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In this conversation David sits down with Sasha, a regular at the Friendly Bear Conferences who lives in Los Angeles and has become a familiar face in the community. They dig into the real realities of trading while raising a young child, the psychological traps of prop firms, the power of in-person trader connections, and why Sasha is slowly shifting toward stocks.

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Tom Hougaard (Best Loser Wins) is back on The Friendly Bear Podcast with David Capablanca (@reverselong) — days after a massive FTSE short and weeks before Friendly Bear Conference 7 in Los Angeles.

🎟️ Friendly Bear Conference 7 — Monday, Oct 12, 2026 — 51st floor, City Club LA

Tickets: https://www.friendlybearconference.com
📚 Tom Hougaard — Best Loser Wins
📚 David Capablanca — Short Selling Master

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Price Action Rose joins David Capablanca ahead of Friendly Bear Conference 7 in Los Angeles.

Rose is a full-time ES futures trader. She walks through her path from corporate marketing and a jewelry studio into trading, why she left stocks for the S&P 5-minute chart, and how she reads bars as a conversation — not indicators.

The core of the episode: stop-order / trend days vs limit-order / bet-against days, why “choppy” is the wrong word, how tight ranges are a retail scalping edge, and how she used prop firms as funding instead of a same-day gamble.

See Rose live with Tom Hougaard and me on October 12, 2026 at City Club LA, 51st floor.

Tickets: www.friendlybearconference.com

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I'm explaining the real process and rigorous research required to achieve a high win rate in trading, and most of which has to be done before a trader even enters the trade. These trade selection criteria will help you see what's actually moving the markets, and how to be truly selective as a trader.

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David Veprek is an 8-figure trader with over 10 millions of verified profits. In this podcast he sits down with 7-figure trader David Capablanca for a discussion on short selling at his office in DTLA. He began trading in 1999 with $2,000 gifted after high school graduation, coinciding with the internet boom. His early strategy involved buying shares prior to announced forward stock splits and selling post-split, capitalizing on increased retail demand due to lowered share prices. He has traded for various hedge funds and is actively sharing his trading journals with the FinTwit community.

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In this episode, David Capablanca explains why he’s ending the free bonus webinars after noticing entitlement and lack of engagement from people who didn’t pay, reinforcing that skin in the game is essential for real progress. He shares how free access often attracts the wrong mindset, distracts from focused trading, and can ultimately hurt performance—reminding listeners that if trading suffers, everything else falls apart. 

David also breaks down a recent PIPE unlock on CAST, the hedging mechanics with pre-funded warrants, and why non-gappers like FLGC are dangerous at meaningful size, while inviting serious traders interested in continuing the work to reach out about joining Friendly Bear University.

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In this episode, David Capablanca sits down with Josh, a primarily long-biased trader who has been using Short Selling Master as a practical trading manual since its release. They dig into why short-selling principles are just as valuable for long traders in today’s small-cap market, how the best longs are often short squeezes, and the critical filters every trader needs—especially around nano floats, Chinese stocks, and the real danger of T12 halts. David also breaks down his “architect’s view” of the charts, the 9-indicator checklist he runs before every short, and why avoiding certain manipulated names frees up both capital and mental bandwidth. A raw, tactical conversation packed with real examples and hard-earned rules for anyone serious about surviving and thriving in modern markets.

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