Trade iShares MSCI South Korea ETF in Saudi Arabia

This page answers one question for Saudi Arabia: how a resident actually gets EWY exposure, and what the rules say.

Is iShares MSCI South Korea ETF trading legal in Saudi Arabia?

The established facts are narrower and worth stating exactly. Conducting securities activities in Saudi Arabia requires a licence from the Capital Market Authority, and the CMA publishes a standing list of platforms that hold no such licence: 'These websites are not licensed to conduct securities activities in Saudi Arabia.' The list was last modified on 20 April 2026, so it is live, and it runs to roughly thirty offshore brands - retail foreign-exchange, contract-for-difference and binary-options operators registered in Vanuatu, Estonia, Bahrain, Kuwait, the Dominican Republic and elsewhere.

What the contract is

The contract itself does not change by geography: a EWY perpetual settles in USDC everywhere.

Sign up on Canborsa with email, X or a wallet

No document upload to open the account. Canborsa is non-custodial: your collateral stays under your own keys until a position opens.

Email X Wallet

Fund the account with USDC

Deposit USDC over Canton, Robinhood Chain, Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain or Arbitrum. Canborsa takes no fiat, so buying the USDC happens wherever you normally buy stablecoins.

→Robinhood Chain

Open EWY-PERP

Pick EWY in the markets list. The ticket shows the live price, the current funding rate and max leverage 10x .

EWY-PERPPerpetual · USDC marginLONG

Choose Buy / Long, then set size and leverage

Buying $1,000 of EWY at 5x uses $200 of collateral. Higher leverage moves the liquidation price closer to your entry: your exposure is the position size, whatever margin you posted. Set a stop-loss below your entry before you walk away.

The capital gains tax rate in Saudi Arabia is stated at 15%.

Trading EWY from Saudi Arabia: not clearly regulated.

Saudi Arabia traders can fund iShares MSCI South Korea ETF positions using Bank Transfer, Debit Card and Credit Card.

Saudi Arabia residents can trade iShares MSCI South Korea ETF on 11 platforms, including ApeX, Aster and Avantis.

Canborsa offers up to 10x leverage on iShares MSCI South Korea ETF for traders based in Saudi Arabia.

Canborsa charges 0.07% per side (0.14% round trip) on iShares MSCI South Korea ETF.