Teasing you along, letting you pile up a little paper profit, then bang!

逗你玩，让你积累一点账面利润， 然后砰！

For my own part, though chagrined at losing a considerable sum, it was for the most part paper profits that I lost, and when the dust had settled I found myself little the poorer in cash.

虽然因为损失了一大笔钱而懊恼， 但我损失的大部分是账面利润， 当尘埃落定后， 我发现自己的现金并不多。