Do kids learn trading better than adults?

[damir00]

Quote from Neil:

with most of the great inventions and developments etc coming from the brains of adults over the age of consent..

i read somewhere that 90% of all mathematical breakthroughs have come from mathematicians under the age of 30.

 

[Scientist]

Quote from damir00:

[...] it seems like trading could easily be just another video game for a kid.

again, depending on an emotionally stable parent.

Good point. I think particularly latter sentence is the real issue.
The parent.

Well, there's always the simulator...

~Scientist

 

[Scientist]

Quote from damir00:



i read somewhere that 90% of all mathematical breakthroughs have come from mathematicians under the age of 30.

That's 'cause they stop counting once they turn 30...

 

[EGOT]

Quote from Ditch:

Kids should deal with kid's stuff, don't start bugging them with one of the emotionally most demanding occupations, one can think of, at an early age.

I honestly don't believe a kid (12-16) would treat trading any differently than any other video game unless they were taught about the "real" financial risks and consequences involved.

I've trained people in the former soviet union who knew nothing about the market, or even what the S&P was, and they learned the system quickly and trade it without any of the "considerations" I have when trading.

They really make great traders.

 

[MRWSM]

Quote from saschabr:

intelligence deteriorates quickly for ages > 25
without new stimuli

LOL, If that were true Warren Buffet would be 12 years old.

You need to look at how intelligence is measured before such a general statement.

 

[frank123]

Quote from damir00:



i read somewhere that 90% of all mathematical breakthroughs have come from mathematicians under the age of 30.

True. One of my Economics professors told me he used to be a math major. He got his math PHD. He is almost 30 by then and he had not had any major contribution to math yet. So he decided he never would--since most great mathematician made their name by 30. So he decided to quit math, and he eventually becomes an Economics professor.

 

[damir00]

Quote from MRWSM:


LOL, If that were true Warren Buffet would be 12 years old.

the key is "without new stimuli". WB will continue being just fine until he packs his bags for a condo in FL.