There's a guy in my group chat who works as a programmer in Nanshan. The year before last, he moved in with his mom, mainly to help look after his kid. His mom is in her early sixties and from Jiangsu. Before she retired, she spent half her life working in the canteen at the local neighborhood office, serving up dishes and rice. Her hand was steady as a rock, and she remembered who got an extra scoop and who got less better than any ledger. She'd never touched stocks in her life, and kept all her pension in fixed-term deposits.
In the second half of last year, he noticed that every day after dropping her granddaughter off at school, his mom would sit on the balcony, phone in hand, tapping away. He asked what she was doing, and she said she was "keeping accounts." When he asked what she was keeping track of, the old lady said a bunch of her old friends had started a WeChat group, and someone in the group was teaching everyone to "save up spare change in digital coins." He was working overtime at the time and didn't look into it too closely; he just told her not to spend money recklessly.
Then, this March, his mom suddenly asked him to show her how to tap "Sell." He was taken aback. He checked her transaction history and discovered that over the past year, she'd bought Bitcoin and Ethereum several times in small, scattered amounts—just a few thousand to ten or twenty thousand yuan each time. She said she'd used whatever money was left over after grocery shopping. The timing of the purchases made absolutely no sense: the week her grandson had a fever, the day the supermarket downstairs had a 20% discount, the day after one of her old friends treated everyone to a meal because her grandson had gotten into college.
The craziest part was that her reason for selling was, "I've got enough to buy my granddaughter a new piano." She said when she saw the number had reached her target, she cashed out what she had and left the rest to see what happened. She went in and out of the market without the slightest emotion.
My buddy said he stares at candlestick charts until his eye pressure goes through the roof, and in the end, his mom's habit of buying and then forgetting about it beats him. The old lady still "keeps accounts" in that group, and spends less than five minutes a day on it.
Have you ever met anyone like this—someone who looks least likely to trade crypto, but turns out to be steadier than anyone else?
#币圈故事 #OrdinaryPeople
In the second half of last year, he noticed that every day after dropping her granddaughter off at school, his mom would sit on the balcony, phone in hand, tapping away. He asked what she was doing, and she said she was "keeping accounts." When he asked what she was keeping track of, the old lady said a bunch of her old friends had started a WeChat group, and someone in the group was teaching everyone to "save up spare change in digital coins." He was working overtime at the time and didn't look into it too closely; he just told her not to spend money recklessly.
Then, this March, his mom suddenly asked him to show her how to tap "Sell." He was taken aback. He checked her transaction history and discovered that over the past year, she'd bought Bitcoin and Ethereum several times in small, scattered amounts—just a few thousand to ten or twenty thousand yuan each time. She said she'd used whatever money was left over after grocery shopping. The timing of the purchases made absolutely no sense: the week her grandson had a fever, the day the supermarket downstairs had a 20% discount, the day after one of her old friends treated everyone to a meal because her grandson had gotten into college.
The craziest part was that her reason for selling was, "I've got enough to buy my granddaughter a new piano." She said when she saw the number had reached her target, she cashed out what she had and left the rest to see what happened. She went in and out of the market without the slightest emotion.
My buddy said he stares at candlestick charts until his eye pressure goes through the roof, and in the end, his mom's habit of buying and then forgetting about it beats him. The old lady still "keeps accounts" in that group, and spends less than five minutes a day on it.
Have you ever met anyone like this—someone who looks least likely to trade crypto, but turns out to be steadier than anyone else?
#币圈故事 #OrdinaryPeople