In 2010 Navinder Sarao made $40M from his parents bedroom...
He also was accused of causing a flash crash which wiped out almost $1 Trillion in less than an hour.
Here's how he did it: 🧵
Highly intelligent, Sara was diagnosed with autism in his early years and saw beating the market as "like winning a video game".
His life was similar to that of Jordan Belfort with his crazy trading stories.
So how did he make $40M?👇
He was trading futures contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Index.
His knowledge on high frequency traders led to him creating his own software that would make trades milliseconds before other orders could be executed based on market movements.