16 year old new to trading

Rsoxs19 said:
Hello everyone! I'm new to the forums and I am absolutely in love with stocks. I opened a custodial account with my mom on ETrade and since then I have been obsessing with checking the prices. So far I have 25 apple shares which I made $100 on but that was just luck. I have a few K to spend on other stocks but not sure on what yet. I plan on going to college for this so I figured I minds well get a head start. My dream job would be working at a big bank in NYC. My question is where can I learn how to start trading now? Is there a particular website or should I just learn by experience? Are these forums good for helping each other? Just wanted to introduce myself and thank everyone for their help!
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Trading (or coding lol) isnt for everyone. You need to figure out what your talents are. Ask your parents, teachers, friends. Then head in that direction.
 
sle said:
At a certain level of detail specifications become a prototype :) I doubt, thought, that a community college student will be able to tackle what I need done.
Not important. If you learn a programming process (in any language, be it Python or Fortran) the "right way", you can quickly pick up any language you need for the job. It's a weapon in your arsenal, nothing more (too many people get hung up on the process of coding and tools), but nothing less (in the modern world, any trader or PM job will require some level of data manipulation etc).
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I see you never worked in production environment. Anyone can hack code but to pass code into production is way beyond your comprehension...
 
777 said:
I only know what I read and what a billionaire founder of an international trading firm trading only it's own money has told me.
You are entitled to your feelings but I am done with you on this topic.
Thanks for your input.
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He must of told you 50+ years ago. News flash! it's now 2017, things have changed and everything is a little more complex now.
 
lylec305 said:
I see you never worked in production environment. Anyone can hack code but to pass code into production is way beyond your comprehension...
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Of course I have "never worked in production environment", I am not an IT professional by any means. Hacking the code seems to have worked well enough for me for the past 20 years :)
 
sle said:
Of course I have "never worked in production environment", I am not an IT professional by any means. Hacking the code seems to have worked well enough for me for the past 20 years :)
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exactly, and you're advising a 16 yr old to follow in your foot steps and become a hack...
 
Study hard, major in financial engineering, then get your MBA/CPA, maybe get a law degree. Take some coding electives but you may get enough coding in FEng...
 
ironchef said:
Yes, if OP follows your advice, he/she will be 40 years old before starts trading.
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Nope, maybe 29. I think you missed the very first 2 words. It takes 4 years for PEng, 2 years law school and 2 years for MBA. Some credits can be spread over multiple disciplines, and CPA can be achieved along the way. This is advise. nothing worth while comes easy.
At age 40, this kind of educational back ground would make the kid prime CEO candidate, star material.
 
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lylec305 said:
Nope, maybe 29. I think you missed the very first 2 words. It takes 4 years for PEng, 2 years law school and 2 years for MBA. Some credits can be spread over multiple disciplines, and CPA can be achieved along the way. This is advise. nothing worth while comes easy.
At age 40, this kind of educational back ground would make the kid prime CEO candidate, star material.
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Wish someone like you gave me that advice when I was a 20 year old. I could have been the CEO of Goldman.:(

Kidding aside, your advice is appreciated, just that I no longer qualify.

Best wishes.
 
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