Stories

One of the most prominent cases of an isolated trader who lived in his parents home is the Japanese individual who traded the JASDAQ Securities Exchange with 1 million yen (apr. US$10,000) as capital, whose alias is B.N.F (J-Com man). Starting in 2003 he managed to exponentially grow his account 10,000 fold in three years up to 10 billion yen (apr. US$100 million). [1] He first gained fame on the Japanese mass media when he managed to profit 2 billion yen (apr. US$20 million) in a window of 10 minutes on Dec 8, 2005 from a Mizuho Securities order misplacement blunder.[2] Although rare, ironically some of the adult-onset hikikomori people have succeeded in becoming extremely wealthy and in achieving financial freedom, in contrast to their more conformist salaryman counterparts.