On August 25, influenced by waning investor enthusiasm for artificial intelligence trading and strengthened measures by regulators to curb demand, leveraged ETFs linked to South Korean chipmakers have seen nearly $1 billion in outflows this month. Data shows that, so far, leveraged products tracking Samsung Electronics have experienced $381 million in outflows in August, while those tracking SK Hynix have seen $601 million in outflows. This marks the first monthly outflow for these products since their launch at the end of May. Designed to deliver double the daily stock price movements of chipmakers, these products have been criticized for amplifying market volatility, particularly during the global AI trading sell-off in July, when South Korea's Kospi index plummeted 22% in a single month. In response, South Korean regulators have raised the minimum margin requirements for new investors purchasing such products and mandated a five-day simulated trading period.