In 1988, Hua Tsai, a hawker in Guangzhou, pocketed 3,000 yuan of his hard-earned money and followed the trend and bought a stock on red paper with "Shenzhen Development Bank" printed on it. He didn't understand the K-line or the price-earning ratio. He only heard that "if you buy it, you can double it." But he didn't expect that with this purchase, he would bet on forty years of his life.
From the carnival in front of the big screen in the sales department to the chaos of the "8.10" Incident; from the national stock speculation craze at 6124 points, to the blood and tears of leveraged positions at 5178 points; from the loss of money when ST shares were delisted, to the return of value under the registration system... He has stepped on all the pitfalls that retail investors will step on. : After hearing the news, I speculated in junk stocks, I was forced to liquidate my positions due to increased leverage, and I lost two years of salary by following the new concept. I also experienced the emotions of all investors: the naivety of selling in ecstasy after making 500 yuan, the unwillingness to regret missing out on doubling the income, the despair of losing my account in half and insomnia, and the pragmatism of holding for a long time and getting dividends.
In the past forty years, A-shares have transformed from a "barbaric news market" to an "institutionalized mature market", and Andy has transformed from a hawker to a gray-haired senior retail investor. He witnessed the transformation of red paper stocks into electronic trading, witnessed the repeated sawing of breakthroughs from 3,000 points to 4,000 points, and witnessed the collective memory of 240 million retail investors struggling, awakening, and growing amid greed and fear.
This is not a stock trading secret book, but an epic of the times filled with the blood, tears and wisdom of ordinary people - when the Shanghai Stock Exchange Index reached 4,000 points in 2025, Andy stood in the wealth management center with his son who had just joined the market, ran his fingertips across the ETF positions on the screen, and finally said the truth that had been hidden for forty years: "The stock market has never been a casino, but has evolved with the times.
This book is written with a bit of positive energy and seems to be useful to those who trade in stocks.
Adhere to discipline, control risks, and move forward steadily
The story is very exciting. I look forward to more updates from the author. The protagonist's growth path is getting higher and higher.