2020 was a year in the history of the domestic stock market. In the aftermath of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), the Kospi, which crashed until 1457.64 on March 19, rose to 2806.86 on December 24.
Donghak ant, who lit up the stock market this year. What about the individual rate of return? Shutterstock
Although the recent rise has been attributed to the buying trend of foreign investors, experts do not hesitate to admit that the leading players in the stock market up this year are by far the individual investors called ants. The JoongAng Ilbo interviewed five individual investors in 2030 to hear the story of the’Donghak Ant’ that lit up this year. The contents of the phone call are shared in first person format.
#Super ant Mr. A (36) “The expert doesn’t know… If the Donghak ant goes well”
Mr. A posted a negative rate of return last year, but this year he made a surplus of profits. A’s realized gains and losses from April to December are 84 million won. Screen provided by yourself
= The first stock started was in April 2018, at the time, it started around 5 million won. The investment has been gradually increased, and after the ban on short selling this year was extended, it has increased significantly, and now it is rolling about 300 million won. They also write negative bankbooks, leverage, and credit loan purchases.
= Until last year, the valuation gain was about -30 million won, but this year he made more than 80 million won. I also got a lot of water at the bottom of March. At the time, experts said it was’going 1100′, but I was good at not listening to that. The stock market seems to be unaware, no matter how expert it is. Warren Buffett is also wrong. In the end, I think the attitude our ants should have is to respond eagerly as prices rise and fall as prices rise. I’m also busy working as a professional, but I try to move as diligently as I can, such as linking the stocks I bought on the desktop and seeing them in the middle while working, or using a reservation function like’Stop Loss’.
= Meanwhile, ants have been defeated by institutions and foreigners. Didn’t you laugh at ants buying stock in March-April, saying,’I stock a dog or a cow’? But this year was different. Ants also earned a lot. I see the Donghak Ant Movement positively, which changed the perception that individuals cannot.
#Stabilizing ant Mr. B (28) “stocks will cure monday sickness and reduce consumption”
Mr. B showed the screen of’Capture Trading’ that he left for authentication in September. ‘Capture trading’ refers to realizing as it is by selling after capturing a screen for authentication.
= I created my first stock account in May of this year. All of the company’s team members were stocking, and the stock market hit a low and then went up. It started when I bought 1 week of Kakao and 1 week of Naver while asking,’Shall I try it too?’ While working at work, I only poured installments without stocks, but I earned more money by putting a share of Kakao and Naver than the two-year installment interest. Since then, the investment has been increased, and now it is rolling around 10 million won.
= At one time, I had a lot of fun with a single hit on the KOSDAQ, but there was a time when the stock price collapsed due to a representative corruption problem in one stock and panic celled. But the next day, the stock price rose again, saying,’I knew it, it was rumors.’ Since then, they do not invest in the KOSDAQ market, but only the KOSPI stock. I live mainly in the blacksmiths of some industries.
= Now is the time to watch without selling or buying, but when I’m in the midst of stocks, it’s fun, so I study more and live in life. Some thought,’Oh, this is how the Moon’s disease is healed’, and even when buying something,’I just have to buy stocks with that money’ and there was also the aspect of reducing consumption.
# Brain ant C (32) “I was bitten now, but will rise someday?”
The current balance of Mr. C, the lightning ant. The return rate of’KODEX Inverse 2X’, which was bought in February and has not been sold, is unfortunate.
= In February, my friends said that they ate a lot of money by inverse, so it was my first stock investment that I put in about 1 million won. Soon after, I saw a 10% increase and increased my money. Another friend told me to buy a diagnostic kit, which was about 2,000 won at the time, but it quickly rose to 6000 won. I wanted to avoid being timid, so in May I broke through a negative bankbook and “wasted” on a single hydrogen-related stock. But it has been bitten there until now. I just watched the inverse go up and didn’t sell, so I still have it at a loss. I don’t need a lot of money right away, so I wait for the day to escape.
=There is a group chat room, a kind of investment club where you can talk about stocks with seniors and juniors in college. In their own roles, one person watches the news, one watches stock broadcasts, and the older brother who works in the content industry learns about the neighborhood. I follow as people enter the room with confidence. I’m swept away and I tend to hatch, but it’s fun to do it.
=I think my grades are negative now, but it wasn’t a bad experience. In the long run, will we not reduce the possibility of investment errors? In addition, because of the stocks, I am interested in economic, social, political, and international news, so I think the investment is a’tuition for the world’.
#Returning ant, Mr. D (30) “Seohak only 3 years, Donghak is okay”
Mr. D of’Seohak Ant’ has also been active as’Donghak Ant’ from this year. By repeating buying and selling with an investment of about 3 million won, it earned about 2.2 million won in 5 months.
=Three years ago, I had been doing US stocks, but I didn’t do domestic stocks, because I heard more bites than I earned from my mother, like a housewife full-time investor. I thought that Korean stocks were very active and difficult to invest in value depending on the forces. However, this year, I heard a lot of stories from Donghak ants that they made a lot of profits, and started by buying a share of Samsung Electronics and jumping into the domestic market. Also, as I watched the exchange rate drop, I thought that domestic stocks are better than US stocks now because of the exchange rate loss. The US stock investment is 7 million won, which is more, but now domestic stocks are worth 3 million won.
= Domestic stocks tend to choose stocks based on themes. When issues such as electric vehicles, Green New Deal, automobiles, eco-friendliness, pharmaceuticals, etc. arise, domestic-related stocks are evenly bought for a week or two. Until the theme is judged to be dead, it repeats selling when it rises and buying when it falls.
=Definitely, the concentration of work during the intraday decreases. I see that now is the time to learn and the time to establish my investment philosophy, and as I try to work hard, the energy I can devote to the original job seems to decrease. I also think that I will be doing less self-development, but on the other hand, I try to think of stocks as self-development.
# Lucky Ant Kim Yu-ah (25) “There was a crisis in the first investment… Beginner’s Luck”
Yul-ah Kim manages domestic stock accounts by dividing them into long-term and short-term use. The screen shows the amount of profit Kim realized. Source provided by yourself
= I read a book related to artificial intelligence, and it started with the fact that Samsung Electronics had good technology, so I should buy stock. Starting with Samsung Electronics’ preferred stock, I bought this and that, but it was amazing if I just bought it. But immediately, the corona broke out and said,’Oh, I am ruined like this. After all, I wasn’t doing stocks.’ But then the Donghak Ant Movement began. I searched, studied, and continued to invest. In conclusion, it was so helpful that I wondered,’What would happen now if I didn’t have stocks?’ There was also a natural interest in real estate beyond stocks.
= I created 2 stock accounts. One is for long-term investment, buying promising companies for a long time, and the other is for practicing to buy stocks that float on the fly with a short-term swing account. It was good to compare the profits and losses well, and to calculate the money separately. Until August, the profits of Danta accounts were higher, but these days, long-term account profits have improved because of Samsung Electronics.
= Since the use of mobile phones is prohibited at work, I could only buy and sell during lunch breaks or on vacation days, and I did not study much about stocks, but the profits were good. The money entered is less than 20 million won, but it has realized a profit of about 2.5 million won so far. It seems to be’beginner’s luck’.
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