Youngest option trader talks stock market volatility and probability with Tom Sosnoff on tastytrade

In this episode of Future Stars, Tom Sosnoff and Tony Battista talk with Alex, a middle school student who began successfully trading options at the age of 9. Watch to see how Alex began trading, and how he's helping to change the way his peers think about the stock market and financial investment. ======== tastytrade.com ======== Finally a financial network for traders, built by traders. Hosted by Tom Sosnoff and Tony Battista tastytrade is a real financial network with 8 hours of live programming five days a week during market hours. Tune in and learn how to trade options successfully and make the most of your investments! https://goo.gl/OTv3Ez Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://goo.gl/s2bAxF Watch tastytrade LIVE daily Monday-Friday 7am-3pmCT: https://goo.gl/OTv3Ez Follow tastytrade on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tastytrade Become a fan of tastytrade on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tastytrade Follow tastytrade on Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/tastytrade/

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1. The realistic thing to tell him would be that he is a kid and will most likely lose interest in a year or so.
2. Good Video..
   
   It'd be good to hear from Alex +4 years on...(He'll be about 17 now)
3. lol i been trying to understand options for 2 weeks no. shit is too hard lol
4. he always interrupt boy with craps
5. Awesome... this can happen... even if rare
6. I want to buy long calls on this kid as well!!
7. I'm looking at this while doing practice stocks this kid is way ahead of me.
8. Genius.
9. Was it just me, or was Tony actually uncomfortable throughout this whole interview?
10. This kid must have been here before. Amazing.
11. This kid is obviously very smart and business saavy for his tenure age of 10 but with that said, I can't help but notice the condescending comments the hosts make. Be humble to the fact this kid is freaking 10 years old. kids these day can't even schedule their own dentist appointment let alone trading options!!! this kid is going to have a hopeful future.
12. Haha little war lorde
    Frightening when a "child" talks about he was studying war battels" for millions of years"
    Whats his father??
13. This kid is amazing! He is a genius. The rapid rate of comprehension is what separates from the rest. Cool kid. I'm going to get my son to quote me the DOW and S&P500 who knows haha...
14. stop patronizing him, he's smarter than you, wealthier and will be way more successful
15. You don't need to be a genius to understand the concept of leverage and or premium writing and be able to execute a strategy at the age of 9. Kids are amazing but parents have to stop treating kids like they're well,...kids!
16. I bet most parents watching this are jealous without knowing that they have screwed their own kids financial educations over.
17. this kid obviously is a savant, a genius, he must have an iq above 140 or 150. I mean, he can have an interest on the market and stocks being 8 or 9, its weird but it can happen, but going from that to start trading freaking options at age 9!!! THAT requires a set of cognitive skills that are just not present in the average 9 year old. It requires getting a grasp of concepts such as ratios, probability, risk management, medium, standard deviation,etc. IT´s basically high school maths, and not only that, but also the way he speaks show something also unusual: he is articulate, he is calm, he draws conclusions based on evidence, he has great insights, etc. Conclusion: most kids probably couldn´t turn into this kid, even if they where interested in this stuff.
18. Wow
19. @TasteTrade What type of Trading do you guys do? 
20. I don't think It's a good thing to assume that just because someone is able to understand something that is complex at such a young age is because they are reincarnated souls. The kid just has one real good head on his shoulders and a damn fine way of thinking.