About this episode

David Capablanca shares his inspiring journey from homelessness to becoming a short selling expert, detailing his strategies and experiences in trading.

David Capablanca pursued architecture for a decade, culminating in studying under a Pritzker Prize winner at UCLA, before a life threatening brain tumor, massive medical debt, and student loans forced him to completely reevaluate his life.After starting from rock bottom and carrying the weight of massive debt, David developed an all-consuming, "burn the boats" pursuit of trading mastery that saw him sleeping in his office, living out of his car, and showering on Skid Row just to trade the 4 AM pre-market session. Today, his edge is built on rigorous fundamental deep dives, forensic research into small cap pump and dump schemes, and a strict risk management framework designed to survive predatory market algorithms.In this conversation, David pulls back the curtain on his grueling journey from rock bottom to short selling master, detailing how he reverse-engineered the strategies of market manipulators. He breaks down the anatomy of modern short squeezes, his absolute checklist for avoidable stocks, and why protecting your capital to survive the learning curve is the ultimate rule. In this episode, we explore:·        Surviving rock bottom…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ian Cox, Tessa Dao

Guest: David Capablanca

Topics covered

• trading mastery
• short selling
• personal journey
• risk management
• market manipulation
• biotech
• pump and dump schemes

Keywords

• short selling
• trading strategies
• risk management
• market algorithms
• pump and dump
• biotech trading
• personal finance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UCLA, Covid

Places: Skid Row, Colombia

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