"Yes!!!" Eric screamed inwardly, pumping his fist into the air, with a bright smile on his face.
He would love to scream out his lungs in excitement but it was already late and everyone were already asleep.
He looked at his laptop's screen and pumped his fist again.
"That's what I'm talking about right there! That's what they call a pump!" He said softly, staring at the $89.6M in unrealised profit being displayed on his screen.
Without a moment of hesitation, he need the smart thing and took profit before the amount starts dropping.
There was no need for him to wait and see if the price would pump again. The money was more than enough for him.
Eric was still finding it hard to believe. The amount being displayed on his screen shows that he made $90M with $1.5M.
It was a couple of risky trades but he was well rewarded.
Eric was one of the many crypto traders out there. And he was also quite lucky to find himself among the 1%, having a staggering 95.4% success rate on all his trades.
He grew his initial capital of $300 to nearly $600,000 in a year. In seven months, brought that amount to $2.3M, and now, that money had gone up to $90M.
Eric smiled with pride, as he stood up from his chair. He walked around his room to cool off his brain and the intense excitement he was feeling.
Unfortunately for him, he couldn't do that. Instead of relaxing, his brain was already working on how to allocate the money and put it to work.
He couldn't leave it in his trading account and have inflation eat away at it. He has to do something tangible with it.
After a few minutes of thoughts, Eric forcefully stopped himself and decided to take his bath, and go to bed. He was always like this. No matter the situation he found himself, he was always thinking of how to use it to his benefit.
This, aided by his scarily sharp intuition and foresight was the reason why he was so successful at crypto trading.
His foresight and intuition was what earned him the title: Observation Haki User.
This was what his friends called him and one of them was the one that introduced him to crypto trading.
Eric walked out of the bathroom, put on some clothes and got into his bed. He picked up his phone to see if he has any messages but as an introvert, he had none.
Unbothered by it, he smiled, dropped his phone on the nightstand and made himself comfortable.
He couldn't help but think of what the future holds for him. He was now rich. No, beyond that.
He has acquired an amount of money that's beyond "f*ck you money". He now has generational wealth, meaning he never have to actively work or do anything for money—as long as he sets himself up nicely and doesn't burn through it.
Eric smiled, filled with pride at the thought that he has achieved the dreams of nearly every young person out there by making it big at such a young age of 26, and the thought of how he was going to start living the dream life soon.
Exhausted, he closed his eyes and fell asleep, with the ever present proud smile still on his face.
....
A week later.
Eric was standing in a luxury car dealership, with his eyes peeled on the green beast in front of him.
Lamborghini Revuelto. It was a monster of a car and one that costs more than $600,000. And it was what Eric was here to buy.
The very attractive salesgirl had already introduced the car to him, giving the information he needed to know about the car—its specs.
Not that he needed to know those things. But the salesgirl was doing her best to make a sale and also catch a big fish—him.
"Mr. Eric. Here's the key to your new ride," she said, walking towards him, smiling coquettishly, swaying her hips and making very questionable eye movements.
Unfortunately for her, Eric saw none of her unnecessary movements as his eyea were fixed on the key fob in her hand.
He reached out his hand and she dropped it into it. He admired the item with a bright light in his eyes.
He touched the logo on the key fob, feeling the texture against against his hand. And somehow, he could already see himself driving the car and he could hear the sound of its monstrous engine.
Eric chuckled softly at his little daydream and exhaled. Finally calm, he pressed the unlock button on the key fob and the car made a beautiful sound, indicating that it has been unlocked.
He smiled, opened the door and slowly sat down on the comfortable driver's seat of the car, and placed his hand on the steering.
He closed the door and let out a exhaled, gripping the steering tightly and freeing up his hand.
He brought his hand to the ignition button and pressed it. And immediately, the mechanical beast roared to life, bringing a bright smile filled with pride to Eric's face.
He put the car into drive and slowly turned the wheels, driving the car out of the car dealership and onto the road of New Orleans.
Over the past week, Eric had been busy. He withdrew nearly $89M from the perp trading platform, leaving $600,000 for him to play around with whenever he wants.
He set up prime equities trading account, deposited $39M into it and bought the shares of some S&P 500 companies.
He also spent $10 million on some crypto he deemed valuable and has potential to pump in the future. He stored them securely on a cold wallet, as to avoid the risk of being hacked and drained.
He spent $37M to buy some real estate, leaving him with $3M, which he intends to use for himself and his family.
Actually, his family's financial situation was good. They were in a position that they considered to be comfortable.
And he has made their situation even better. He smiled as he remembered how his younger sister had reacted when he told the whole family about his money.
They already knew that he was trading crypto and was very profitable from it, so he didn't need to hide anything from them. And his dad was a very open-minded person who had understood and encouraged him.
He was also the one that helped him with the set-up of the prime equities trading account, by using his connections.
Eric was very happy, as he was able to make his dad, mom and his entire family proud.
His thoughts drifted to his friends who were waiting for him, and his smile widened at the thought of how they would react when they see him pull up.
A little scene played out in his head, as he visualised their faces, and he chuckled, nearly bursting into laughter.
And right at that moment, something happened. Eric felt a cold sweat on his face, his skin tingled and the hair on his hand rose up. A flash of blood filled his mind's eye, vivid and fleeting, as if death itself flickered before him.
The next moment, out of nowhere, a blinding flash light filled his eyes, blinding him momentarily and causing him to nearly lose control of the wheels.
Eric had instinctively stepped on the brake and he has expected the car to come to halt immediately.
But unfortunately for him, the truck behind him was going too fast and wasn't able to stop in time.
The truck collided with the car, causing it to spiral out of Eric's control. The car jerked violently and his feet lifted from the brake and stepped on the gas, sending the car throttling forward towards the logging truck in front of him.
Scree!!!
The sharp sound of rubber grinding against asphalt filled the air and the next moment, it was followed by a loud crashing sound, as the newly purchased luxury sport car crashed into the logs protruding out of the car.
...
In an infinite void floated a faint, white flickering light. The light was flickering in and out of existence like a lit candle that was left outside in a storm.
A faint silhouette that was nearly infinitely larger than the light, materialised behind it.
[Hmm, now how do I resolve this?] An ancient and powerful voice reverberated through the void.
Two massive eyes filed with little twinkles of lights, opened and fixed itself on the faint, flickering light.
[I guess I have no other option. I can only do what others do.]
The next moment, the intensity of the white light grew stronger, and it went from faint to being very bright. But no matter how bright it was, it wasn't enough to expose the owner of the silhouette.
The next moment, a portal opened in front of the bright light and dragged it in.
[I hope you enjoy what I've prepared for you, little one. Hopefully one day, we might meet and possibly become friends... Or enemies.]