TonyC

Hey X 👋 I'm @TonyColavecchio -- 50, married 20 years, dad of 6. Ex software engineer who climbed into senior level leadership. Sports consume family time. Trade stocks/futures/options. Play with AI. Try to be a good human.

@vandanasoc28779 You tapped into something good. Still waiting for the algo to find me. 😐

It hasn’t even been a month since I started posting on X, and today I crossed 500 followers. Grateful for the support so far 🤝 If you're into tech, let’s connect.

Prop Firms: Golden Ticket or a Trap for New Traders? 💼 Prop trading firms are everywhere - promising big, funded accounts with very little of your own money at risk. So… are they actually a good move for new traders? The Good: ▪️ Trade with serious capital without risking your life savings ▪️ Built-in rules that teach real risk management and discipline ▪️ 80–90%+ profit splits once you’re funded ▪️ Can fast-track you from small-account trader to meaningful size The Bad / Reality Check: ▪️ Most traders (85–95%) fail the evaluation challenges ▪️ Challenge fees add up fast when you keep failing ▪️ Strict drawdown and consistency rules can feel very restrictive ▪️ Easy to treat it like a lottery instead of serious skill-building How to Use Prop Firms Successfully as a New Trader: ▪️ Start small — begin with $25k challenges ▪️ Get them on discount — wait for promos (see one below 👇) ▪️ Trade small and focus on consistency, not big wins ▪️ Don’t rush to get funded — treat the challenge like paid training ▪️ Don’t scale too fast — prove yourself on smaller accounts first Prop firms can be a powerful tool for new traders if you approach them with patience and discipline. Ready to try one? Here is an 89% off coupon at Bulenox. Use code: NQBot bulenox.com/member/aff/go/…

For you TradingView users I came across a pretty cool Chrome Extension. It is called "TradingView Remix". It incorporates an AI chatbot into your TradingView charts. Here is a short video of what it looks like. Easy to setup and use. No, I am not the creator, but kudos to them.

@sharran A simple question can reveal so much. You wont get down to the root of what needs to be done until you go through this process. Get good at it and your decisions will become clearer.

Your leadership isn't measured by how fast you decide. It's measured by how good your questions are before you decide.

Red Flags 🚩 – Trading Accounts You Should Probably Ignore on X The trading corner of X is loud. Lots of “gurus” promising easy riches. Before you hit follow or take anyone’s advice, watch for these clear red flags: 1. Someone who shows pics of them in a Lambo (or luxury cars, yachts, watches…) 2. Someone who refers to themselves as the GOAT 3. Someone who claims they make millions scalping 4. Someone who boasts a 100% win-rate (And the bonus one that always makes me laugh…) 5. Someone who tells you to quit your job and “trade full-time next month” Real edge in trading is quiet, consistent, and boring. Hype is usually expensive. What’s another **red flag** you look for before trusting a trading account? Drop it below 👇

Quick $SOUN Pre-Market Look 📈 SoundHound AI has been showing some real strength this week. Recent price action: - Closed yesterday (April 15) at $7.85 (+12.6%) - Strong rebound after recent chop — has bottom has formed? Key financials right now: ▪️ 2025 full-year revenue: $169M (nearly doubled YoY) ▪️ 2026 revenue guidance: $225M – $260M ▪️ Debt-free balance sheet with ~$248M in cash Early-stage AI growth story with lots of upside potential. Combination of strong revenue momentum + zero debt is catching attention. What’s your take on $SOUN looking forward? Drop it below 👇

Here are some quirky observances for today: Happy Foursquare Day Happy Day of the Mushroom Happy National Eggs Benedict Day Happy National Bean Counter Day Happy National High Five Day Happy College Student Grief Awareness Day Happy Get to Know Your Customer Day Happy World Voice Day, Emancipation Day Happy Celebrate Teen Literature Day Happy National Orchid Day Wow... this is a little out of hand.

Day of the year: 106

@SJosephBurns ... and that chop is what most traders fall prey to.

“Markets trend only about 15% of the time; the rest of the time they move sideways.” 
— Paul Tudor Jones

@Jainadave_ Lift then cardio. Here is why: 1) Get a better lift/pump. You aren't tired going in. The purpose of the lift is to stress those muscles. 2) Cardio after will burn more fat and for longer. I keep my cardio to zone 2 mostly with 1-2 days a week being higher intensity.

Do you go straight to lifting or start with some cardio first?

Lets break this down. 365 days a year About 250 work days (leaving out weekends) less 28 days of vacation leaves 222 working days. Wait... there are about 11 federal holidays. Now we are down to 211 working days. That is 58% of the whole year to get paid full-time. What do you expect? If it is that bad then you are doing the wrong job.

28 days of annual leave. Out of 365. Your employer owns 337 days of your year. You get 28. And half of those you spend recovering from the other 337. How is this the "good deal" everyone told you to be grateful for?

April markets so far...

@clintoptions Just watch price action when a big event like FOMC hits. You will see sweeps in one direction to clear liquidity and a test before making a bigger move. Shake out weak hands. Or I am just a skeptic 🤷‍♂️

There is so much manipulation behind the scenes it would disgust the rest of retail if they knew.

Sorry it isn't that simple. You can find that pattern all over the place in the market. Look at the retracement points #3 on each. First one is shallow/weak. Second one is fully retracing. First one retraced with a struggle. Second one is one-timing the market.... almost like a short-squeeze. 🤔

🚨 SOMETHING VERY STRANGE IS HAPPENING S&P 500 just hit a new all-time high of $7,000. Right in the middle of the worst energy crisis in decades. But almost nobody is talking about the real reason. The market is pretending the crisis is over. But the Strait of Hormuz is still closed. Oil is above $90. While the real economy suffocates, the index is being pumped to create exit liquidity for smart money. The gap between the chart and reality is dangerous. I've seen this movie before: When the index flies during an energy shock, the drop will be vertical. Remember, I've called every major turn for the last 10 years, including the exact $16K bottom three years ago and the $111K top in October. Turn on notifications. When the real bottom forms, I'll call it here publicly, like I always do.

@WOLF_Financial Wow that is an impressive loss! So tempting to take short positions because the pullbacks are so impulsive. Stick with the long bias drift and you will have more success.

STANLEY DRUCKENMILLER: "I SHORTED $200 MILLION OF INTERNET STOCKS IN MARCH 1999. IN THREE WEEKS I COVERED THEM AT A $600 MILLION LOSS." "I was short 12 stocks. They all went bankrupt. Every one of them." He was right on every single pick. Still lost $600M. "If you're dead wrong on a long, you can lose 100%. If you're dead wrong on a short, you can lose 10 times your money." "Frankly, I'm not sure I've ever made money in shorts. I've never had a down year, but I'm not sure I've made money in shorts. I like it. It's fun. But you can get your head handed to you." "Don't try that at home."

100% agree. Instead of jumping in to help with solutions have this simple phrase: "What is your plan?" It shows them you are empowering them and trust them. It shows them that you expect them to do the critical thinking to come up with a solution

Simon Sinek offers a counterintuitive take: The moment you step in and fix the problem, you stop being a leader: You got promoted because you were the best at the job. And that's precisely what makes leadership so difficult. The same instinct that made you great at the work, seeing the problem, knowing the answer, fixing it fast, becomes a liability the moment you move into a leadership role. Simon is direct about this: "Then you're not leading. You're just doing the work. You just have the leadership position." The people who now report to you may not be as good as you. They'll move slower. They'll miss things you would have caught immediately. And in those moments, every instinct will tell you to step in. But that instinct is exactly what you have to resist. "You can't just come in and tell them how you would do it. You have to push them to solve the problems the way that they would, just like someone did for you once before." Someone once gave you the space to figure it out. That patience is what shaped you. Now it's your turn to offer the same to others. Simon points to Chanel as a company that has built this principle into its culture. Newly hired senior leaders are not allowed to speak in meetings for their first three months. "You don't know anything about our company. And you'll learn by listening." Chanel trusts that their leaders will be around for the long term, so 90 days of silence is a small price to pay for someone who truly understands the business before they start shaping it. That's institutionalised patience. And it's almost unheard of. Most organisations reward speed, decisiveness, and output. So the pressure to swoop in and fix things feels justified, even virtuous. But Simon draws a hard line between having a leadership position and actually leading. One is a title. The other is a practice. And that practice demands something most high performers find deeply uncomfortable. Watching someone struggle toward an answer you already have, and choosing to let them find it themselves. That restraint is the real work of leadership.

@EricLDaugh V-Shaped dips are great if you get in them early. Market is roaring right now. Will it sustain?

🚨 BREAKING: The S&P 500 just CLOSED at an ALL-TIME HISTORIC HIGH after President Trump gained maximum leverage over the Strait of Hormuz The first time it's closed above 7,000 🔥 The NASDAQ ALSO surged to a new record, above 24,000 Trump is reveling in it! 🇺🇸

@Demeter_Erinia That is a valid plan as well. 😉

Be honest - how many of you are prepared to enter the next week? My 15-Minute Sunday Weekly Prep 📅 ▪️Re-assess my WKMAAN list. ▪️What matters most for success? ▪️Set my #1 priority for the next day + week. ▪️Review my schedule and make sure it actually lines up with that priority ▪️Identify 1-2 specific ways I can help my team win This 15-minute ritual lets me walk into Monday already organized, focused, and prepared. What's one thing YOU do on Sunday (or whenever) to set yourself and your team up for a strong week? Drop it below👇 I'm genuinely curious how other leaders prep.

The Calendar Trap Most Leaders Fall Into 🔥 Your calendar is completely booked with back-to-back meetings… …but when do you actually get time to *think* and strategize? If you don’t deliberately block it, you’ll stay stuck in reactive mode — always putting out fires instead of preventing them. Protect your thinking time like it’s the most important meeting of the week: ▪️ Block 60–90 minutes (or more) every week — treat it as non-negotiable ▪️ Put it on the calendar first, before anything else ▪️ No emails, no IM, no interruptions — just deep strategic thinking ▪️ Use it to plan, solve big problems, and look ahead Leaders who make this a habit stop reacting and start leading. What’s ONE way YOU protect time for thinking and strategizing on your calendar? Drop your best tip below 👇 I read every reply. #Leadership #Career #Productivity

@stats_feed Elevate (pun intended) your walking routine by doing inclined walking. You can really get a solid cardio in with it all being low impact.

Walking 10,000 steps burns roughly the same calories as running a 5K - but with dramatically less stress on your joints. Low cost, high return.

Career Tip: The hidden interview 🔥 Do you realize that **every engagement** you have with senior and executive leadership is an interview? Leaders are always looking for and in need of quality talent. They notice who shows up ready. So, treat every interaction (even casual ones) like it matters (because it does): ▪️Show up prepared ▪️Know the issues ▪️Have a clear plan ▪️Be concise - respect their time You never know when you are going to be called upon to solve a bigger issue. Do you have a hidden interview coming up? Try it out and let me know how it goes. #Career #Leadership