The next morning, Tyler woke up feeling very excited.
The first thing he did was to turn on his laptop and allow it to boot, while he went complete his morning routines.
When he got back, the laptop was ready and he took his seat on his bed.
He navigated to his browser, loaded the trading platform's page and logged in into his account.
He navigated to his dashboard, to check his portfolio.
Account ID: UXXXXXXXD
Account Holder: David Warren
Linked Bot: VaultX v1.0
Status: Active
Account Type: Individual (Margin)
Base Currency: USD
Total Cash: $10,974.38
Cash Available: $4,214.91
Buying Power: $28,544.20
Unrealized P/L: +$482.66
Realized P/L (Today): +$1,230.84
Margin Used: 7%
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"Nice. It made $4,200 in profit. All these in less in 24 hours. Not bad at all," Tyler muttered, nodding to himself in satisfaction.
Tyler was very satisfied with what VaultX had done. The fact that it was able to achieve this even with the restriction he placed on it says a lot.
Yes, Tyler placed a restriction on VaultX. The bot was currently trading conservatively, meaning that it was performing all its trades stealthily.
It was for this reason that the Margin Used section was 8%. If VaultX had gone all out, it would had been higher and ao would the profit.
Hearing this, one might be curious as to why the restriction. Since VaultX can make more profit for Tyler without it, why not allow it?
Yes, Tyler can lift the restriction but one must understand that there are rules and things that triggers red flags in the world's financial system.
One of those things; any sudden large deposits or withdrawals, like a sudden $100K+ transaction gets flagged.
This is especially from a new or low-activity account. Even more so if it's frequent or unlinked to a known income source.
Another of those red flags and the main reason why Tyler placed the restriction on VaultX; A fresh account profiting $5,000+ on Day 1.
It looks highly suspiciously and screams insider trading, front-running, and the use of external automated tools.
Yes, the trading platform and the government allows the use of external automated tools/bots like VaultX.
But to use something like that, the account must have an institutional clearance. In other words, LLCs and other trading institutions like Citadel Securities, Jump Trading etc.
And even these institutions can't do a $100k profit on a new account on its first day. They dare not. Even with their influence and their backing, they will still be inconvenienced.
Yes, VaultX was designed to be able to bypass detection technically, but it would expose David who is the account holder, and who wasn't protected by institutional firewalls.
If it was Tyler's name that was used to open the trading account, he might not care but he wasn't that callous or irresponsible.
He doesn't want a situation whereby the account would be freezed or even result in an investigation. He has already promised not to inconvenience David.
Also, VaultX was designed to slice, not smash the market. It makes small, non-patterned trades that avoids counter-algorithmic detection by institutional AI.
By doing that, it doesn't make sudden large profits that would invite market makers to adapt, reverse-engineer patterns, or frontrun its trades
And one very important rule and the number one golden rule of trading that Tyler learned in his past life was that one can never made it big on their first day or in a single trade.
It's only the unrestricted version of VaultX that can achieve that. So, while Tyler wants to dominate, he's playing on someone else's ID and in a world where rules exist for the weak, and he must follow those rules.
Actually, after VaultX went live, Tyler had left it alone to trade and hit the $10,000 target. But after remembering about these red flags, he immediately went back to place the restrictions.
By then VaultX had already made $3k+ in profit, in under an hour. If Tyler hadn't stopped it then, it would had definitely had a 100% win rate and he would find himself in some murky waters.
After he placed the restrictions on it, VaultX made some losing trades, putting him out of harm's way.
Naturally, if Tyler was just another sixteen years old, he wouldn't have had any knowledge of these red flags and just go ahead to make $100k+ to $1M+ on his first day. And he will definitely find himself cooked.
But Tyler wasn't just any other kid, he was a financial analyst in his previous life and a damn good one at that.
Back in the present, after seeing the amount available for withdrawal, Tyler decided to go ahead and make the withdrawal.
He navigated to the withdrawal section and inputted a withdrawal amount of $4,100. The screen loaded, and a big green tick appeared, indicating that the withdrawal was successful and that he would receive the funds within one business day.
The bank account was verified yesterday evening, and David had Tyler come over to collect the debit card and its information.
"Fuu... That has been handled. The money will arrive in a few hours. Latest by noon," he smiled to himself.
Though Tyler was smiling, the truth was that he was feeling quite frustrated inside. The restriction he placed on VaultX left him feeling really peeved.
"So many restriction... But it's all good. Even though I urgently need money for important things, I can't afford to get myself into trouble. I don't want to be another Navinder Sarao," he sighed heavily.
Navinder Sarao caused the 2010 Flash Crash, which occurred on May 6, 2010. He triggered a near 1,000-point drop in the Dow Jones within minutes, wiping out almost $1 trillion in market value before the market rebounded.
That event was still more than a month away from the current date. To someone like Tyler, it was the perfect opportunity to make a fortune—but he didn't want to touch it. The incident was far too delicate and sensitive, and any involvement—no matter how small—could attract the wrong kind of attention.
"Seems like I'll have to push my plans forward. Once I meet David's condition — which, at this pace, should take a month and a half at most — I'll let him know and ask him to start creating the LLCs," Tyler said to himself as he closed his laptop and stood up from the bed.
Today would make it five days since he regressed and he's racing against time. He had less than two years to find a cure for that illness.
He had initially thought that by the end of the first month after his regression, he would have already started working on the AI creation, but it seemed like it would still take two to three more months before he got there.
It was frustrating but there was nothing he could do about it. But even though things were moving at a snail pace for Tyler, he was still happy with the launch and performance of VaultX.
Because of it, he can now start changing his family's situation. He would start with changing the faded clothes he and Devin have been wearing.
Even though his mother said that she will take care of it this weekend, Tyler felt that it would be better to do it himself.
"That would be for later. Time to complete today's daily mission," Tyler smiled, putting on his sneakers and leaving his room.