The Trader from the Future: the Andrew Carlssin Story

I heard this story today

A couple of years ago a man appeared who made about 120 million dollars on the stock exchange in an extremely short time, starting from a tiny amount — and without a single losing trade.

(It immediately reminds me of the film “Limitless”, where the hero took pills and traded like a pro…)

He was taken for a fraudster — supposedly in cahoots with someone at the exchange. There was a raid on Wall Street, nobody was let out for half a day, he was arrested and everyone was checked.

When he was questioned in earnest, the mysterious trader, realizing he wouldn’t be let go, confessed: he had come from the future in a time machine. But he refused to say where he’d hidden it. The last time he was seen, he was being led out of a government building — and his photo appeared in the media.

And guess what — he vanished without a trace, as if he had never existed.

The story of Andrew Carlssin

I found this story with more details — it really is breathtaking.

Supposedly, in December 2002 FBI agents arrested a 44-year-old man in New York on suspicion of fraud: allegedly he was trading on insider information. Starting with just , Andrew Carlssin made 350 million dollars in two weeks through 126 trades — risky, but incredibly profitable. And the profits came from unexpected events that nobody could have predicted.

Under questioning, Carlssin denied any conspiracy and said he worked alone, getting his information… from the future, where he had come from in a time machine — from the year 2256 (some retellings say 2052). He supposedly meant to lose now and then to avoid suspicion, but couldn’t resist his greed. In exchange for freedom he offered to reveal where bin Laden was hiding and how to make a cure for AIDS, but flatly refused to say where the time machine was.

Later the story grew new rumors: someone supposedly posted a million-dollar bail for Andrew, he walked out of jail and disappeared — rumored to be somewhere in Canada.

What’s really behind it

Most likely, it’s made up. The story first appeared in spring 2003 in the American tabloid Weekly World News, which is known precisely for invented sensations — aliens, Bigfoot and the like. Other sites reprinted it from there, and off it went. There’s no confirmation of an arrest, a trial, or even that Andrew Carlssin ever existed — all the “details” live only in copies of that article.

A fantastic story — but there’s a grain of truth in every joke… All that’s left is to dream: what would you do with information from the future?