The Fear Index plot
The brilliant computer scientist Dr. Alex Hoffman develops an artificial intelligence, a program called VIXAL-4 that works with fear and can predict developments in the stock market. The investors he meets quickly feel a lot of money and are willing to pay a lot to get even richer. But things are different for his business partner Hugo and him: a stranger breaks into Alex's house and attacks him, and for the next 24 hours his world is turned upside down. Reality blurs with paranoia, and Alex is not only sure he's being framed, but also begins to see how his invention is destroying his life.