{"id":1188,"date":"2021-03-28T16:56:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T20:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cornelllunatic.com\/?p=1188"},"modified":"2026-06-20T13:08:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T17:08:23","slug":"day-trading-space-opera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornelllunatic.com\/?p=1188","title":{"rendered":"Day Trading: A Space Opera"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the Ghost of Adam Smith<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong> I have no clue what day trading actually is, but it sounds illegal so I\u2019ll run with it. Sorry, people who care about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s a volatile time recently for the economy, I think. The President says one word and a stock can lose a tenth of its value the next day. We are all living in a dangerous world as we are controlled by the Invisible Hand that guides the way we conduct business. The way we have to perceive reality and make day-to-day decisions is based on a construct completely beyond our own comprehension. Stocks, bonds, and all those weird graphs are dictated by you and me and most people don\u2019t know how the fuck it even operates. To say the least, it is infuriating. To say the most it\u2019s like, really stupid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have a solution to these problems, though. As a society, we need a common pillar under which we can unite. Currently, we have Drake and general distaste for Doc Martins. In the \u201990s we had Saddam and Californication. I propose the most accessible form of entertainment to rectify our gaps in economic knowledge: Day Trading\u2014The Space Opera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now I get it, why would I be teaching you how to day trade when it\u2019s illegal (refer to disclaimer)? From what I can gather, day trading makes you a fuckton of money from very little effort. Who wouldn\u2019t want to trade some stocks or something and get a return on the same day? What I needed to do after that idea was to market it properly. Now I know that people love it when shit happens in space. <em>Star Wars, Interstellar<\/em>, and the <em>Jimmy Neutron<\/em> spinoff <em>Planet Sheen&nbsp;<\/em>all appeal to the masses, they pull at the heartstrings of the average man. Everyone wants to shoot for the stars and I now provide a way to combine a love for space travel with a love for money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m at the end of this article now, so I hope you were able to bear with me as I blew your mind with my space opera idea. I was thinking five acts, with the third act showstopper being a releasing of the president\u2019s taxes. The economy surely cannot handle my educational experience in a medium many consider to be dying. So the next time you\u2019re sitting around with your systematically curated lack of understanding of the economy, watch my space opera and be enlightened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PS. Someone should actually let me know what day trading is, it sounds interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p> <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cornelllunatic.com\/?p=1188\" title=\"Day Trading: A Space Opera\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2125,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9Nlau-ja","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1141,"url":"https:\/\/cornelllunatic.com\/?p=1141","url_meta":{"origin":1188,"position":0},"title":"Why I Don\u2019t Need Love This Week Because of Indie Rock","author":"The Cornell Lunatic","date":"February 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"As I roam the campus this week, I\u2019m bound to see a ton of couples walking together, enjoying each other\u2019s company. Many will feel the love in the air as people from different walks of life try and find someone with whom they can relate. Someone to hold. Someone to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Content&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Content","link":"https:\/\/cornelllunatic.com\/?cat=22"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cornelllunatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/header-for-indie-shit.jpg?fit=1200%2C671&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cornelllunatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/header-for-indie-shit.jpg?fit=1200%2C671&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cornelllunatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/header-for-indie-shit.jpg?fit=1200%2C671&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cornelllunatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/header-for-indie-shit.jpg?fit=1200%2C671&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cornelllunatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/header-for-indie-shit.jpg?fit=1200%2C671&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1167,"url":"https:\/\/cornelllunatic.com\/?p=1167","url_meta":{"origin":1188,"position":1},"title":"Daddy Issues","author":"The Cornell Lunatic","date":"March 4, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"When I came to Cornell, I faced some unexpected challenges. I didn\u2019t expect to have any issues with the daily consumption of excess Adderall. I didn\u2019t expect I\u2019d be facing my own mortality at 10:30 p.m. after a Chem prelim when some strange force within me stopped me while crossing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Content&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Content","link":"https:\/\/cornelllunatic.com\/?cat=22"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":846,"url":"https:\/\/cornelllunatic.com\/?p=846","url_meta":{"origin":1188,"position":2},"title":"The Lunatic Presents: A Conversation with Ron Funches","author":"The Cornell Lunatic","date":"December 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Most of us Cornellians enjoy telling jokes, smoking weed, and playing video games. However, rarely do we get a career performing these activities, as we will often end up selling our souls as we work on Wall Street making ridiculous amounts of money and start claiming that we are \u201csocially\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Content&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Content","link":"https:\/\/cornelllunatic.com\/?cat=22"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cornelllunatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/RonFunches.jpg?fit=700%2C933&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cornelllunatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/RonFunches.jpg?fit=700%2C933&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cornelllunatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/RonFunches.jpg?fit=700%2C933&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cornelllunatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/RonFunches.jpg?fit=700%2C933&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":265,"url":"https:\/\/cornelllunatic.com\/?p=265","url_meta":{"origin":1188,"position":3},"title":"University Raises Tuition, Increases Quantity of Free T-shirts","author":"The Cornell Lunatic","date":"February 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Ithaca, NY\u2014In a statement released in early September, university officials have officially raised the planned tuition cost for the 2016-2017 academic year. Officials say it will increase by approximately $1,273, to offset the cost of the more than 100 planned events with free t-shirts. \u00a0 According to an unnamed representative,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Content&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Content","link":"https:\/\/cornelllunatic.com\/?cat=22"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cornelllunatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/T-shirts.png?fit=1200%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cornelllunatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/T-shirts.png?fit=1200%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cornelllunatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/T-shirts.png?fit=1200%2C400&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cornelllunatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/T-shirts.png?fit=1200%2C400&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cornelllunatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/T-shirts.png?fit=1200%2C400&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1024,"url":"https:\/\/cornelllunatic.com\/?p=1024","url_meta":{"origin":1188,"position":4},"title":"Why Your State-School Ex Definitely Wants You Back","author":"The Cornell Lunatic","date":"April 14, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"April 14th. National Ex Day. A day to reminisce about the good ole days of your first crush, first relationship, first kiss. On this day, you may reflect on your first love, the one that you thought for sure was \u201cthe one.\u201d Maybe you can look back on where you\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Content&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Content","link":"https:\/\/cornelllunatic.com\/?cat=22"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cornelllunatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pennstate.jpg?fit=1024%2C670&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cornelllunatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pennstate.jpg?fit=1024%2C670&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cornelllunatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pennstate.jpg?fit=1024%2C670&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cornelllunatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pennstate.jpg?fit=1024%2C670&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":606,"url":"https:\/\/cornelllunatic.com\/?p=606","url_meta":{"origin":1188,"position":5},"title":"Enjoy What You Do (Wham!)","author":"The Cornell Lunatic","date":"March 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cHey everybody take a look at me, I\u2019ve got street credibility.\u201d George Michael spits truth and funk as I make my way to Algo at around 8:57 a.m. I\u2019m dodging and weaving through the crowds: gaggles of Canada-Goose girls, couples taking up two-thirds of the sidewalk. Pass me or be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Content&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Content","link":"https:\/\/cornelllunatic.com\/?cat=22"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cornelllunatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/whamrap.png?fit=1024%2C766&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cornelllunatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/whamrap.png?fit=1024%2C766&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cornelllunatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/whamrap.png?fit=1024%2C766&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cornelllunatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/whamrap.png?fit=1024%2C766&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cornelllunatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Day-Trading-Space-Opera.png?fit=1408%2C768&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornelllunatic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornelllunatic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornelllunatic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornelllunatic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornelllunatic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1188"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/cornelllunatic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2241,"href":"https:\/\/cornelllunatic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188\/revisions\/2241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornelllunatic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornelllunatic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornelllunatic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornelllunatic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}