Secondary Batteries Soar Despite Foreign Futures Selling, What's Next for the Market? "SK Hynix Share Buyback Contrasts with Samsung Electronics"

Foreign investors maintained net sell positions in index futures and put options during the trading day, indicating a bearish market outlook. However, they switched to buying index futures just before the market close, turning to a bullish bet, which is interpreted as a positive signal for market trends. Despite the decline in large-cap stocks, this movement by foreign investors provides a basis for an optimistic assessment of the overall market.

In contrast, Samsung Electronics' stock price declined after its shareholder return policy announcement, which is analyzed as being due to the policy's relatively ambiguous communication. Manager Lee explained that this phenomenon is a temporary occurrence during the trend reversal process of large-cap stocks, and the impact of shareholder return policy announcements on stock prices varies by company.

Manager Lee emphasized, "When the low point comes, buy and wait. That's the answer," assessing the current market situation as an investment opportunity for large-cap stocks. Even amidst market instability, the movement of major large-cap stocks showing low-point support and attempting a trend reversal can be an important signal for investors.

In the past, Tesla's stock price and the secondary battery sector moved closely together, but currently, lithium price trends have a greater impact. Additionally, expectations that domestic drone-related companies would benefit from the issue of import regulations on Chinese drones also contributed to the rise in the secondary battery sector. These complex factors are energizing the secondary battery market.

In particular, expectations are growing that related stocks could surge, with the possibility of humanoid robot unveiling and collaboration with Korean companies being mentioned during Nvidia's conference call. Domestic robot companies such as Doosan Robotics are garnering market attention as potential collaborators with Nvidia.

Unlike other optical communication stocks like Solid and HFR, stocks with direct ties or expectations related to Nvidia showed a stronger upward trend, exhibiting a differentiated movement.

Recently, diagnostic kit related stocks such as Genematrix, Seegene, and Sugentech have surged. This is due to news that the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in China reached 520,000. However, doubts are being raised about the reliability of this data, as there was only one death reported despite such a high number of cases. Consequently, there is an analysis that the surge in diagnostic kit stocks may be limited to a temporary theme.

Bitcoin rose sharply from 88 million won to 106 million won. Market interest is growing even further as there is a possibility that stablecoin-related content may be mentioned at the Jackson Hole meeting.

These price adjustments are interpreted as being due to the burden of individual investors' holdings, and a rebound in the overall semiconductor sector is expected before and after Nvidia's earnings announcement.

Manager Lee recommended L&F as a new buy stock immediately after the market opened on August 24, 2026. The buying price range was 105,000 to 109,000 won, and L&F showed the strongest performance within the secondary battery sector on that day. This is assessed to have provided short-term profit opportunities for investors.

He decided to invest in this stock, judging that it has a high possibility of surging in the short term. This is interpreted as a strategic move reflecting the market's high expectations for the upcoming Nvidia conference call.

He diagnosed that the KOSPI and KOSDAQ indices have entered a consolidation phase, digesting selling pressure. In such a consolidation market, he emphasized that a trading strategy focused on thematic or individual stocks is more advantageous for maximizing profits than a general index rise. He specifically predicted that secondary batteries, robots, bio, and semiconductor materials, parts, and equipment (SoBuJang) related stocks would lead the market in the future, recommending focused investment in these sectors. Manager Lee foresaw that these individual thematic stocks would provide stable profit generation opportunities even amidst market instability.

Manager Lee added that he would select and provide stocks that can surge in the short term to investors.

Manager Lee Chang-won announced that he plans to prepare materials and contact VIP members by 7:30 AM tomorrow. He stated that he will structure the stock recommendations focusing on Jensen Huang-related stocks, robots, and the semiconductor materials, parts, and equipment (SoBuJang) sectors. This is interpreted as a strategy to proactively respond to anticipated market changes after the Nvidia conference call.