Chapter 38 Is this something a normal human being would do?
"Manager...?" Finally, someone couldn't hold back any longer and spoke cautiously.
"Shh!" Liang Haiyuan immediately glared at the man and whispered a reprimand, "The manager is thinking! Don't disturb him!"
"Ah! Sorry, sorry!" The man quickly shrank his neck.
Several more suffocating minutes passed.
That strange "feeling" still didn't elicit any response.
There were no warnings of danger, nor was there any urge to cash out profits.
'Strange... Could it be... that the information isn't enough? Not enough to trigger that'switch'?'
Su Hao thought to himself that this kind of trading method that relies on "intuition" can sometimes be quite frustrating.
He raised his head, his gaze sweeping over the expectant faces of the crowd, and suddenly asked:
" Liang Haiyuan, in your opinion, what will happen to the market next? Will it rebound?"
"Difficult! I doubt it!" Liang Haiyuan shook his head decisively without even thinking.
" The Securities Regulatory Commission's actions this time were too ruthless and came without warning; it was practically a suicide attack!"
Just a few days ago, official media outlets were vigorously promoting the continued implementation of proactive securities policies, stirring up investors' optimism and luring retail investors into the market.
And what happened? They turned around and delivered a brutal betrayal! This completely shattered market confidence, triggering a panic sell-off…
I estimate... the impact will be quite profound, and it won't be able to recover in the short term!
Hmm, that makes sense.
Su Hao nodded thoughtfully.
"Manager! Our short positions in stock index futures have broken even!"
Liu Bo, who was in charge of monitoring the market in the department, couldn't help but speak up, his voice filled with barely suppressed excitement:
"But! But that put option... the premium has almost doubled! Holy crap! That's a whole 100% profit! Manager! How about... we close out this option position first? And secure our profits?"
A put option is essentially the right to pay a sum of money to sell an asset at a specific price at a future point in time.
Its price will fluctuate dramatically as the expiration date approaches, market volatility changes, and the price of the underlying asset rises or falls.
Moreover, you can resell this "right" to someone else at any time and earn the difference in price.
The most exciting part is that ordinary stocks or futures may have price limits.
But options, in theory... have no upper limit on their potential price increase!
Doubling your money? In extreme market conditions, that might just be an appetizer!
Now, the put options they held, which were worthless just a few days ago, have seen their premiums skyrocket in just a few hours, doubling in value!
Huge profits are within easy reach!
Everyone's breathing became rapid at that moment.
He stared intently at Su Hao, awaiting his final decision.
Upon hearing this, Su Hao turned his gaze back to the constantly changing trading interface and examined it carefully once more.
Crazy numbers, glaring red and green, a bustling market.
But that mysterious "feel" for the market, that "sixth sense" that guided him to make countless accurate judgments, remained calm and undisturbed, without a ripple.
There is no signal.
He took a deep breath, his gaze suddenly sharpening like a knife, and uttered four words with an undeniable decisiveness that echoed softly in the tense, almost deathly quiet office:
"Continue to hold."
After the meeting, the members of Trading Department Seven walked out of the room with their heads held high, like victorious soldiers.
However, when they stepped into the spacious trading hall outside, everyone was so startled by the bizarre sight before them that they instinctively held their breath and slowed their pace.
It's so quiet!
The entire hall was deathly silent.
You could hear a pin drop!
This is fucking... so abnormal!
You should know that just a few tens of minutes before they entered the manager's office, the place was a scene of wailing and chaos, with everyone running, yelling, and smashing things, like a hellish battlefield.
But now it's all gone... those sounds, those movements, all vanished.
Looking around, those colleagues who were just moments ago jumping around like doomsday madmen now all looked like defeated roosters.
Or rather, they were more like walking corpses whose last bit of energy had been drained, their eyes vacant, their faces ashen, slumped at their workstations, motionless, as if their souls had been collectively ripped out.
The entire hall was filled with a heavy sense of despair and deathly silence.
"..."
The members of Trading Department Seven looked at each other, exchanging glances and seeing a complex, indescribable emotion in each other's eyes.
This morning, their own group was in a similar state to these people in front of them, or perhaps even worse. They looked gloomy, uncertain about the future, and ready to jump off a building at any moment.
But now... it's as if an invisible hand has turned the pointer of fate, completely reversing the two world lines that were originally infinitely close but ultimately went in completely opposite directions.
On this side, it's a celebration and victory for Trading Department Seven.
On the other side, there is only the lamentation of everyone else.
Looking at the miserable state of his fellow sufferers around him, and then thinking about the ever-increasing numbers in his own account that represented huge profits.
This stark contrast left the members of Trading Department Seven feeling an indescribable awkwardness and... subtle embarrassment.
Should we burst into laughter and celebrate our victory now?
Should I put on a compassionate act and offer a few words of comfort?
This feeling is so damn subtle, I don't even know whether to laugh or cry.
I was afraid that if I couldn't help but laugh out loud, some jerk next to me would pounce on me and beat me up.
"Brother Haiyuan, do you think we can still make money on our put options?"
One person lowered their voice, breaking the eerie silence, and asked cautiously.
"I estimate we'll have to wait a bit longer. Let the bullets fly for a while longer," Liang Haiyuan explained, his voice also very low.
"This thing is like a tsunami after an earthquake. Although the main shock of the stock market crash has already occurred, the real devastating shockwave, that is, the chain reaction in other markets, has only just begun."
Yes, a tsunami.
In the turbulent sea of the financial market, the most terrifying and destructive aspect of black swan events of this magnitude is often not the brief, violent tremors of an earthquake.
Instead, it was followed closely by a continuous, overwhelming aftershock that could engulf everything!
It's about to roar in!
The other short positions they placed were precisely positioned along the path of the impending tsunami.
"Sigh, what a pity!"
One of them clicked his tongue, seemingly still somewhat greedy, his tone full of regret:
"If only we had bought more put options back then! If we had raised more funds at the time... our returns this time could probably have increased several times over!"
"Alright, be content, kid. Back then, there were only so many put option derivatives related to the stock market, whether they were stock index options or over-the-counter options."
Liang Haiyuan patted him on the shoulder and said with a laugh:
"We've already scavenged everything we could find, every nook and cranny, like a locust swarm, leaving not even a drop of soup for anyone else! What more do you want?"
Although the options market appears to have a wide variety of products and services.
However, if you want to buy a specific type of option with a specific expiration date and a specific strike price in a precise and large quantity, the available "supply" for trading will be very limited, and liquidity will also be a major problem.
It's safe to say that during those three crazy days, virtually every stock market-related put option that met their requirements went to Su Hao. Trading Department Seven's pocket!
Scrape the ground three feet deep, leaving not a single blade of armor!
"But speaking of which, our manager... he's fucking awesome! Do you guys remember? We bought these put options... three days ago! Just three days ago! I just couldn't resist checking the historical data... Holy crap! Guess what?"
Another person, their face beaming with admiration, exclaimed excitedly:
"The timing of our purchase... was perfect! No more, no less! It was the lowest point in history for option prices before the crash! The absolute bottom! Even if we had bought a day later, just the day before yesterday, the price would have risen considerably!"
Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.
It seems those few days were like being in purgatory, waiting for the market to turn around amidst boundless anxiety and torment.
Every minute and every second was like being cut by a knife...
Ultimately, it was worth it!
But upon closer reflection, I felt a chill run down my spine and a cold sensation on my back.
How exactly did they manage to do that?
It's like having a third eye, no, it's like having a God's-eye view!
How could they be so precise as to complete their position building exactly three days before the crash, at the very bottom of the price range?
The error is less than a few hours!
Liang Haiyuan took a deep breath and said sincerely:
"The manager... he probably already used his discerning eyes to pinpoint exactly where the lowest point was! He got there in one fell swoop! That's a level of skill! A level we can't even dream of reaching!"
"Does this...does this really make sense?" Some people still find it unbelievable:
"Is this...is this really something that 'technology' can explain? Can such a conclusion be reached purely based on technical analysis and model deduction?"
"I think there's definitely an element of intuition involved. Truly powerful investment intuition must be backed by massive amounts of data analysis, rigorous logical deduction, and a deep understanding of market patterns, right?"
Liang Haiyuan patiently analyzed the situation, although he himself also found the matter incredibly bizarre:
"This level of operation cannot be done on a whim! You yourselves are investors, don't you understand this basic principle?"
I understand, but it's precisely because I understand that I find this all the more outrageous!
That's fucking outrageous!
From capturing the absolute bottom with divine timing, to making astonishingly accurate predictions of a stock market crash, and then daring to, like the most composed hunter, go all in on 50 million in cash based on such a judgment…
That kind of heart and courage that remains unmoved even when Mount Tai collapses before you, a heart and courage as powerful as a monster!
All these incredible elements combined together...
This... is this something a normal human being could do?