Yoni Assia shares his trading life.

I  was a teen trader. While other kids were playing soccer or hanging out in the playground shooting hoops, I was watching CNBC and soaking up tutorials on how to trade the markets. I was fascinated by the fact that I could make money from money, even though I was just a kid. All I needed were the facts, training and good instincts.

I was fortunate to be born into the Internet revolution where researching and finding stocks to buy and sell was as easy as logging into my computer. In addition e-Trade was just launched and there was a mad rush around investing directly in the market without relying on the big banks to manage your money for you.

At the age of 13 I took my allowance money and began to play around with blue-chip stocks. My dad used to look over my shoulder, but in time he gave me more independence and actually gave me a few thousand dollars of his own money to invest. My parents were proud of me; my brother just thought I was a nerd. But when he saw me making money he gave me his allowance money and I traded for him too...

Excerpted from an article originally published in the Sep/Oct 2011 issue of YourTradingEdge magazine. All rights reserved. © Copyright 2011, Your Media Edge Pty Ltd.
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