Chapter 27: Everyone Follow This Account to Trade Stocks!

Luo Zhiqiang, the manager of the Xiang Sheng Securities branch, had been under immense pressure lately. Xiang Sheng Securities did not merely assist clients in executing trades according to their instructions; it also managed discretionary trading portfolios for a select group of special clients who lacked the expertise to navigate the stock market themselves. Furthermore, the firm engaged in proprietary trading as well.

However, since the beginning of May, the Hong Kong stock market had entered a slump. Many stocks were on a downward trend, and the market volatility was extreme. Even with its wealth of experience, Xiang Sheng Securities had been suffering a string of losses. The firm was losing money, and so were its clients. If this continued, the firm’s reputation would inevitably suffer, leading clients—many of whom were high-net-worth individuals—to withdraw their capital. These major clients had entrusted their funds to Xiang Sheng Securities specifically because of the reputation of the "Stock God of Hong Kong," Xiang Zhiqiu. Yet, even the legendary Xiang Zhiqiu found himself helpless and at a loss as to how to navigate the current bear market.

As the branch manager, Luo Zhiqiang felt the weight of the world on his shoulders. Then, one of his traders, Huang Bingyao, discovered something startling: a client account in the name of Nina Li was trading with extreme frequency, and almost every single sell order was profitable, with losses being negligible.

This revelation shocked Luo. A daring idea began to take shape: what if they followed this account’s trades?

Luo walked into the main trading floor. Rows of desks were lined up, each equipped with the latest, high-performance computers, with traders in uniform vests sitting before them. They were all staring intently at their screens, visibly tense; failure to meet performance targets meant being let go. Many aspiring traders would give anything to work in this office, as the pay and commissions were exceptionally high.

Luo scanned the room and raised his voice. "Everyone, stop what you are doing!" The traders halted instantly, looking at him in confusion.

"I’m sure you’ve all realized that the market has been performing poorly lately," Luo began. "Most of us are losing money. I am under as much pressure as you are. If we don't hit our targets this month, we’re all going to be in serious trouble. But do not worry."

"I have recently discovered a retail account at our firm that is consistently profitable on its sell orders. If we mirror the trading activity of this account, we can certainly turn our performance around."

"Is that for real?" one trader asked curiously. "What kind of profit-to-loss ratio are we talking about?"

"Let’s put it this way," Luo replied. "If there are one hundred sell orders, about ninety-nine of them are profitable."

The room erupted in disbelief. "Impossible! That’s absolutely impossible!" one trader cried. "The market is terrible right now. Out of my last ten trades, six or seven were losses! How could anyone maintain such a high success rate? Even when the market is booming, that’s unheard of! Not even Mr. Xiang, our 'Stock God,' could manage that. It’s impossible!"

The traders shook their heads, refusing to believe it.

"I was just as skeptical as you are," Luo said. "But after reviewing the records, I became convinced that such a genius exists. If you don't believe me, pull up the account records yourselves and see."

Luo provided the account number, and the traders rushed to check it. When they saw the data, they were stunned.

"My God!" one gasped. "The vast majority of these sell trades are indeed profitable. The few that aren't have losses so small they’re essentially non-existent. Who is this person? How are they doing this?"

"It’s like they’re a god!" another whispered. "This is incredible!"

The traders were paralyzed by what they saw. It was inconceivable that someone was thriving while the entire Hong Kong market—and even their own veteran firm—was bleeding money. They were desperate to know who this person was.

"Do you believe me now?" Luo asked with a faint smile.

"Manager Luo, who is this Nina Li?" a trader asked. "The name sounds familiar."

"I agree," another added. "I feel like I've heard it somewhere before."

"If I recall correctly," a trader said, "the winner of last year's Miss Asia Pageant was named Nina Li."

"That’s it!" someone exclaimed. "Could the Nina Li who opened this account be the Miss Asia winner? If so, she’s truly extraordinary."

"I heard she’s a girl from the mainland," another remarked. "A mainland girl who understands stocks—and is this good at it?"

The room buzzed with speculation. While they were stunned by the trading performance, many still found it hard to fathom that a girl from the mainland could possess such sophisticated financial acumen.