Owen turned to Mira. "Is it time?"
He was a master of financial strategy himself, and after spending the last few days observing her, he already had a solid read on her playbook.
"Split the capital into four portions," Mira ordered. "Deploy one-quarter right now. Short Atlantic National stock at maximum leverage."
Mira commanded.
"What? Short it? With max leverage? You're insane!"
Wesley yelled.
"If you have a problem with it, there's the door,"
Lucian snapped back, his fingers already flying across the keyboard to execute the trade.
Harvey's steady voice quickly followed in Wesley's ear. "Do as she says. Now."
In a separate trading room.
"Those Mavarians just made their move."
These syndicates had deep roots in Wall Street, complete with their own underground networks of informants.
"They're just now buying into Atlantic National? Hahaha..."
the Asian-faced investor laughed.
"They bought Atlantic Bank stock."
The informant was a trading floor runner who didn't understand Mavarian.
He had only caught a hurried glimpse of the screens. As for whether they went long or short, he simply reported what he assumed to be true.
"To use a Mavarian saying, 'stealing the peg after the cow has been taken.' They're left holding the bag! Hahaha..."
"They're hilarious. I can't wait to see this. We're already planning our exit strategy, and they're just now jumping in.
I am dying to know what they'll do when their accounts get wiped out."
"Isn't it obvious? They'll cry their eyes out and then take a dive off the roof, just like those guys from the African continent last time."
"Are you absolutely sure you saw them buy Atlantic National?"

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