Korea Petroleum Industries한국석유
004090 · KOSPI · ₩004090 · 한국석유
Technical gauge
After the close on Oct 27, 2026Short term
Bearish
0 bullish, 1 neutral, 8 bearish
Medium term
Bearish
1 bullish, 1 neutral, 6 bearish
What the indicators say
Korea Petroleum Industries closed at 11,210 won, slightly below its 5-day average of 11,410 won and its 20-day average of 11,561 won, while trading below its 200-day average of 13,771 won and just under its 60-day average of 11,286 won. Momentum is weak in the short term: the MACD line sits at -55.5 against a signal of -8.2, the stochastic %K is 25.1, the RSI is 42.6, and the shares are trading below the Ichimoku cloud, with the short-term gauge reading 9 bearish against 0 bullish. Medium-term signals are also bearish at 6 to 2, with OBV trending down and volume at 0.7 times its 20-day average, while ADX at 21.9 points to a weak trend. Traders commonly watch the support at 11,150 won and the resistance at 12,040 won, with the 120-day average at 11,936.5 won also sitting near the upper end of that range.
Written by AI from the indicator values above. Not advice.
Technical indicators describe past price and volume patterns. They are not predictions or recommendations.
Squeeze! setup
1D timeframe- Planned entry
- ₩11,000
- Trailing STOP
- ₩11,850
- TPs
- ₩10,580₩10,150₩9,520₩8,880₩7,610
- DCA
- ₩11,210₩11,420₩11,640
Recent events
- Oct 22Ready to SHORT 🔽 · Korea Petroleum Industries · Entry: 11,160 · 1D
Squeeze = Bollinger Bands (20, 2) inside Keltner Channels (20, 1.5) for 6+ bars; confirmed on a close beyond the squeeze range with momentum that way within 3 bars of the release. Stop 2 ATR, moved to the entry after TP2; targets 1 / 2 / 3.5 / 5 / 8 ATR; DCA 0.5 / 1 / 1.5 ATR. Paper-trading setup, not advice.
Chart
2026-10-27O 10,880H 11,240L 10,870C 11,180
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Indicators
- Moving averagesPrice above 0 of 5 averages5d ₩11,258 · 20d ₩11,514 · 60d ₩11,303 · 120d ₩11,853 · 200d ₩13,743Price above its averages is commonly read as an uptrend, below as a downtrend; the 200-day line is widely watched for the long-term trend.
- RSI (14)Downward momentum43.5Measures the speed of recent gains vs losses. Above 70 is often called overbought, below 30 oversold; extremes can last in strong trends.
- MACD (12, 26, 9)Below its signal line-99.7 · signal -39.4 · histogram -60.3The gap between 12- and 26-day exponential averages. Crossing its signal line is read as momentum turning; above zero, the short-term average is above the long.
- Bollinger Bands (20, 2)Near the lower band₩11,044 – ₩11,514 – ₩11,984 · width 8.2%Bands two standard deviations around the 20-day average. A squeeze (very narrow bands) means unusually quiet trading, which often comes before a bigger move either way.
- Volume vs 20-day averageLight trading0.53×Trading volume compared with its 20-day average. Moves on heavy volume are usually given more weight.
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Estimates from short-selling data. Levels are not predictions or trading recommendations.
Share lending and returned shares
Shares lent out (mostly to short sellers), new loans and shares returned each day. A return is either the lender calling the shares back (a recall) or the borrower handing them back, often after buying back a short. The published figures don't say which.
- Shares on loan
- 477.2K
- 3.8% of listed shares
- Loans, 5-day change
- +5.4%
- Loans, 20-day change
- +5.8%
- Returned, last 5 days
- 19.2K
- New loans, last 5 days
- 43.7K
- Short balance vs loans
- 22.8%
- How much of the lent stock is sold short. The higher it is, the more buying back a wave of recalls forces.
Who's borrowing: foreign vs domestic
The shares on loan by who borrowed them and who lent them, by value.
- Foreign share, 5 days
- —
- Foreign share, 20 days
- —
- Foreign borrowing, 5 days
- —
As of Oct 26. Domestic borrowers include Korean brokers, some of which borrow for overseas clients, so this shows who holds the loan, not who finally sells short. Not a recommendation.
Unusual return days (last 60 days)
| Day | Returned | Of the loans | Vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19 | 42.2K | 9.4% | 6.4× |
| Sep 28 | 27.2K | 6% | 4× |
| Sep 21 | 19.3K | 4.2% | 3.1× |
| Sep 16 | 18K | 3.9% | 3.4× |
| Sep 14 | 23.5K | 5.1% | 6.6× |
| Sep 2 | 15K | 3.3% | 3.8× |
| Aug 25 | 10.1K | 2.2% | 3.1× |
| Aug 24 | 13.1K | 2.8% | 4.9× |
Unusual = at least 3× the 20-day average, at least 2% of the shares on loan and 10,000 shares.
As of Oct 27. Published figures, one trading day behind. They describe lending, not where the price goes; not a recommendation.
Lending data: Financial Services Commission, Korea (Public Data Portal).
Retail margin & forced selling
Margin loans
₩30T
−7.3% in 5 days · 8th percentile of the last year
Forced selling
₩11B
0.4× the 20-day average
Forced-sale share
1.0%
Unpaid settlements
₩1T
Retail stock borrowing ₩21B
Calm under 30, normal to 50, elevated to 70, high above. From today's forced-sale amount vs its 20-day average, the forced-sale share of receivables, where margin loans sit in their 1-year range, and whether they are being cut fast.
Estimates from public margin-lending statistics. Not a prediction or a recommendation.
Technical indicators describe past price and volume patterns. They are not predictions or recommendations.
Also known as: Korea Petroleum Industries / 한국석유 / 004090 / KRX:004090
Source: KRX statistical information