I’ve read Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Jesse Livermore more times than I can count.

Even though it was written in 1923, the trading lessons still hit hard today.

Here are 7 timeless takeaways from one of the greatest traders in history: 1/ Fighting against the market

The market is never wrong, but you can be.

Livermore believed the market is always right, it’s the trader who is wrong.

Here are three simple ways to stop fighting the market:

- Never fight the trend
- Admit when you’re wrong
- The market doesn’t care about your opinion

In 1950, this man transformed trading like nobody else.

Richard Donchian.

It's impossible to miss breakouts, doubt trends, or exit too early after understanding his strategy.

Here's the "Donchian Channel" approach to capitalize on market trends:🧵 Richard Donchian introduced a trend-following system that transformed trading strategies.

This method has since enabled traders to amass MILLIONS by capitalizing on market trends.

Here's how it works:

He turned $1,500 into $10,000,000.

Is he the greatest trader of all time?

No hedge funds. No insider tips. No leverage.

Just one simple strategy that works all the time.

Here's how he pulled it off: In 2010, Tim Grittani was a broke college student.

He has just had a laptop, a small account, and an obsession with the markets.

The biggest mistake most traders make is they jump straight in and blow up their accounts in months…

Grittani did the complete opposite...

“Liquidity Grab” is a technique big institutions use to trap retail traders.

That’s why price spikes take out your stop-loss right before reversing…

This method alone has printed over $4 TRILLION and is still growing.

Here’s how you can turn it into your advantage: 🧵 1/ First, what is liquidity?

Liquidity is where money sits in the market.

It pools around:
✅ Stop-loss orders.
✅ Limit orders.
✅ Psychological price levels (like $100 or $1,000).

These zones are magnets for price.

This man turned $500 into $400 million…

And no one’s talking about it.

In 1950s, he developed a system called "CAN SLIM"

And it’s one of the most successful trading systems EVER created.

Here’s the story of William J. O’Neil, founder of Investor’s Business Daily. It started with a question:

“What do all winning stocks have in common?”

O’Neil studied the biggest stock market winners like Apple and Microsoft before they exploded.

What he found was shocking…

All of them shared 7 specific traits before their meteoric rise.

The “Barbell Strategy” Secret.

It’s a method pioneered by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in the 19th century.

Nobody talks about it but it quietly made MILLIONS for investors.

In fact, this strategy protected BILLIONS of $ during the 2008 financial crisis. Meet Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

In the early 2000s, he introduced the Barbell Strategy in his book Antifragile.

The idea? Split your portfolio into two extremes: ultra-safe investments and high-risk, high-reward bets.

The middle ground? It’s where most traders get crushed.

I lost $2 MILLION on a single trade.

It was a painful loss but a great lesson.

Here’s how to protect yourself from big trading losses (storytime). Let’s be real, trading isn’t a straight path to success.

I’ve lost big.

But one of my most painful losses ($2 million) ended up being my greatest teacher.

Here’s what that experience taught me and how you can avoid the same mistakes:

The “Risk-Parity” formula.

It’s a strategy developed by Ray Dalio in the early 1990s to manage volatility and balance risk that now guides the world’s top traders and investors.

In fact, Ray printed $150 BILLION by leveraging this formula. Meet Raymond Thomas Dalio.

In 1975, he started Bridgewater from his apartment, and by 2011, it became the largest hedge fund in the world.

It got to the point that hedge funds used (and are still using) Ray’s strategy to minimize losses and maximize gains…

The “Turtle Traders” experiment.

This experiment performed by Richard Dennis in 1983 and 1984 turned 23 complete beginners into MILLIONAIRE traders.

In fact, they made 100s of millions of dollars following Dennis’s trading system It started with a debate.

Dennis believed that anyone could become a successful trader if they followed a proven system.

His partner, William Eckhardt, disagreed. Eckhardt thought trading success required unique talent and intuition.

To settle the debate, Dennis created the “Turtle Traders” experiment.

Ray Dalio (billionaire) started as a caddie.

He was earning pocket money by carrying golf clubs.

Today, he’s one of the wealthiest traders in history.

His net worth reached $14 billion in 2025.

Dalio’s life story is fascinating and threatening at the same time.
[A thread] At just 12 years old, Dalio worked as a caddie.

One of his clients, a Wall Street executive, gave him a tip: start investing in the stock market.

Dalio took the advice, bought his first stock (Northeast Airlines), and tripled his money.

He was hooked.

Trading is like real estate.

You've got the same rules, the game is just different.

Here's how you can use “trading mortgage” to build wealth.

A thread 🧵 When you get into real estate, you don't buy properties outright.

You would most likely take on a mortgage to control an asset worth 5, 10, or even 20 times your initial down payment.

That's the way to build wealth without needing millions in cash.

Trading works the same way.

A thread 🧵

Success is psychology, not strategy.

“Reminiscences of a Stock Operator” by Edwin Lefèvre reveals the brutal truths of the market.

Read these 7 key points to avoid the mistakes most traders never recover from (dark psychology):

6th point will blow your mind 1/7

Patience is as important as strategy.

Livermore made his biggest profits by waiting for the right setups and trends to develop.

He was never jumping in and out…

Sitting on your hands is a skill you need to develop if you want to be a consistent trader.

Charts never lie.

A book called “Technical Analysis” turns every candlestick into a story.

It covers the secrets behind price patterns, indicators, and trends.

Here’s a thread 🧵breaking down 6 key lessons every trader must know: 1/9 - Most important non-negotiable

Successful traders don’t think about how much they can make…

They focus on how much they’re willing to lose.

Protecting capital is their first priority.

In this thread, I'm sharing 10 powerful quotes about trading and trading psychology from Dr. Brett N. Steenbarger @steenbab 1. "Routine is necessary for efficiency; breaking routine is necessary for adaptation."

What happened yesterday on Fed Day? These are some highlights of yesterday Powell´s interest rate announcement:

Inflation is still too high, but job creation has picked up and is now advancing at a fast pace; the process of bringing inflation back down has a long way to go. The banking system in the United States is strong and resilient; credit conditions are likely to tighten, affecting economic activity, hiring, and inflation. All depositors' savings are safe.

Every Single trader (no matter how successful) has cognitive biases that subtly hold them back from reaching their full potential. These are the 7 deadly cognitive biases that every trader looking to maximize their performance needs to be aware of. 1. Confirmation bias, which is the tendency to seek out information that confirms our existing beliefs and ignore evidence to the contrary. overconfidence in their trades and a failure to see potential risks.