The market has no good or evil; the human heart has its own cause and effect.
In 2026, the world order began to unravel.
War and conflict, energy crises, cracks in the currency system, resource struggles, food security, and industrial upheaval sent wave after wave of shocks through the futures market, triggering violent swings.
Lin Zhaoye, a small-time trader with just 6,987 yuan left in his account, first heard the words “war profiteering” during the first night session after the May Day holiday.
He couldn't afford crude oil or gold.
All he could do was trade options on fuel oil, silver, soybean meal, coking coal, lithium carbonate, and other assets, chasing the shadows cast by a turbulent world.
He once thought chaos was an opportunity.
Until he realized that behind every soaring candlestick might be someone driven from their home, and behind every windfall lay the price of desire, fear, and consequence.
Guided by three copper coins left behind by a mysterious Taoist sage, Lin Zhaoye gradually transforms from a losing retail trader desperate to turn his fortunes around into an observer capable of understanding the forces driving energy, gold, food, resources, currencies, and war in a chaotic age.
But the real test is not whether he can seize an opportunity in the market.
It is whether, as the world grows more chaotic and the profits grow larger, he can still hold on to his principles.
This is a novel about trading.
It is also a novel about chaos, human nature, fate, and awakening.
People think they are trading in the market, when in truth they are trading their own destinies.
