Kiwoom Securities Holds 2024 Kiwoom Hero Championship Awards Ceremony

Kiwoom Securities announced on the 17th that it held the awards ceremony for the ‘2024 Kiwoom Hero Championship,’ its representative real investment competition. The ceremony took place on the 7th at the Conrad Hotel in Yeouido, Seoul. A total of 21 awardees attended, including ‘Gwichantengi’ (rate of return 327%), who took first place in the overseas division 100 million KRW competition.

The eighth person from the left, Eom Ju-seong, CEO of Kiwoom Securities, and the 21 awardees of the 2024 Hero Championship are taking a commemorative photo. Photo by Kiwoom Securities

The first place in the domestic stock division 100 million KRW competition of the ‘2024 Kiwoom Hero Championship’ was awarded to ‘Dr. Gas Range’ (rate of return 188%), and the first place in the overseas stock division 100 million KRW competition went to ‘Gwichantengi’ (rate of return 327%). Each received a prize of 100 million KRW. From first to third place in each competition, winners received trophies and prize money, while those ranked fourth to tenth received certificates and prize money.

The highest rate of return during the competition was 431.23%, recorded by ‘BansS,’ who took first place in the ‘Overseas Stock 30 Million KRW Competition.’ The highest rate of return in the domestic stock division was 397.59%, achieved by ‘Gyeomheoga,’ who ranked first in the ‘10 Million KRW Competition.’

The top earner in the Super Whale Competition was the pen name ‘Nux,’ who achieved an overwhelming total profit of 2,127.76 million KRW. Considering that last year’s top profit was around 900 million KRW, this represents a significant increase. The first-place winner of the Super Whale Competition receives prize money worth 10 million KRW.

The ‘2024 Kiwoom Hero Championship’ is a real investment competition with a king-of-kings format, where only monthly Hero Competition winners can participate. A total of 7,653 participants competed in the domestic stock division and 3,687 in the overseas stock division over seven weeks from November 5 to December 20 last year. The total prize money amounted to approximately 580 million KRW. Since the last competition, the ‘Super Whale Competition’ for profit amounts has been added.

The ‘2025 Kiwoom Hero Championship’ will be held from November 2024 to October 2025, with up to 24,000 participants, including the top 200 in the domestic stock division and the top 200 in the overseas stock division. It is scheduled to take place around November. Customers wishing to participate in the Hero Championship can join the monthly Hero Competition through Kiwoom Securities’ MTS or HTS. Currently, a total of 360,000 participants are competing in the domestic and overseas stock divisions of the Hero Competition.

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