Jeez... I can only say - please don’t do that gambling. Trading is unfortunately not only about high IQ. Every instrument is different in terms of movement, etc. It would literally take years of looking at the charts before one can find an edge... And even then...you need to be able to stand the heat of the moment - to win great. And come out with limited casualty when things are going wrong.
In my experience, a moderately high IQ is detrimental to good trading. There is a meme about this... Ah here it is. I'm personally (supposedly) at 135 or so and I was the middle guy for some time.
Probably you mean - high IQ or trying to use that “I” while in the action is detrimental You need to use whatever of it you have to prepare for the action. And that preparation time can be quite long....
If I understand you correctly, I think it's more like when you are smart in other areas you think that translates to the market. It can, but not in the way that you think. With a "high IQ" you have to actually dumb yourself down and stop trying to be right all the time.
Here's the thing though. It doesn't really matter. Option 1 Invest the £9k pension fund in something conservative and sensible. Best case scenario, 10% p.a. Perhaps doubling capital in 10 years. £18k pension fund in 10 years won't make much difference to standard of living in retirement. Option 2 Gamble the £9k. Lose the lot. Won't make much difference to standard of living in retirement.
The >90% trader failure rate suggests the overwhelming majority of traders do worse than random coin toss.
I did a random coin toss experiment on a live account HERE. Always something I wanted to do, had a good guess what the outcome would be, but just needed to see it for myself.
Yes - the failure rate is high...but the remaining 10% is consistently making money... food for thought...