Bab 5: 005- Mockingbird by Eminem
After scrolling for a while Martens found what he was looking for.
Alleyway Health Sciences ($AAHS)] [$6.72]
[% Gain Over Last Month: +75%]
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The company sold nutritional supplements and healthy weight-management products. They opened operations in many new markets over the last few years, but the market slowdown was keeping them down.
I remembered that in 2007, they would be one of the best-performing stocks. Many new patents and big jumps in sales will get investor's attentions.
But no one in their right mind would jump into a stock that's already up 75% in the last month, right?
Well... I was that crazy person.
I knew that this stock would continue soaring all year round.
However, I had no intention of limiting myself to puny gains like 100%. Those won't get me some quick money.
There was no need to.
In situations like that, options come in handy.
I quickly tapped my fingers on my keyboard to get to the call-option chain for AAHS.
I found an option that interested me.
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[Expiration Date: January 15, 2007]
[Strike Price: $12.00]
[Price: $1.99]
[Open Interest: 0]
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"It's time to capitalize on my future knowledge. I'm ALL IN!" I mumbled under my nose and smashed the buy-order button right next to the listing.
[Open Interest: 0] -> [Open Interest: 20,000]
I committed the entire sum in my account to opening interest on the call option.
"Now I just have to sit tight and wait for the non-believers to bite the bullet and get wiped out."
I had the biggest grin on my face.
"If the price of the stock goes above $12.00, I'll have the option to exercise my calls. The poor suckers on the other side will have to cough up their shares to me at a measly $1.99 each. I knew i was getting shrewd with these but who can blame the chosen one" I muttered mischievously
That's the beauty of options—they let you steal without going to jail.
I gave the dashboard a last look.
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[Total Balance: $20,181.50]
[Available Balance: $0]
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Recent Transactions:
[Fee: $56.50 (Options Fee)]
[Options Buy-Order: USNA Call Option, Cost $1.99, Quantity: 20,000
Volume: 400]
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'I will never know how they calculate the fees...' I thought.
I felt like I was getting robbed.
The good news is that my first 'business partner' was found in less than a minute.
Someone placed a sell order and 400 of my calls had been matched.
"We getting money" I screamed excitedly but I felt something was missing
" Ah" I yelled after I'd figure out what the problem was, I didn't play me some music I thought,immediately picking up my phone and playing one of my favorite Jamaican jam~Temperature by Sean paul~
[Well woman the way the time cold, I wanna be keepin' you warm
I got the right temperature fi shelter you from the storm
Oh Lord, gyal, I got the right tactics to turn you on, and girl I
Wanna be the Papa, you can be the Mom, oh-oh!
Make I see the gal them bruk out pon the floor
From you don't want no worthless performer
From you don't want no man wey can't turn you on gyal
Make I see your hand them up on ya
Can't tan pon it long
Nah eat no yam, no steam fish, nor no green banana
But down in Jamaica we give it to you hot like a sauna
Well, woman the way the time cold, I wanna be keepin' you warm
I got the right temperature fi shelter you from the storm
Oh Lord, gyal, I got the right tactics to turn you on, and girl I
Wanna be the Papa, you can be the Mom, oh-oh!]
The music kept rolling out and even though I didn't understand the lyrics I knew it was some good stuff.
" Now let's sit back and watch the money roll in" I thought.
As I was humming and nodding my head to the sound of the music I heard a knock on my door"
"Scholes shouldn't be back already by now" I thought before I opened the door
And there she was look at me with a guilt ridden expression on her face.
"Dumb ass how could you even be mad at such an angel" I thought berating myself but I knew it was all for her own good. I wanted her to grow into a strong and organized woman and I knew that at times I had to be strict.
" I'm sorry, I'm really sorry" she said before hugging me making sure to stifle her sobs probably thinking I got angry at her because she was crying
My heart melted.
"It's okay Ivy you can cry, I'm your brother you can lean on me anytime you feel like crying okay" I said to her becoming emotional and she started crying
I smiled wryly, I felt like I urgently needed someone to tell me if I was right or wrong and even though I was decisive about being strict with her I constantly asked myself whether mom and dad would do the same were they alive.
"Ivy" I called out to her with a softening gaze
"Do you know why I got angry at you?" I asked
She looked at me with those beautiful eyes which always reminds me of my mom.
" Because I was crying " she said
" No Ivy " I exclaimed
I was angry at you because you weren't taking responsibilities for your actions, you felt that all you had to do was cry and everybody would forgive you.
"Maybe I would, Maybe mom and dad would, Maybe Scholes would and heck maybe even your future partner would but everyone else would not" I told her trying to get her to understand and much to my glee she did.
After we discussed a bit.
I said "you know brother loves you right" a question to which she vigorously nodded her head before hugging me again.
I was happy " at least she didn't get it wrong " I thought.
After we finished hugging I went to my drawer and I brought out the Sony ericcson w600 I had just bought and handed it to her.
Once she saw it a huge smile broke out on her cute face and she jumped on me hugging me like koala and whilst checking the phone out she slept off on my chest.
I kept petting her making sure I didn't move.
And so we were like that on the bed till she woke up in the evening with dried tears on her face. I had slept off already by then so she probably left with the phone. When I woke I didn't see her and I knew she had left for her room and she'll probably come around when she needs guidance with using the phone.
I stood up to check my trading progress and saw that the transaction was still running before I went downstairs to the kitchen to put some things together while playing ~ mockingbird by Eminem ~ I started trying my best to make one of the best Geordie delicacies of Newcastle the Parmo...after breading and frying the boneless chicken breast, I slathered it with cream sauce and some layers of cheddar then boom I placed it the oven to melt the shit out of the cheese while singing the chorus part of mockingbird at the top of my lungs.
🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼
[Now hush, little baby, don't you cry
Everything's gonna be alright
Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya
Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
I know Mommy's not here right now and we don't know why
We feel how we feel inside
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
But I promise Mama's gon' be alright
Heh, it's funny
I remember back one year when Daddy had no money
Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up and stuck 'em under the tree
And said some of 'em were from me 'cause Daddy couldn't buy 'em
I'll never forget that Christmas, I sat up the whole night crying....]
I was singing at the top of my lungs this song conveyed all of my frustration and my feelings as regards Ivy to some extent.
"Sniff Sniff" I turned and I saw Scholes sniffing on my food with his big nose
"Serve me a portion" he said before leaving, leaving no room for questions and trying with all his power to feign his anger which had dissipated already.
"He's such a sweet soul" I muttered wondering when he came back from work.
After serving everyone a portion of the good old Geordie food parmo, I went upstairs to get Ivy.
I came down with Ivy who was stuck on her phone only to see that Scholes had finished his portion already.
" can I get some more, I forgot to eat in the morning " he said cooly
"Woah how do people even forget that they haven't eaten" I muttered wondering how it was possible to even forget that you haven't eaten
" Ivy drop that phone and eat your food" I said before running of to get a second portion for Scholes, I felt like the Daddy of the house.
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