After the Divorce, I Could Hear the Voice of the Future-Chapter 36: The Genuine Billionaire

At 10 p.m., the Federal Reserve announced a rate cut.

Starting from June 15, the savings interest rate for all American banks was lowered from the original 3.35% to 3.05%, a decrease of 0.30%.

In today's world, there are four main stream currencies, namely the US Dollar, Euro, British Pounds, and the yen.

The US Dollar constitutes 48.25% of this market, more than the other three major currencies combined, making it an indispensable foreign exchange reserve for countries around the globe.

From nations to individuals, anyone with the means aspires to hoard more US Dollars to prepare for emergencies.

This gives rise to dollar hegemony, or in layman's terms, the ultimate interpretation of the dollar belongs to the Federal Reserve.

Rate cuts, rate hikes, printing more currency—any action by the Federal Reserve can shake the international financial markets.

The rate cut announced today is fundamentally aimed to stimulate market consumption and discourage people from saving all their money in the banks.

Spend more, get the capital circulating.

However, artificial market interventions

have their advantages and, naturally, their disadvantages.

They inevitably lead to inflation.

Over the past five years, the Federal Reserve announced five rate cuts and two rate hikes, and each time there was a rate cut, the price of gold surged, and vice versa.

Because gold is the best tool to guard against inflation and is the savings pool for all big capital.

Before deciding which industry to invest in, buying some gold is always right—you might not earn, but you definitely won't lose.

Having understood the reasons for the surge in gold prices, Lu Liang casually crossed his legs, watching his account assets climb higher and higher.

For every dollar that London Gold rose per ounce,

the upper right corner of his account showed an additional profit of $154,000.

At 11:30 p.m.,

his total profits reached $7,739,700.

In the past hour and a half, London Gold made a vigorous attack, surging 52 points, to a current price of $1514.55.

Only 2 points away from the price predicted by the voice,

Lu Liang resolutely began to liquidate, selling off all 1540 of his contracts, converting his unrealized gains into actual profits.

His capital was $8.62 million, of which $5.62 million was margin, and $3 million was operating capital, using a hundred times leverage.

After deducting the 3.5% leverage fee,

his total account assets came to $16,254,700.

The market changes in the blink of an eye, giving Lu Liang no time to celebrate becoming a millionaire.

At the moment he sold, London Gold rose another 2 points, and market sentiment was extremely heated.

Lu Liang, almost instinctively, switched from a long to a short position, reinvesting $5 million to establish positions, once again employing a hundred times leverage.

The five hundred million dollars obtained through short selling garnered a total of 3250 contracts, worth $492 million.

Next, Lu Liang aggressively sold the 3250 contracts obtained from short selling at a price of $1516.7500.

As the contracts were all sold off, the dedicated funds in the account turned into $499.85 million, currently showing a loss of $105,000.

Short selling is similar to going long—it's all about pocketing the difference.

Going long is buying low and selling high, which isn't hard to understand.

Short selling is relatively more complicated; it involves borrowing stocks ahead of time, selling at a high price, and then buying back at a lower price.

Soon after, Lu Liang established his short position with a cost price of $1516.7500.

A total of 3250 contracts were sold off,

and a 1-point increase or decrease represented a profit or loss of $325,000.

He had $11,254,700 in his margin account, and if the losses exceeded 70%, it would trigger a forced closure.

He could tolerate a maximum increase of 24 points.

"This trend is about to peak," Lu Liang said, without taking his eyes off the screen.

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In this period, whether investing in stocks or in London Gold, he had been completely confident and nonchalant.

Because he knew that as long as the bet was large enough and his influence small enough, the outcome was predetermined.

Only this time, shorting London Gold depended solely on his own understanding of the market and judgment of the situation.

For the voice had only hinted at the peak price and did not indicate how much it would fall afterwards.

At that moment, Lu Liang's concentration was unprecedentedly intense.

He could have stayed in his comfort zone, but he wanted to test the results of his studies over the past few months.

As seconds ticked away,

the price of London Gold continued to rise slowly.

It reached $1517.25.

It was like encountering a bottleneck, hovering for a long time.

The price was also predicted to be the highest for today.

Lu Liang was fully focused, his heart almost stopping.

He stared at the number until it jumped, becoming $1517.88.

"Indeed, it changed again."

Lu Liang muttered to himself, his own butterfly effect once again altering the final outcome.

In time, when his strength could influence the market, those foreseen predictions might no longer exist.

Half an hour later, the London Gold price continued to rise, but the increase seemed to be losing steam as if the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut was nearing its end.

When the clock struck one in the morning, London Gold market trends took a sharp downturn, the rise abruptly curbed.

It instantaneously retraced 14 points, the descent ongoing.

"This severity doesn't look like a mere retrace."

Lu Liang's eyebrows knitted together, as market retracements usually happened gradually, not with such a sudden dive.

Searching for the reasons of the plunge on information forums, he finally found a specific cause in the gold price volatility report released by Goldman Sachs Group.

"OPEC announced an increase in oil production for next quarter?"

Lu Liang realized, understanding why the gold price had plunged.

OPEC, short for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, mostly includes the wealthy nations of the Middle East as members.

Their declaration to increase oil output meant lower oil prices, indicative of an economic boom, which naturally affected gold prices.

As the proverb goes, antiques in times of prosperity, gold in times of chaos; in an era of economic prosperity, gold prices would plummet.

"It's only dampening enthusiasm in the gold market, but it shouldn't offset the impact of the Federal Reserve's rate cut."

Lu Liang pondered for a moment and made a judgment that the Federal Reserve's influence took precedence over an increase in oil production.

After all, it was a father-son relationship; no matter how loud the son's voice, it couldn't overshadow the father's authority.

Although oil prices were controlled by OPEC, behind the scenes, it was still the United States calling the shots.

This was also why the Middle East had known no peace over the years.

"If I don't run now, it might be too late."

Lu Liang no longer hesitated, choosing to trust his judgment, he swiftly reacted, aggressively repurchasing London Gold.

Just after one in the morning, he repurchased 3,250 futures contracts, spending a total of four hundred eighty-five million dollars.

Selling at $1516.17 and buying at 1500 dollars a point, he netted 1675 dollars per contract.

In just under half an hour, this short sale earned Lu Liang a profit of $5.4437 million.

After deducting fees, he still had $5.3387 million,

bringing his total capital to $21.5934 million.

"I'm smiling so proudly～ smiling proudly～"

Lu Liang's lips curled upwards, humming a cheerful tune.

Not just because his assets had broken through twenty million dollars, making him a bona fide multimillionaire.

But also because his judgment had been correct—he had cashed out at the peak and escaped with the funds successfully.

Right after he liquidated his position, the market also swiftly caught on that the Federal Reserve's rate cut had a more significant impact than the increase in oil production.

London Gold surged six points instantaneously, and countless speculative short-sellers who were slow to react were straight up blown out of their positions.

Lu Liang was in high spirits, although he had built his position based on the news, he had liquidated it based on his own judgment.

He was gradually becoming a qualified speculator.

"An hour of a spring night is worth a thousand dollars."

Lu Liang put away his materials and stepped out of the study, heading to Li Manli's room. He stood at the door and listened; there were still sounds coming from inside.

He tried the door and found it unlocked. Opening a crack, he quietly slipped into the room.

He saw Li Manli lying on the bed scrolling through animations, apparently just after a bath, her hair still slightly damp.

She wore pink leggings, her snow-white legs moving up and down, her tight buttocks revealing a graceful curve.

Lu Liang pounced like a hungry tiger; Li Manli exclaimed in surprise, then joyfully said, "Liang, are you done with your work?"

"For now, yes." Through her loose collar, Lu Liang caught a glimpse of spring, the beauty marks exceptionally tempting.

"Wait a bit," giggled Li Manli, pushing Lu Liang away before running excitedly to the changing room.

After a few minutes, she emerged in a purple cheongsam, dressed in an empress cosplay outfit: "How about this?"

"So-so." Lu Liang was blunt; Li Manli's cleavage wasn't grand enough, and she wasn't tall enough to pull off a purple cheongsam, giving the impression of a child playing dress-up.

"I'm angry now," Li Manli pouted, rushing back to the changing room, this time coming out in a blue and white Japanese schoolgirl uniform paired with transparent white stockings.

She asked proudly, "And now?"

"I've been on the computer too much lately, my eyes are a bit blurry, come closer, let me take a good look," said Lu Liang, his lips curving slightly, until Li Manli came closer, at which point he provided practical feedback.