreign and institutional selling together with the plunge of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix as the core reasons for the index decline. NewsPim

However, I do not yet see today as “confirmation of a mid-term downtrend”.

There are three reasons for this.

① Although the futures price fell by -3.44%, OI decreased by -953, not +.
② KOSDAQ rose by +0.25%.
③ Non-semiconductor RSs such as bio, construction, automobiles, and secondary batteries are alive.

Therefore, I judge that the decline today is due to a larger proportion of existing long liquidation and portfolio risk reduction than new short positions.

★ Most Important Order for the Next Trading Day

1. Whether K200 futures will maintain 1,088.9
2. Whether it will re-enter the POC of 1,092~1,093
3. Reduction in foreign futures selling
4. OI direction
5. Scale of foreign spot selling
6. Recovery of semiconductor RS
7. Continuation of non-semiconductor circulation trading

Especially:

Futures rise + Foreign futures net buying conversion + OI increase

If all three appear simultaneously, the reliability of bottom confirmation will increase rapidly.

Conversely:

Breakthrough of 1,085 + Price decline + OI increase + Foreign spot and futures selling together

If this appears, it will be different from today.

At that time, I will strengthen my judgment towards new short position building (Short Build) + Wyckoff distribution (Distribution) + Elliott downtrend expansion.

★ Final Judgment

Market Quant 39 / Macro Quant 35

Reaccumulation 45 : Distribution 55

Technical rebound 40% · Time adjustment 35% · Downtrend expansion 25%

Regime = High volatility risk reduction + Non-semiconductor circulation trading

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Area

Signal

Evaluation

Market Quant

🔴

39/100

Macro Quant

🔴

35/100

KOSPI

🔴

Crash

KOSDAQ

🟢

Relative Strength

Foreigner Cash

🔴🔴🔴

-3.61 trillion

Institution Cash

🔴🔴

Joint Selling

Foreigner Futures

🔴🔴

-5,962 billion

OI

🟡

-953

Basis

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-0.38

Program

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-2.04 trillion

Option

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Downside Hedge

Semiconductor RS

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Rapid Weakening

Non-Semiconductor RS

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Circulation Trading

Exchange Rate

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Won Weakness

Volatility

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VKOSPI 44.73

Regime

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High Volatility Risk Reduction + Sector Rotation