“₩400 Million Saved Over 10 Years Turns Into ₩100 Million After Going ‘All-In’ on SK hynix” ... A 30-Something Office Worker’s “Self-Reproach Over Life”

[Financial News]  A story has emerged about an office worker in their 30s who put 400 million won, steadily saved over 10 years through bank deposits and other means, into SK hynix shares and 2x leveraged products—and was left with just 100 million won.

On the 11th, a post titled “Is Anyone’s Life More of a Wreck Than Mine?” appeared on Blind, an anonymous community for office workers.
A, who said he was an unmarried man in his late 30s, began by saying, “I’ve been working for about 10 years and had steadily built up net assets of around 400 million won through fixed-term deposits and the like.” But when more than 300 million won in deposits matured last May, he put those funds, along with the roughly 100 million won he already had invested in stocks, all into SK hynix shares and 2x leveraged products.
A said, “I had already been trading SK hynix, but its share price was rising so sharply that I was afraid it would fall. From then on, I started scalping, buying at 150 and selling at 151. During the May and June market, when SK hynix alone was posting insanely high returns, I got hit hard by FOMO (fear that I might be the only one falling behind).” He added, “I wondered if semiconductors really were the zeitgeist, and I was convinced that because Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and SK hynix are companies everyone knows, ordinary people’s savings would pour in and the bubble had further to run.”
He lamented, “In the last week of June, I invested a large amount in leveraged products. With leverage, if the price fell for just three days, my losses would exceed 40%, so I couldn’t even cut my losses. I thought even a small rise would help me recover,” adding, “My net assets are now down to around 100 million won.”

He said, “I can’t even hear what customers are saying at work; I just work in a daze. It feels as if everything I’ve lived through is falling apart.” He added that he had recently started receiving treatment for depression and anxiety at a hospital.
A said, “I just can’t bring myself to withdraw the remaining 100 million won,” and, “I’m so tormented by the thought that all the years I spent working hard and living diligently have gone up in smoke, and that I’ve managed my life terribly.”
He added, “Because it’s leveraged, watching it melt away day by day is so painful.”
People online who saw the story offered words of comfort, including, “You can recover and achieve even greater success from here,” “You should be glad you didn’t borrow money to invest,” “You still have 100 million won, so you can save again,” “Your assets are what failed, not your life. Hang in there,” and “Lots of people are stuck holding losing positions; the only difference is the amount.” 
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