Travel creator Gwak Tube reveals -38% loss on chipmaker stock: 'Please, just stop'

Travel content creator Gwak Tube, whose real name is Gwak Jun-bin, has revealed he is sitting on a -38% return on a domestic chipmaker stock.

On Thursday, Gwak shared a screenshot on his Instagram story showing he holds shares in a chipmaker identified only as "Company S," with a return of -38.16%.

He accompanied the post with the words, "Please stop, please just stop."

Gwak had previously disclosed his stock holdings in September in a video titled "Review of the world's most expensive first-class flight" on his YouTube channel.

In that video, he mentioned the same Company S shares, saying, "I put in almost all the money I had in stocks. I threw in nearly everything I had. I kept averaging down."

The screen at the time showed his return was nearly -14%.

He also said that if forced to choose between buying a 15 million won ($11,200) plane ticket and averaging down on the stock, he would skip the flight. "If I average down just a little more here, I'm almost there," he added.

Gwak, a former administrative staff member at South Korea's embassy in Azerbaijan, runs a YouTube channel with about 2.15 million subscribers.

He has also appeared on MBN's "Jeonhyeonmu Gyehoek," a variety program, and ENA's "Jigu Mabul," a travel series.