About this episode

David Capablanca shares his journey from architecture to full-time trading after overcoming significant personal challenges.

Get 3 Free Months of Trading Software, 100 Days Of FREE Commissions & 33% off commissions FOR LIFE with My Preferred Broker! FREE Trading Journal (stop paying for online journal) In today's episode, I'm joined by David Capablanca, professional trader and founder of Friendly Bear University. Born to immigrant parents and pushed toward traditional careers, David's path took an unexpected turn after having brain tumor surgery during graduate school, requiring a two-year recovery where he had to re-learn basic life skills. Today, we discussed how crushing debt from college and medical bills led him to quit architecture and commit to trading full-time, and his 2020 breakout year growing from 29K to over 100K. Check it out. David

People in this episode

Host: Alex B

Guest: David Capablanca

Topics covered

• trading
• personal finance
• overcoming adversity
• career change
• debt management

Keywords

• trading
• debt
• brain tumor
• career change
• Friendly Bear University
• medical bills
• 2020 breakout year

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Organizations: Friendly Bear University

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