The funny thing about this chapter is that not once did the mother mention anything about the economic situation happening.
Like she was just trading with a mindset and tactics yet all of it was based on a graph, a graph that mind you, was related to the economic situation happening outside, especially during a period as messed up as 2008. If anything, it was like she was devoid of any relation to the outside world and only ever focused on a single graph and a point going up and down...