History always repeats itself in astonishing ways.

I went through all those genius traders who have been mythologized.

In 2006, Brian Hunter, 32 years old, with a Master's degree in Mathematics, ranked 29th globally in *The Trader Magazine*.

In the first four months, he made $2 billion for the firm.

By September, when his gains reached $3 billion, half a month later, he lost $6.6 billion, and the fund collapsed.

In 2021, Bill Hwang, a disciple of Tiger Global Management, achieved an annualized return of over 40%, earning the nickname "God's Hand."

Within a year, his personal wealth surged from $1.5 billion to $36 billion.

With 5x leverage. Two days later, it hit zero.

In 2022, SBF, 30 years old, graduated from MIT, with a net worth of $26 billion. The media called him "the next Warren Buffett."

Only two months after FTX launched, he had engineers write a line of code that allowed his fund to withdraw unlimited funds from client accounts.

But that AI company he invested in, if held until today, would be worth $80 billion.

Meanwhile, the FTX he risked everything to save had a peak valuation of only $32 billion. He ended up in prison.

In 2026, Leopold, 19 years old, graduated first from Columbia University and left OpenAI to start his own business.

The fund grew from $225 million to $45 billion, increasing 200 times in eighteen months, with a first-half return of 439%. Four times leverage.

Then three investment banks simultaneously issued margin calls, and the ledger was sold off to Citadel in the morning.

SBF's defense in court was: I didn't do it on purpose; risk control wasn't done well, and market volatility was too high.

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