Today has been a day of fairly substantial losses on the stock market for Tom PLC. I had a look at my two open bets when I woke up and saw that, happily, the euro had depreciated overnight and I was £25 up. This more than made up for what I lost last night, so I closed that bet and filed it in the draw marked "WIN".
Unfortunately, gold had fared less well, and I was around £100 down. Gold has to be more about the long game though, people have been going nuts for gold for thousands of years, so I left my position open throughout the day. When I got home and checked how it was doing, I saw I was now £200 down. I'm beginning to see why this is such a brutally efficient way of losing money in the real world. My £1 stake, thanks to a 20 cent drop (or 20 pence, I'm not really sure) in the value of gold, is currently manifested in a £200 loss. I feel I have no choice but to leave the bet open a bit longer, ignoring the advice of this man, to see if the price rebounds.
I've also increased my portfolio to a couple more bets against the now thoroughly victimised euro, and I've bought into oil in a big way. I'm talking about a £2 bet on the price of US crude rising, you knuckle-dragging wage slave pov fucks. I've also taken a punt on a rise in the average share price in travel, the industry I work in, and a cheeky bet on everyone's favourite airborne calamity British Airways, since they seem to finally be placating their rebellious staff. Since I'm now a high-flying imaginary City trader, it's pretty safe to say I want to see all unions smashed and austerity measures ruthlessly targetted at those who can afford them least.
I am currently down on all my ongoing bets.
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