许多散户投资者将这些高风险的杠杆产品视为长期投资，因此遭受的重创可能会降低他们未来购买半导体股票的意愿与能力。此外，这些杠杆产品的快速去杠杆化加剧了市场的极端波动，成为推动近期韩国股市大跌的重要因素，使未来的市场复苏更依赖外资流入。
这些 ETF 带来的巨大波动与损失，引发了外界对韩国监管机构先前批准其上市的批评。尽管金融监管当局已表达遗憾，但散户的投资热情似乎尚未消退，专家预期未来监管机构不会全面禁止这类产品，而是会转向加强投资者保护、提高风险揭露与适合度要求。
New leveraged ETFs tracking major South Korean chipmakers, such as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, have recently plummeted in value, with prices for many products nearly halving since their listings in late May. The largest among them, the SAMSUNG KODEX SK Hynix Single Stock Leverage ETF, has fallen over 60% from its peak, exposing retail investors to massive potential losses.
Many retail investors treated these high-risk leveraged products as long-term investments, and the severe blows they suffered could reduce their willingness and capacity to buy semiconductor stocks in the future. Furthermore, the rapid de-leveraging of these products exacerbated extreme market volatility and was a key driver of the recent broader market selloff, making future recovery more reliant on foreign inflows.
The extreme volatility and heavy losses associated with these ETFs have sparked criticism over South Korean regulators' decision to approve their listings. Although financial watchdogs have expressed regret, retail investor enthusiasm appears undiminished, and experts anticipate that regulators will focus on strengthening investor protections, risk disclosures, and suitability requirements rather than imposing an outright ban.