아빠에게 내가 투자에 진심임을 어떻게 보여줄까? 💸

Start a paper trading account, have a portfolio for a year and show your dad your paper profits actually beat the market. If you didn't beat the market, you at least learned lesson one of investing for free.

Your money your risk. Not your dad's.

Two things - one, just about anyone could have made money in the last few years by picking a stock and holding it for a while. So the chart on Wheaton Precious Metals looks very much like about 90% of the other stocks out there.

Two, prove to your Dad you can talk the talk. Tell him WHY you think a stock is a good buy, beyond the basics (ie, PE ration, YOY growth, etc.) if you struggled with this before it is probably because you had some basic understanding but not enough to convey your conviction in a straightforward manner.

When you can do that, people will believe you know what you're talking about.

Get a job to fund your investments and he wont have any issues.

Sounds more like “how to get dad convinced I want *him* to invest”. If you don’t have your own money, paper trade until you can show consistent returns beating the index. You might very well be gaining skills, but even skilled investors lose money.

Hot take: He shouldn’t let you invest in individual stocks but should allow index investing. You can invest in individual once you’re 18 and use money from your paychecks.

It’s a flawed argument to say “I said a stock would go up and a year or two later it’s much higher so I’m a good investor”

Would you have actually held $WPM during the run up or sold after a 5-10% gain? We have all watched stocks rise that we were previously invested in or planned to invest in.

A huge part of stock trading/investing is emotions, a small part is stock picking. I’m not sure many 16 year olds have the emotional control to profitably trade over the long term

Sounds like you should position yourself for a career in finance where you invest other people’s money

Interestingly enough I was just listening to this on Marketplace podcast from NPR. Maybe have him listen to the episode.

But essentially they have accounts where you can monitor your kid's trades, There is even one that they need to approve your trade before it goes through. So maybe it will help him allow you to get into it.

[https://www.marketplace.org/story/2026/05/13/why-are-more-teens-into-investing](https://www.marketplace.org/story/2026/05/13/why-are-more-teens-into-investing)

The girl also built a relationship with her father talking about stocks too.

"He asked me for deeper research and evidence, and honestly at the time I struggled to communicate my reasoning well enough. He ended up not investing, and since then the stock has grown a lot.(Now 1$29.49)"

Can you communicate the reason well enough now?

Bro you’re 16. Be a teenager. When you turn 18 start investing.

Dad is being a real stock block

I'll just say this as a father of teens...

TBH, this is the perfect thing for you both. You think you can invest. He thinks you're not ready. As long as it's your own money, this is an absolutely golden setup. Because if you succeed, you win. If you fail, you win in the longer term because you learn lessons in a safe way.

This is a great way for your dad to let you do it, in a nice and controlled sandbox, where the cost of failure is a painful lesson but ultimately not going to ruin you financially. He can allow you a certain amount of your paychecks/income to add to your trading account. Enough to be meaningful so that the pain of losing is something you feel, but not so high that you're basically only working to invest, because he probably wants you to have spending money as a teen. (Which is important as a dad, because if you don't have spending money, you usually get it--from his pocket.)

And it's great for you, because again this is a perfect way to learn the lessons of investing--some rewarding and some painful--before you actually have to be responsible for rent, car payments, putting food on the table, etc etc etc.

If I were your dad (or if my son had asked this from me), what I'd do...

1. Since you have enough money to invest, you should also be contributing to certain things. My oldest didn't want to invest, but while we bought him a car, he was responsible for 1/3 of his car insurance and filling his car with gas. So he'd put away $100 monthly from his paychecks to save for his portion of insurance so when it came due (every 6 months) he would be able to cover it. He became responsible for most of his spending money. If you're earning but you're *just* taking, you should be contributing SOMETHING to your own life before you consider investing. Because that's one of those painful lessons of adulthood--you have to pay your own way before you can figure out what to do with the "extra".
2. I'd be available to discuss anything he wants for the investments, but I would NOT be contributing a dime to it. And while I might learn something from discussions, I would set the expectation that we're not doing this "together". If he's got a hot stock pick, I would make sure he doesn't feel like my choice not to invest in the same thing he is investing in negatively reflects on him.
3. Obviously I wouldn't let him mess around with options or margin. There are enough ways to lose your own money with straight equities. He can play with that when he gets older.

Understand though, and again I say this as a dad... His desire to not let you trade is probably rooted in wanting to protect you. If you want to get through to him, let him know that you understand that he wants to protect you, but that part of childhood is being able to try things and learn lessons while you're still in a place of safety. Letting you do this now--even, no, ESPECIALLY if he thinks it's not going to end well--is better than you learning painful lessons when you're 25 and you're dealing with a much bigger bankroll.

Paper trading is one thing. Trading with real money adds different dimensions. Get a part time job and earn some money to invest on your own, if you strongly believe you can replicate the outcome of paper trading. Do note that trading and investing have inherent risks of losing all your money.

Ask him to get you started with index funds

I hear you, it's your money and you should be able to spend it how you want. To convince your dad, you have to convince him that it's okay if you lose it all (and how much is okay to risk), not that you'll make a lot. If it is okay if you lose it all, then you can go for it.

Now let me be bluntly clear as someone trading in markets for more than 16 years. You, as a 16 year old, have no edge in these markets. You have so much to do and experience and learn before you're ready to know you have no edge. You will be leaving your money up to the fates, especially if you're buying individual stocks. This journey can be a great learning experience if done the right way, but there is no free lunch, the markets are ruthless, and the table is tilted against you.

I'd rather see a 16 year old become an amazing athlete or academic competitor, than try to become a great investor. But, again, I agree that it is your money and you should be able to spend it how you want.

at 16? no! do not ruin ur life.

Reading this bring back some issues I had with my father over the same topic 25 years ago. I remember my father even disliking having a simulator. He just didn't know how to educate or parent in general, so I get the communication part. But if there's one thing I could go back and tell him it's that being 16 is the most powerful metric you possess in your portfolio and your biggest advantage in the market, that time compounds hard. Start small and long... you're probably smarter than him.. but investing is essentially wealth management..you have income.. ok, is recurring deposit into a roth sustainable?

What makes you think your dad doesn't believe you want to invest? He probably does. He just doesn't agree that you should.