## Chapter 1285 – ##09_Young And Rich (2)
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1.
I had a dream.
A dream of succeeding in futures trading and achieving financial freedom.
It was such an ethereal and sweet dream.
“Haaah!”
In the early dawn.
Sharon gasped for air and shot up in bed.
Without even fixing her disheveled hair, she slipped on her slippers and shuffled out of the bedroom.
She stumbled into the living room, where the room was still dim before sunrise, but there was a space where a bright light was shining.
As if possessed, Sharon walked towards it.
“Ah…”
Sharon hugged the mini-refrigerator dedicated to Häagen-Dazs, which she had painstakingly installed, even going so far as to set up a small generator in the corner of the living room.
The warm temperature of the refrigerator warmed her arms, and the cold air from beyond the glass display cooled her chest, and only then did she realize.
“It’s not a dream… It’s not a dream…”
Finally, she turned on her phone, opened the brokerage app, and checked her investment status…
“It’s really not a dream… *sniff sniff*.”
This had been Sharon’s morning routine for the past few weeks.
After a brief moment of wallowing, she would immediately wash up and head to the investment office that was set up separately inside the mansion.
-Whirring-
Sharon took a sip of the strong coffee that made her instinctively say, ‘Blech! Why is it so bitter!’ and turned on the computer.
Six monitors lit up simultaneously, beyond the dual monitors, creating a spectacular sight.
“Munch munch.”
Sharon, with her hair roughly tied up, munched on a sandwich while reviewing the data.
Bitter morning coffee and a sandwich (coffee always in a mug)!
Multiple monitors displaying charts, graphs, and order books (including a Bloomberg Terminal)!
Intellectual silver-rimmed glasses loosely perched on the tip of her nose (no prescription, but occasionally pushing them up is a must)!
Reports that could just be viewed on the monitor, but are needlessly printed and piled up (a slightly messy look is key)!
It was like a model of a trading desk.
This was partly a reflection of Sharon’s romantic ideals.
The images of traders in the movies about the stock market and the financial world that she had watched with Siwoo when they lived together.
The traders in *The Wolf of Wall Street*, *Margin Call*, *The Big Short*, and *Empire of Wealth* became objects of envy and admiration for Sharon.
They were making enormous amounts of money with just a mouse and keyboard, they were the real witches, what other magic was there?
“Hmm, hmm… umm… good, good.”
Of course, Sharon wasn’t just being a know-it-all.
Objectively speaking, Sharon’s recent performance was at a level that could be called legendary in the industry.
It was difficult to see it as just beginner’s luck.
This remarkable result also included Sharon’s tearful efforts, one of which was data review.
The data that Sharon reviews before investing is as follows.
For example, if she were to invest in corn, she would first review the price trends through market data.
She would also check the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report and the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Next, she would cross-verify the yield with weather information and climate change forecasts provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
A typical investor would stop here, but not the meticulous Sharon!
She would double-check economic indicators through the Federal Reserve Bank’s economic database.
She would triple-check for any changes in trade regulations and government subsidies for production incentives.
Since corn is a raw material for ethanol production, she would also check the trends in the energy market.
Only after going through countless verifications would she enter a position.
Sharon’s delicate, meticulous, and planned nature, combined with the high intelligence of a witch who can process large amounts of information, resulted in the birth of a monster trader.
The Sharon Super-Rich Ironheartbeast Evergreen.
“Should I lower the leverage a bit now?”
Here’s a bit of trivia.
What is leverage?
Simply put, it’s the multiple of the betting amount.
If you were to make 1% and use 20x leverage, you would make 20%, and if you were to lose 1% and have 20x leverage, you would lose -20%.
What if you lost 5%?
‘My entire principal just disappeared so cleanly! What kind of sorcery is this!’
Anyway, so far, Sharon had been taking such risks and continuing her investment activities with 20x leverage.
It was an unavoidable choice given her small seed money.
However, now that the amount of margin had become too large, there was a need to make more stable investments (in fact, even this was a bit late).
“Let’s not forget! This money isn’t something I earned because I’m good! The market fed it to me!”
Sharon shouted the slogan bravely and was about to start studying for today’s investment when…
-Bang!
“Green hair!”
“Huh?”
The door burst open as Luelle rushed in, looking flustered.
Luelle, with her skirt hem all messed up, waved her arms and stomped her feet.
“Green hair! I got a call from the brokerage! They dare to threaten me that they will forcibly liquidate my position if I don’t add more margin! Is it okay to add it? Will adding it get my money back?!”
“What?! You’ve been doing it all this time?”
“What irresponsible nonsense is that! Didn’t you, green hair, encourage me to do this, saying that this would allow me to maintain my carrier fleet?!”
Sharon felt her head turn white.
She had boasted and impulsively recommended investing at that time, but Luelle hadn’t shown any interest after that.
So, Sharon thought, ‘Ah, she’s not paying attention,’ and didn’t say anything, but now she was reunited with this shocking news.
“Look! How much more do they want you to add?”
Sharon, also flustered, snatched Luelle’s phone.
The total amount Luelle had invested was $1,500.
She only had one futures contract for corn.
“These wicked fellows are threatening me to add another 100 dollars!”
“……”
It might have been an amount that Sharon would have cried over in the past, but for Luelle, it was probably just the cost of a nice meal.
“To embezzle the Nukelavi Dynasty’s defense budget with wicked deception! Take responsibility!”
“I didn’t embezzle it, okay? I told you that investing is your own responsibility.”
Sharon stroked her pounding heart and breathed a sigh of relief.
Luelle was surprisingly timid and easily scared, so she had made a very small investment.
“Still… here, take this 100 dollars.”
“Hmph! If they call again, you will have to deal with it!”
“Okay… but this is only for this trade, okay? But wouldn’t it be better to just withdraw?”
Feeling a bit responsible, Sharon sent Luelle $100 with a docile attitude.
“I will never back down with a loss! I will realize profits through HODLing!”
“Ah! Wait a minute!”
Luelle, who had received the money, disappeared as quickly as she had come, leaving Sharon no time to stop her.
Because of that, Sharon couldn’t give her advice.
“That expires today…”
For reference, HODLing is impossible with futures.
2.
What if I had seriously studied trading instead of working part-time at a convenience store?
Sharon had come to possess a lump sum of money that made her think this way.
However, Sharon hadn’t changed much.
Of course, as Luelle pointed out, she did look at her phone hundreds of times a day and giggle, but Sharon was still Sharon.
But it wasn’t like there were no changes at all.
Sharon and Amelia had a meal at the restaurant in the Malcuth Gallery to change things up.
“Sharon, are you going to pay again?”
“I already did.”
“I was going to pay today… You’ve been paying every time lately. And you gave Malika a gift last time too.”
“What are friends for?”
Since the Malcuth Gallery itself was the most bustling place in Lenormand Town, the meal costs were definitely not cheap.
After all, it was a shopping district aimed at wealthy witches.
But Sharon willingly paid for the expensive meal for Amelia.
This was the part of Sharon that had changed.
Not only Amelia, but she also bought pretty shoes for the twins, an elegant vase for the Geminai Counts who she was always indebted to, and gave various gifts to other people.
“Still…”
“Oh, it’s okay. It’s okay.”
“Sharon.”
“I’m really fine, hehe.”
But it was so nice!
After being a pauper for thousands of years, it felt so liberating to be in a position to give.
She had also started indulging in a little luxury.
“Things have been going really well lately. I don’t even look at the price tags when I order food anymore! I even got two dresses made at Flora’s dress shop last time! It’s been two years!”
“……?”
“It’s a big deal!”
“Right. Of course. It’s a big deal.”
Isn’t that something you could have done normally? thought Amelia.
For reference, Amelia, who was born with a silver spoon in her mouth and with self-generating magic, had never suffered from financial problems.
So, she probably couldn’t understand Sharon’s feelings right now.
But Sharon, who had been a witch of poverty, now knew clearly.
That having a lot of money doesn’t make you happy?
That’s wrong!
That’s something only people who were born with money and don’t know the fear of poverty would say!
Have those people who say that ever lived in a rooftop room with a pillar in the middle?
Have they ever smelled the mold creeping up behind the yellow wallpaper that had swollen from the humidity?
Have they ever curled up in a suitcase and slept under a bridge because they had nowhere to rest?
Sharon had done it all!
The more money you have, the happier you become.
You can’t help but be happy!
You don’t have to worry about next month’s research expenses and reuse the same jewels multiple times when you should be using them once and throwing them away.
When eating out with Siwoo, you don’t have to think, ‘Ugh, it’s my turn to pay…,’ and savor the joy and pain at the same time, you can just eat the food.
When other couples say, ‘Let’s go on vacation to my villa (my hotel, my resort, my island)!’ you don’t have to say, ‘My studio apartment is nice too…,’ and feel small.
You can also get a 100-year membership to the Levana Grand Bathhouse, which used to be a large part of your annual expenses.
Goodbye to the life of squeezing out every last drop of magic power!
All of this was thanks to having money.
That’s why Sharon put her heart and soul into every investment, always considered the risks, and didn’t take the huge profits she had gained as if it were a stroke of luck.
Instead, she focused on investing every day with a humble attitude.
“Humbly. Carefully. Safely.”
“Taking profits is always right!”
“Ha… life is really…”
“Cutting losses is also skill!”
“Aaaah! Jackpot! It’s a jackpot!!!”
And so, another week passed.
Sharon’s investment status in the 16th week of futures trading.
Investor: The Sharon Super-Rich Ironheartbeast Legendary Trader Evergreen
Main Investment Items: Corn, Wheat
Current Assets: $123,067,280
Cumulative Return on Original Investment: +10,823%
At this point, Sharon realized.
“Am I… maybe really talented?”
