Chapter 836
Honestly, it was better if Jude was putting his own money on the line. It would distract him and keep him from trying to sabotage Mira.
The next morning, Atlantic National stock resumed its slow bleed.
“The long buyers are slowly pulling out,” Owen noted.
Mira’s eyes remained locked on Fidelity Trust. “It’s time to enter. Same as yesterday. One-quarter of the capital, fifty times leverage p>
This time, Wesley didn’t utter a word of protest. He complied immediately. Given the current trajectory, their play on Atlantic National was already proving highly successful.
But to their shock, that afternoon, Fidelity Trust’s stock suddenly skyrocketed. At this point, even attempting an exit would cost them a massive chunk of their capital.
The stock eventually hit its daily upper limit, freezing any further upward movement.
Hearts pounded around the room. They were leveraged fifty-to-one. If it hit the limit again tomorrow, they would face a margin call, and that quarter of their war chest would be wiped out entirely.
Yet, when the market opened on the third day, Mira didn’t flinch. She calmly issued the order to short Loomis & Marlowe.
“Should we hold off for a minute?” Ethan asked.
“Execute it. The window is closing p>
Mira replied.
Fortunately, Fidelity Trust’s monstrous surge had decelerated, though it was still inching upward. Meanwhile, Atlantic National continued its steady freefall, offering the team a much-needed sigh of relief.
Mira’s apparent “failure” with Fidelity Trust the day before had caused the Wall Street cartels to lose interest in the Mavarian upstarts.
They dropped their surveillance, content to simply wait for the inevitable finale: watching the Mavarians break down in tears or jump off a building.
It was a tragedy they had seen play out countless times before.
By the afternoon, Fidelity Trust was still creeping up, Atlantic National was drifting down, but Loomis & Marlowe was nosediving rapidly. Hope surged back into the
room.
“Should we increase our position on Loomis & Marlowe?” Ethan asked.
They still had their final quarter of reserve capital sitting idle.
“No. Hold the line p>
If their Fidelity Trust position hit a margin call, Mira planned to use that reserve to aggressively double down and short it again.
In her past life, Fidelity Trust had ultimately gone bankrupt. The crash wasn’t a possibility; it was an absolute certainty.
The following day, Fidelity Trust
continued its slow ascent. Just as
they approached the margin call
threshold, Mira barked the order, Double down on Fidelity Trust. Now. Empty the reserves p>
Thankfully, the team was made up of seasoned professionals who trusted her implicitly. The trade was executed in a fraction of a second.
Moments later, the stock breached what would have been their liquidation point. It was a terrifyingly close shave.
Mira’s instincts had been flawless. Fidelity Trust’s current trajectory deviated from her memories because a specific cartel was actively manipulating it.
They were using astronomical sums to play a cruel game of cat and mouse.
Over in a neighboring exchange, Jude, Lawrence, Miven, and Mishka were receiving real-time updates from runners detailing Mira’s every move.
When word reached Jude that Mira had bought into Fidelity Trust, he and Lawrence immediately mirrored the trade.
Miven and Mishka did the exact same.
The difference was motivation. Jude and Lawrence simply wanted to see if Mira’s strategy actually worked.
Miven and Mishka, on the other
hand, purely wanted to sabotage Hank. They wanted to watch him lose everything, thinking his ruin would give Mishka the leverage to faim him for herself.
Upon receiving the intel, Mishka dispatched a message to the head of Croft Capital down the street. “The Mavarians are likely out of capital. Want to watch them cry?
I’ll personally cover all your losses p>
“Watch them cry? Sounds fun. I’ll take care of it p>
The Asian-faced investor eagerly volunteered.
What they hadn’t anticipated was the severe shift in market sentiment. The majority of retail investors had already pulled out and short sellers were beginning to flood the market.