On July 17, Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF (SOXL) declined 5.03% overnight, trading at $135.01/share, with turnover of $295 million.

On the news front, the semiconductor sector selloff extended further, with memory stocks bearing the brunt of heavy selling pressure. SK Hynix plunged 13.48%, SanDisk fell 12.6%, Seagate Technology dropped 10%, and Western Digital declined 9.22%. Korean regulators announced higher minimum deposit requirements for chip leveraged ETFs, while a Bank of America fund manager survey revealed that 82% of respondents identified long semiconductor as the most crowded trade currently. Hedge funds have been net sellers of chip hardware stocks for consecutive weeks, intensifying the liquidation wave.

As a triple-leveraged product tracking the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index, SOXL amplifies the underlying index movements by three times, meaning sector-wide selling pressure significantly magnifies its decline.

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