Chapter 18: ! I can't stop reading!

Help?
No, he was the one who needed help.
His calculations were meticulous; he simply wanted to use her experience and analysis to compensate for his lack of information access.
“Great! Discussing together is definitely more efficient!”
Li Huilin clearly misunderstood, but her interest was piqued:
“Let’s take a look… Didn’t the gold sector experience a significant correction before? Now, with the surge in geopolitical risks and safe-haven demand, coupled with the technical adjustment being complete, I estimate that the gold sector is worth paying more attention to.”
“Sister Huilin, if I buy gold stocks, how do I short them, like you mentioned before, and hedge? Teach me.”
“That’s simple. After buying gold stocks, at the right price, calculate the proportion, and short gold futures, or put options!”
As she spoke, Li Huilin brought up gold futures on the monitor and explained it to Su Hao in detail.
Su Hao subconsciously reached for the mouse, but just as his finger was about to click on the futures page and switch to options!
Buzz!
An indescribable, intensely powerful sensation, like an electric current, surged from his fingertips as he touched the mouse, instantly coursing through his entire body!
Every pore seemed to tremble under this strange feeling!
“Su Hao?” Li Huilin noticed his momentary stiffness.
“…I plan to buy these gold futures.” Su Hao said, pointing to the monitor.
“Oh my! This is futures! Leveraged!”
Li Huilin exclaimed again:
“Futures are much riskier than stocks! Stocks might drop by a maximum of 10% in a day, but futures can wipe out all your capital in a single day!”
“I'll only buy a little. If things really feel off, I'll liquidate my entire position immediately,” Su Hao said calmly.
But at this moment, his “intuition” was telling him with unprecedented strength:
He had to enter the market!
This was it!
“Hmm…” Li Huilin hesitated for a moment, seemingly infected by his determination:
“Then… I’ll try buying a little too? Ah, look at the time, the market’s about to open! Quick, Su Hao, get back to your seats!”
“Okay. Good luck today too.”
“Good luck!”
Su Hao quickly returned to his workstation. While waiting for the market to open, he first checked his account balance.
According to the plan, the stocks he bought yesterday would be automatically sold at the opening. After deducting that, his available funds should be… huh?
‘What is this? A system error?’
His gaze froze.
The available funds displayed in his account had increased by a full four million out of nowhere!
Total funds… five million?!
He practically jumped up from his chair immediately and strode towards Zhou Yi’s office.
This huge sum of money was of unknown origin; if he made a mistake, the consequences would be unimaginable.
“Um, Manager. There seems to be a problem with my trading program. Right now, the available margin in my account is…”
“If you're talking about the principal,” Zhou Yi interrupted him without looking up, his tone as calm as if discussing the weather, “that number is correct.”
“…What?” Su Hao thought he had misheard.
“Starting today, you will be responsible for managing a total of five million in investments.”
Zhou Yi finally looked up at him, his gaze sharp:
"It's settled then. Alright, go back and concentrate, the market's about to open."
What?!
From one million, overnight, it skyrocketed to five million?!
Even if yesterday's returns were indeed impressive, the scale of this "investment" is just too outrageous!
'Ah! The market's really about to open!'
Shocked as he was, reality didn't allow him much time to process the news.
The manager was right, every second counts!
Su Hao took a deep breath, suppressing the turmoil in his heart, and strode back to his seat, his eyes fixed on the screen, waiting for the opening signal.
His gaze immediately focused on the gold futures candlestick chart.
'Right, Li Huilin said that for risk management, diversification is essential…'
This thought flashed through his mind.
But… he couldn't worry about that now!
If a meticulous plan were to be made, it should have been completed before the market opened.
Now, as his attention focused on gold futures, a frantic intuition surged within him, like a lit fuse, causing his limbs to tremble slightly!
Click! Click!
His fingers, as if guided by an invisible force, began to relentlessly strike the buy button, one after another.
He simply couldn't stop!
He felt he would explode if he didn't release this impulse!
Even at the moment the market opened, all the funds—over a million yuan—that had been automatically sold at the preset price yesterday,
were unhesitatingly reinvested in gold futures!
All in!
The instant the last buy order was executed, and the funds in his account were almost completely drained, that tense feeling vanished abruptly, replaced by a strange, almost exhausting calm.
'So… today's work is done, right?'
He leaned back in his chair and let out a soft breath.
Hmm, just like yesterday. Buy everything, then sell tomorrow.
This job… seems easier than I imagined?
It's wonderful.
However, this thought lasted less than three seconds.
"...Hmm?"
The strange feeling that had just subsided suddenly surged violently within him again without warning!
This time… should I keep buying?!
'My bullets… are all gone!' His heart tightened.
But, no!
This feeling wasn't pointing to buying!
When his mouse pointer hovered near the "Buy" button, the restlessness subsided.
But when he tentatively moved the pointer towards the "Sell" button next to it—
*Zzzzt!*
A clear, tingling sensation, like being struck by static electricity, shot up from his fingertips to his arm!
"You want me to...sell?!"
He understood instantly!
Li Huilin had said it before! In short-term trading, timing is crucial!
Buy low, sell high!
That's the way to survive in short-term trading!
Tap tap tap tap tap!
Without the slightest hesitation, Su Hao's fingers flew like a madman, clicking the "sell" button with a torrent of clicks!
Selling off all the shares he had just bought!
"Phew..."
Seeing the confirmation message on the screen, he breathed a long sigh of relief.
"That was close... any later, and it would have been a disaster."
Almost at the same second he completed the sell, the candlestick chart, which had been attempting to break through the previous high, plummeted like a kite with a broken string, crashing downwards and heading straight for the center of the market!
Thankfully, he escaped before the crash.
Profits secured!
"Now, I should look for other opportunities..."
He prepared to close the gold futures trading window and look for new targets.
However, before his finger could even click the "X" close button—
Warning! Warning!
It's happening again!
That strong, domineering intuition sounded the highest-level emergency alarm deep within his mind!
'What's going on?! This time...this time it wants me to buy again?!'
Just now, the signal came from the "Sell" button.
And now, as his mouse pointer instinctively drifted back to the "Buy" button—
A signal!
A frenzied signal, like a burst dam, surged forth!
Tap tap tap tap tap!
His body was completely taken over by instinct; his fingers, as if possessed by their own will, reflexively and frantically tapped the "Buy" button again!
Buy! Buy! Buy!
'This...it should be over now, right?! Huh?'
No.
Wishful thinking!
"Again?!"
This time, only a few seconds had passed since he completed the buy!
That damned signal, like a leech, once again pointed precisely and ruthlessly at the "Sell" button!
Experiencing this intense, soul-shaking shock several times within a few minutes, Su Hao felt his temples throbbing wildly!
Tap tap tap tap tap—!
Even so, driven by that ruthless, stimulating signal, his fingers simply couldn't stop!
Buy! Sell! Buy! Sell!
'Help...help me...'
His consciousness, amidst the violent impact and overload, was reduced to this last faint, almost collapsing groan.