AI Stock Trading

Mom's warm voice came through. "Son, what's the call home for?"

"Mom, didn't you say you were trading stocks last time? How's it going?"

"Don't mention it. That damn Old Liu said there was insider news and it was guaranteed to rise. The moment I bought in, it hit limit-down two days in a row. I gritted my teeth and cut my losses. I haven't had the nerve to buy stocks lately."

"I've been studying investments too. How about you let me manage the account? I'll make back the losses first, and we'll split the profits fifty-fifty."

Mom laughed. "Sure. Isn't Mom's money your money? But you need to be careful with stocks. Don't chase prices when they're high."

After using her own painful experience to educate her son, she gave him the account number and password as well.

Lin Qiye felt a little excited after getting his mother's account details.

Like his mother, he was the self-sacrificing type of investor—in other words, he had never made money from stocks.

Now that he had a Virtual Intelligent Life, perhaps he could turn things around for once.

His mother's account was with Mingtai Securities. After downloading the software, Lin Qiye entered the account number and password and opened it.

Good lord. There were only a hundred shares in the account, yet it had lost ten thousand yuan.

This was the stock that had turned Mom Lin's fifty thousand yuan into forty thousand.

Having taken on the heavy responsibility of recovering his mother's investment losses, Lin Qiye tapped on the keyboard.

"What stock can I buy now that will go up?"

[Large-scale data analysis required. Please wait.]

This time, the Computing Power consumption took especially long. Lin Qiye waited for over forty minutes.

The result finally came out.

[An emotionally hyped stock target has been found: 'Jinshi Shares.']

[Logic 1: The company mainly purchases, processes, and sells gemstone products centered on jadeite. Jadeite prices are currently rising due to strong market demand.]

[Logic 2: The company's inventory figures have risen year by year. Big data searches show that most of its inventory consists of raw jadeite stones. The purchase price of raw jadeite stones is far lower than that of jadeite. Once jadeite is cut from them, their value can increase dozens or even hundreds of times.]

[Logic 3: The stock has operated in a long-term bottom range, displaying market-maker behavior aimed at accumulating shares.]

[Logic 4: The main source of jadeite is Myanmar, where the situation is unstable. Mines and exchanges could be shut down at any time. Once raw jadeite stone trading is interrupted, domestic jadeite prices will rise. Jinshi Shares will benefit from this and become a target for speculation.]

[Issue: Raw jadeite stones in inventory can be treated either as worthless rocks or as unknown carriers of jadeite, creating the possibility of financial fraud.]

Good lord. It had analyzed the possibility of this stock being hyped from every angle and even warned him about the risks.

Lin Qiye read it over several times before finally understanding what it meant.

There was definitely something wrong with this company. That pile of raw jadeite stones was impossible to value before being cut open, making investors highly uncertain about the company's valuation.

If Myanmar really shut down the mines and exchanges, the stock might indeed surge.

He immediately typed in another question.

"Can it definitely make money?"

[Success rate: 80%. The current price is at a historical low, and the probability of losses is low.]

Nothing in the world was absolute. Since it had calculated that success was highly likely, why not take a gamble?

Lin Qiye looked at the K-line chart in the stock software. It was falling at a forty-five-degree angle and had reached the day's lowest point.

He entered the maximum number of shares he could buy and confirmed the purchase.

Xingsha City

Mom Lin was busy in her family's shop. It was a small business selling fruit-tree bonsai. Dad Lin handled the planting while Mom Lin handled sales. The couple had earned a little money from the business and even raised a college student.

After finishing her work, Mom Lin habitually opened the trading software on her computer, only to discover that all the funds in the account had been used to buy Jinshi Shares.

She remembered that her son had said he wanted to learn stock trading. But it had only been a short while—how had he already jumped right in?

As an experienced stock trader, Mom Lin called one of her stock-trading friends. "Do you know Jinshi Shares? Is there any news?"

"Isn't it some jewelry seller? Several gold and jewelry companies went public this year, but none of them have done much."

"Is that so? I'm hanging up."

Mom Lin ended the call and glanced at the trading software, only to find that Jinshi Shares was shooting upward in a straight line, turning positive in an instant.

It was more than just turning positive. Trade orders exceeding a thousand lots appeared one after another, and supported by enormous volume, the share price kept setting new intraday highs.

Her heart pounding wildly, Mom Lin picked up the phone and called Lin Qiye.

"Son, look at the stock. The one you bought is up."

"Oh."

Lin Qiye, who was catching up on sleep in bed, instantly opened his eyes. Then he suddenly remembered that he was supposed to be in class at this time.

He deliberately lowered his voice. "Mom, I'm in class. How much is it up?"

"Five percent. You're pretty capable, kid."

"Of course. Look who gave birth to me. This is only the beginning. Once I make big money, I'll buy you a gold necklace."

Mom Lin's heart was sweet as honey, but she still reminded him, "That's good. You can manage the account, but be careful. Don't let a surging stock go to your head. Investments carry risks, so you still need to be cautious."

"Mm, I understand. Don't worry, Mom. I'll trade carefully."

After hanging up, Lin Qiye hurriedly got out of bed and opened his Laptop.

By the time he entered the stock-trading software, Jinshi Shares had risen seven percent. It seemed unable to push higher and was beginning to fall.

Lin Qiye quickly searched online but found no positive news.

He switched over to the intelligent assistant, Chat 1.0.

"Jinshi Shares is up seven percent. Should I sell tomorrow?"

[Information from private overseas forums indicates that a domestic conflict has broken out in Myanmar and may very likely affect jadeite mines.]

[Current market behavior suggests that people who learned the news in advance are rushing to buy shares. Speculation is about to begin. My recommendation is to continue holding.]

Good lord, analyzing data from the entire internet really was incredible. Lin Qiye felt much more at ease.

At three in the afternoon, Jinshi Shares closed up eight percent, earning him a little over three thousand yuan.

Lin Qiye shut down the computer, got up and headed to the school cafeteria for something to eat, then went to the Internet Cafe.

At the Internet Cafe.

After playing games for a while, it was finally time for the Night Shift handover.

That night, Lin Qiye was full of energy, but his mind was entirely on the stock market.

He finally endured until the next day. When the day-shift worker arrived to take over, Lin Qiye did not go home. Instead, he directly rented a computer and downloaded Mingtai Securities' trading software to watch the market.

The Internet Cafe Boss, Li Xiongye, walked past with a small bag slung over his shoulder, then stopped and backed up.

"Little Lin, you trade stocks too?"

"Yeah, I'm learning." Lin Qiye answered as he waited for the market to open.

Li Xiongye immediately perked up and sat down beside him.

"I'm an old stock trader. Ask me if there's anything you don't understand."

Seeing the anticipation all over Li Xiongye's face, Lin Qiye could only reply,

"I bought a stock yesterday, and it went up eight percent right after I bought it."

"New investors always have good luck." Li Xiongye turned on the neighboring computer, launched the stock-trading software, and asked, "What stock did you buy? Let me take a look."

"Jinshi Shares."

Li Xiongye entered the code, looked at the K-line chart, then browsed through the news.

"A low-priced stock, and it's still in a downtrend. Gold and jewelry hasn't been a hot sector these past two years. It suddenly rose yesterday, so watch out for a market maker faking a breakout."