After reading Market Wizards: New Generation, my takeaways: I had the chance to meet a few of the traders featured - and even before they made the fortunes described in the book. That made it all the more interesting to read, even though I already knew how their stories turned out. It reads particularly well when you yourself were involved in practically most of the market situations described - I enjoy analyzing what I could have done better and how others approached the process of building and exiting positions. I particularly enjoyed the chapters featuring: @SimonRusso__ - worth reading his blog as well. Truly interesting story of a trading journey - and his general approach to life is equally compelling. @TheShortBear - achieved so much at such a young age, and yet the hunger is still clearly there. 😊 And surprisingly, @TheOneLanceB - though his transition into course-selling and the new writing style that came with it had honestly put me off him a bit, despite his successes. But I really enyojed reading his chapter @Qullamaggie - great guy, I remember him from the T4AC conference back in 2016. His perspective on losses — that they are and always will be part of the game — and the reminder to appreciate where you are now versus 5 or 10 years ago really resonated. Thanks to him I moved to swing trading @Tradestl - met him 1st time on T4AC conference. His trading approach is also very similar to mine, which is probably why it was such a good read. With him I'm left wanting more, the chapter felt too short. One thing connects a large portion of them: 2020/2021 was a life-changer. But I suppose that's true for a huge number of traders I know - in person or online. The difference is that only a certain percentage of them carried that momentum forward in the years that followed. I think there could easily be a few dozen more well-known Twitter/X traders that would fit right into this book. I enjoy this interview format - it always motivates me and gives me a fresh push. Despite being content with my own journey, personal ambition keeps driving me forward. At the same time, the book is a reminder of what hard work and dedication can bring in an industry where the hours you put in can just as easily result in frustration and losses. And equally - the importance of putting in the work and seizing opportunities as they arise, rather than complaining that the good old days are gone. 😉

All this whining about shorts lol 😉 I'm at the desk from 4 AM in pre-market. I'm genuinely able to grab shorts (early in the move) at $0.0005-0.005 per share. But yeah, fair point if I were rolling out of bed at 7 or 9 AM, most of those locates would be 10x or just gone. Not sure how far back people's memory goes here, but low floats and micro low floats always had limited SS availability or came at a high price. There are specific tickers that, going back years as far as I can remember, have always had expensive borrows. Honestly, I don't know if some of you would've survived mentally starting out in 2007, or even 2015, when "hard to borrow" and "locates" were barely even a thing. 🙂 Most names were ETB. We adapted to all those changes. It is what it is, that's the market. Chins up, ladies and gents 🙂 I get the sense that some people have gotten too comfortable with one specific broker. Worth shopping the market around - a broker that seemed cheap 2-3 years ago might just be expensive today, with damn few locates available / or pricey shorts. The way I see it, if you're grabbing up to 50k shares short and you're fast about it, it's really not that big of a deal. But ordering hundreds of k in SS on a low float / micro float - yeah, then probably is. From my perspective… over the last 20 years I really got used to 90% of my trades being shorts. Back in 2024, if I hadn't changed that up (and that's a serious piece of work, both mentally and strategy-wise), I'd probably be damn frustrated today too. The money is out there plenty of guys I've been trading with for 10 years are sitting at their ATHs. But you can't always anchor yourself to your best stretch, sometimes you've gotta take 3 steps back to really break out hard afterward.

I rarely post, but I'm still actively in the market :) I don't get why people complain so much. A lot is happening in the small caps world. Some say adapt, others say it's bullshit :) In my opinion, there are actually tons of opportunities. Ive noticed I need to be more proactive

It's just that the old days of beautiful all day faders are gone (or they're rare now). But it's like the old times when trading off VWAP used to be easy. Different times, but new possibilities. I'm trying to trade more in mid/big caps - bounce plays, mid/long term.