I started reading a book from 1967 about how to beat the market and they talk about selling warrants and buying regular shares.
if you search on warrants you can find info about them, I even saw prices with no expiration dates, which doesn't work, because the book talks about expiring in 4 years or less.

but when I check fidelity and merril edge, they don't show up.
is this just not a thing any more?
it doesn't seem like this works with calls and puts though.

why oh why did I not buy google stock back in the day instead of letting people talk me out of it since "they" did not make anything.

Stock Warrants vs. Stock Options: An Overview
A stock warrant gives the holder the right to purchase a company's stock at a specific price and at a specific date. A stock warrant is issued directly by the company concerned; when an investor exercises a stock warrant, the shares that fulfill the obligation are not received from another investor but directly from the company.

An equity stock option, on the other hand, is a contract between two people that gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a stock at a specific price, prior to a specific date, referred to as the contract expiration date.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
A stock warrant represents the right to purchase a company's stock at a specific price and at a specific date.
A stock warrant is issued directly by a company to an investor.
Stock options are purchased when it is believed the price of a stock will go up or down.
Stock options are typically traded between investors.
A stock warrant represents future capital for a company.
Stock Options
Options are purchased by investors when they expect the price of a stock to go up or down (depending on the option type). For example, if a stock currently trades at $40 and an investor believes the price will rise to $50 next month, they could purchase a $40 call option today, which would give them the right to purchase the stock at that price prior to contract expiration.

Then, if the stock does in fact increase to $50 per share, the investor could turn around and sell it for $50, making a profit of $10, less the cost of the option, referred to as the "premium."

Stock Warrants
When an investor exercises a warrant, they purchase stock, and the proceeds are a source of capital for the company. A warrant certificate is issued to the investor when they exercise a warrant. The certificate includes the terms of the warrant, such as the expiry date and the final day it can be exercised.

However, the warrant does not represent immediate ownership of the stock, only the right to purchase the company shares at a particular price in the future. Warrants are not extensively used in the United States, but they are more common in China.

Warrants still exist.  They are typically issued with regular shares as part of equity raises (private placements) to accredited investors. Sometimes (often) they expire, as the stock price never rises to the warrant exercise price.

Here are a couple links:
https://www.marketwatch.com/tools/markets/warrants/a-z
http://canadianwarrants.com/us/pink.html
https://www.otcmarkets.com/research/stock-screener (select warrants)

Good luck.  There is often no real bid/ask for a warrant unless someone decides to sell theirs, in which case it's a temporary thing with limited volume available.

Thanks, so it would seem there is no volume in it anymore.