"System, allocate up to 900 Qi-Credits. Our target is to buy 150 Put Contracts on the Radiant Fist Sect's futures market. Strike price 30.0, expiration three days. Get the best possible execution."
[Executing Trade Order: Purchase 150x Radiant Fist Sect Mandate Index Put Contracts (Strike: 30.0, Exp: 3 days)]
[Negotiating optimal fill price across multiple brokers…]
[Order Filled. Average Cost per Contract: 5.8 Qi-Credits.]
[Total Cost: 870 Qi-Credits (including all fees)]
[Host Balance: 955.7 - 870 = 85.7 Qi-Credits]
His balance plummeted from nearly a thousand to less than a hundred. It was a familiar, sickening lurch. But this time it was a conscious, strategic investment, not a desperate scramble.
Everything was riding on the collective mood of Neo-Tian turning against a minor security sect, as predicted by the karmic ripples his AI could read.
