5 year old loses 50,000 spread betting

[freddy]

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/899768-boy- ... ter-button


maybe i can blame my cat for my losses in the 14:15 at Nottingham .

[Groovyelms]

classic, left computer on logged in and live to his account... and he had at least 50,000 in there... i don't buy this story

[superfrank]

i don't buy it either. if it was true he'd have won a fortune!

[Euler]

My five year old son once placed a trade for me and it lost money, but not £50k and it's never happened since. Would have thought the responsibility would lay at the account holder to ensure their account isn't misused.