It was October 30th, the night before Halloween. I was at my desk, finishing up my market analysis. The room was silent except for the occasional creak of the floorboards. As midnight approached, a notification flashed—a stock alert for a ticker I didn’t recognize: “GR1M.” My system flagged it for “unusually high volume,” though it wasn’t in any sector I traded. Curious, I clicked on it.
The chart showed a peculiar pattern—steep rises and drops, repeating in a heartbeat rhythm. It ...