Whale Tracking: The whale that shorted South Korean semiconductor stocks yesterday saw its bearish bet pay off, earning $1.01 million in a single day.

According to Hyperinsight monitoring, as of press time, the "fateful week" whale (address 0x4c7) tracked yesterday for shorting South Korean stocks still maintains semiconductor shorts as its core position. There are 6 semiconductor-related short orders, with a total notional value of approximately $31.029 million, and combined floating profit of around $838,000. Profit and loss changes are mainly concentrated in two South Korean stock short orders. At yesterday’s press time, the whale’s combined short positions in Samsung Electronics (SMSN) and SK Hynix (SKHX) stood at about $14.84 million, with a floating loss of roughly $638,000; after South Korean semiconductor stocks fell today, these two short positions have turned to a combined floating profit of around $378,000, marking a $1.01 million capital rebound. The address continues to add to its Samsung short position. Over the past half hour, the address has cumulatively opened 1,612 short orders on Samsung, totaling 6,449,773 units, valued at approximately $1.2836 million. The relevant short orders are as follows: SK Hynix (4x isolated margin): Size of about $10.168 million, average price of $1,461.062, liquidation price of $1,724.93, floating profit of around $173,000 (+6.7%); Samsung Electronics (4x isolated margin): Size of about $4.937 million, average price of $200.906, liquidation price of $233.54, floating profit of around $206,000 (+16.0%). In addition, the address simultaneously added short positions in NBIS (about $974,000) and the DRAM index (about $625,000). Previous news: Whale Alert reported that a major address shorting South Korean semiconductor stocks during the "fateful week" had combined short positions in Samsung and SK Hynix totaling $14.8 million.