Chapter 3: A Trial

September 6, 2013 was a sunny day, a day worth remembering.

When I simply finished cleaning the office, I suddenly heard someone calling me outside the door.

"Li Ran, the logistics department has the logistics parts we sent from Zhongzhou. Let's go pick up the goods together."

I knew it was Ma Shuai as soon as I heard his voice. Ma Shuai was born in 1991. He is not very old, but very smart and mature beyond his age. It has something to do with the fact that he entered society early and also because of his personal cultivation.

It is human instinct to recognize people by their voice.

"Okay, how much is the total order today? I'll prepare it." I asked him when he came in.

"Today, there are two logistics companies in total, with more than 8,300 valuable spare parts. Brother Li's two Tianlong gearboxes are going to be overhauled." Ma Shuai said.

"Okay, I'll get ready. You start the car first and I'll be there soon." In fact, the work of finance is really trivial, especially for finance people who have multiple jobs. You need to deal with a lot of cash and deposits every day. For a financial person, you really need to have good professional ethics. I remember that in the accounting class in college, the teacher said that financial work is like selling vegetables with the heart of selling cocaine. Not only does it make little money, but there is also the risk of entering Tilanqiao Advanced Continuing Education College. This is also a joke. In the eyes of others, I am easy-going, popular, can get along with everyone, and am relatively stable, so the company boss also values ​​me and rest assured.

So, we drove the Dongfeng Xiaokang van into the city to pick up the goods.

The journey is not far, about 20 minutes.

Ma Shuai has a cheerful personality and likes to joke around, so while we were chatting and laughing, we arrived at the logistics department.

According to the logistics order number, we counted the goods and returned with a full load.

Daily life is like this, simple, ordinary and as bland as boiled water.

There are more than a dozen men in the company, and only two women in sales and after-sales. This environment is basically the opposite of the previous audit. At that time, we audited five departments, with four or five men and fifteen or sixteen women. Now there are only two college students in the company, me and after-sales, and the other four are masters in their forties, and five are young people of the same age, but the young people have been immersed in the repair industry for several years and are also masters. The saying that men are true to themselves is not wrong at all. There are also many jokers among these masters, who sometimes make the girls blush.

I'm the only one working in the finance office. After completing the inventory of goods in the morning, I'm also responsible for putting the software into the warehouse.

When I was done, around 10 o'clock, a message popped up on QQ.

"Brother Li, are you there?"

"What's wrong, Xia?"

"We can do it today. Since your capital is less than 200,000, it does not meet the capital volume requirement for one-on-one trading by our company's analysts. I will send you the operation suggestions later."

The society divides people into different classes based on their wealth and power. The same is true for investment. Those with large capital are definitely the company's key customers, while people like me are just small fry.

"And today is the monthly non-agricultural data. Today's market will be relatively large, and it is especially easy to make money. Can you add some funds to 50,000 operating funds? I will apply to the teacher and find a silver medal analysis teacher to guide you in the operation."

For me, 30,000 yuan is basically my annual salary in the company. Although I have a China Merchants Bank credit card with a limit of 20,000 yuan, it is for emergencies, so I politely rejected Xiao Xia.

"Okay then. The non-agricultural data will be released at 8:30 p.m., so you should be prepared in advance and wait for my notification."

"Well, okay, I'll wait for your notification in the evening."

I silently opened the mobile phone software and observed through the daily line that Tiantong Silver fell from 6550 points at the beginning of the year to the low of 3620 in July, with a year-to-date decline of 44%. It rebounded from the low point to 4996 in August. Currently, the daily line is in a rebound trend. Before Friday, the market had a daily level correction on Wednesday and Thursday. The current point is 4722. I personally predict that there should be an opportunity for an upward surge on Friday.

Today is my first trading day, and I hope to have a good start. While waiting for the non-farm data at 8:30 p.m., I feel a little nervous and a little excited.

Although summer has passed, the weather in September is still unbearably hot. After an anxious wait, I finally made it to 7 o'clock in the evening.

At 7:50, I received a call from Xiao Xia.

"Brother Li, tonight is the non-agricultural market. This is a great opportunity that only comes once a month. I am calling you on purpose. I hope you don't miss this opportunity to make money today."

"Well, I'm not busy tonight, so I'll wait for your notification at 8:30."

Non-agricultural, non-agricultural, what is non-agricultural? This is indeed a blind spot in my cognition.

So I took advantage of my free time and searched on Baidu:

Non-agricultural data refers to the three values ​​of non-agricultural employment, employment rate and unemployment rate. It is divided into previous value, expected value and announced value. As the name suggests, it is a data indicator that reflects the employment status of the non-agricultural population in the United States.

These three data are released on the first Friday of each month at 20:30 Beijing time (summer time: April-October) and 21:30 (winter time: November-March). The data come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.

The non-farm payrolls data objectively reflects the rise and fall of the US economy. The US dollar is extremely sensitive to this data in the exchange rate. If it is higher than expected, it is good for the US dollar, and if it is lower than expected, it is bad for the US dollar.

This is Baidu Encyclopedia’s explanation of non-farm data. Good data is good for the US dollar, while bad data is bad for the US dollar.

In our stock market, we can only go long when buying stocks, but in futures, we can go long or short. We can make money by going long and going short. This is one of the reasons why I choose futures.

The current silver price is 4735. Tiantong Silver has three specifications: 15kg, 50kg, and 100kg. The current margin ratio is 10%. If you do 100kg, you need a margin of 47,360 yuan. Hey, my 30,000 yuan is not enough to do a 100kg lot, so I can only do 15kg and 50kg. So at 8:10, I opened the trading software, clicked on the trading interface, selected 50kg, 1 lot, and opened the 30-minute line in the market interface. The rest is a matter of long and short.

After anxiously waiting, I waited until 8:25. The data was about to be announced, and I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

Just after 8:30, a message popped up on my QQ:

The non-farm data is worse than expected, which is bullish. Silver spot price is fully long at 4735.

Before I could reply, I clicked the current price to go long as quickly as possible. I saw that my transaction price was 4755. The market was moving so fast. Then the K-line fluctuated violently, a positive column rose from the ground, and my position profit also rose sharply. I was excited and excited at this time. In less than ten minutes, the market quickly broke through 4800.

"Brother Li, have you followed our operations? Did you make any money?" Time displayed: 8:46.

"I followed your suggestion and went long at the current price. The transaction price was not 4735, but 4755."

"It's okay, as long as you make money, let's close the position now."

I took a look at the profit of my holdings. The current profit was 3215. It was a victory at the first battle. I quickly clicked to close the position.

"Xiao Xia, I closed my position. Thank you for today."

"Brother Li, this is what I should do."

In just less than half an hour, I earned more than a month's salary. I felt so happy.