Rebirth 2010: Shorting Cotton Futures at the Start

Legendary trader Chen Ping unexpectedly finds himself reborn in 2010. That year, Bitcoin traded at just $0.20—fifteen years later, it would soar to $110,000, a five-hundred-thousand-fold increase. NVIDIA shares could be bought for $0.04—fifteen years later, they would climb to $153, nearly a ten-thousand-fold return once dividends are counted. Seizing even one of these opportunities meant financial freedom; all he had to do was wait fifteen years. But is there a faster way to get rich? Chen Ping has an answer: "There is, brother—there is!" His account holds only 6,000 yuan? Then 6,000 it is—6,000 has its own way of playing the game! Right at the start, he runs headlong into cotton futures surging 50% in a single month. His response: go all in on a short! Liquidate the longs—he wants to see rivers of blood, and the bulls sent flying! When retail investors scramble to "buy the dip" as crude oil plummets to $10 a barrel, Chen Ping has just one question: "Ever heard of negative oil prices? You go bargain-hunting for oil—I'll come bargain-hunting for everything you own!" Trading blows with the sovereign wealth funds of every nation and kicking aside every breed of Wall Street capital in his path, this is the making of a generation's Financial Emperor. Many years later, everyone dreaming of riches began worshipping a new God of Wealth: "Now striding toward you is—the Pound Hunter, the Euro Scissor-Hand, the Gold Magician, the King of Cryptocurrency, the Sword of Damocles hovering over NASDAQ, the Vulture of US Treasuries—the Great God of Wealth, Chen Ping!" A heart-pounding battlefield of high finance—easy to follow and overflowing with adrenaline.