SK Hynix Command Deck

One position, watched like a hawk. 100% SK Hynix via Frankfurt GDR (HY9H.F). Updated Jul 18, 2026.

GREEN 8.4/10
Jul 11 upgrade · held through the Jul 13 flush

The conclusion — where this is going, in plain words

Everything on this site — four independent demand chains, the printed price tape, TSMC and ASML's sold-out order books, and the singularity scenario — boils down to one sentence: the world has ordered more AI memory through 2030 than can physically be built, and SK Hynix makes the most of it. Price rises to ration what's scarce; earnings follow price; the share follows earnings. The model's year-end path from today's ₩1.842M:
End-2026~₩2.5M (range 2.2-2.8M)+~37%. The Jul 29 and October prints confirm the price surge is in the numbers; the crash-week fear washes out; multiple recovers toward 7× forward.
End-2027~₩3.9M (range 3.2-4.6M)+~114%. Kwak's "worst supply year in history" plays out: HBM4 contracts near-double, earnings roughly ₩350K/share, the structural story goes consensus.
End-2028~₩4.5M (range 3.5-5.5M)+~147%. Robots and agents extend the curve; earnings ~₩410-430K/share; the market starts watching the 2029-31 factory wave, capping the multiple below 10×.
End-2029~₩5.5M (range 3.8-7M)+~200%. The fork year — widest error bars on the page. If demand stays oversubscribed (the base case), price converges on today's fair value (DCF ₩5.5-5.8M): the model closes its own loop. If the factory wave lands into softening demand, 2029 marks the cycle top instead.
What kills this path, mechanically: a first hyperscaler capex cut · the packaging supply-demand gap closing below ~5% · two straight quarters of DRAM contract price declines · re-AMBER below ₩1.744M unrecovered. Any of these fires → predictions re-base to the conservative floor, on the record. Scenario D (the Vahdat curve going consensus, 18% probability) sits above every number here.
The debut worked; Monday flushed. SKHY closed day one at $168.01 (+12.8%), then Seoul answered with −15.4% — the worst day in company history — on zero fundamental disclosure: profit-taking, benchmark confusion, 2.5% new supply, and leveraged ETFs doing $9B of forced selling per 1% move. KRX ₩1.845M · ADR ~$152 · premium blew out to ~25%. One real watch item: NH says the Q2 HBM4 shipment step-up "does not appear to have materialised" — verified or killed on Jul 29. Kwak's call stands: 2027 = worst supply year in history. Thesis GREEN 8.4; mechanical re-AMBER at ₩1.744M unrecovered. Jul 18: engine recentered — oversubscribed-through-2030 is now base (Kwak, Nvidia $1T book, TSMC/ASML sold out, Citrini 28.7EB gap); 12-mo E[V] ₩3.74M blended.
ADR / KRX
$184.50 / ₩1.842M
premium ~30-40% · Tue +8%/+27%, Thu −11% whipsaw
Entry
₩986K
Frankfurt GDR
Unrealised
+85%
vs entry · Frankfurt line tracks Seoul
2028 fair value
₩5.5-5.8M
base case, 10×
Upside to FV
+203-220%
engine ₩5.84M ≈ SWS DCF ₩5.53M
Next event
Jul 29
Q2 print — now also the HBM4-whisper test
📜 The Thesis
Five-link chain, live signal board, the US listing explained simply, bear file, prediction log with falsifiers.
⚙️ Prediction Engine
Ground-up model: chips × price per product line → profit → fair value. Three scenarios, every assumption a slider.
⚔️ Rivals
Samsung, Micron, CXMT side by side — tech generation, share, margins, valuation, and the diversification plan.

Next 30 days

Jul 6-8
Bookbuild — DONE: covered multiple times~1,000 institutions; anchors Baillie Gifford, Coatue, Situational Awareness (up to $7B).
Jul 9-10
✓ PRICED $149 → DEBUT $168.01 (+12.8%), 16% premium · tokens live on Solana/TON · Chey floats "Memory-as-a-Service"Beat SpaceX's pop. Kwak: 2027 = worst-ever supply year. Monday: KRX gap watch + leveraged ETFs launch. Earnings Jul 29.
Jul 10
Nasdaq ADR debut (~$29.4B raise, 10 ADRs = 1 share)The catalyst. Micron precedent says a 10-15% dip is normal — planned for, not feared.
Jul 13
✗ Seoul −15.4% — worst day ever, KOSPI circuit breaker · SKHY −9.3% to ~$152 · premium ~25%No disclosure. Flows + benchmark confusion + leveraged-ETF amplifier (SKUU/SKDD launched). Zone 2 ₩1.99M traded through unsigned. Verdict held GREEN, 8.6→8.4.
Jul 14
Raise settlesFinal size confirmed → update engine dilution if it prices under ₩45.45T.
~Jul 15
DeepSeek V4Efficiency-headline risk only. Jevons: cheaper AI → more AI → more memory.
Jul 29
Q2 earnings + 17.79M new shares list on KRX — same dayConsensus ₩82.5T revenue. The volatility cluster of the quarter. No discretionary trades this week.
Aug-Sep
Index reviews (SOX / Nasdaq-100)Passive inclusion is the durable half of the re-rate.
Standing discipline: physical signals outrank narratives · inaction is a position (log it) · felt unease = mandatory verification · marginal Kelly on a maxed position ≈ zero · state risks once, lead with the confident case.