Miami native David Capablanca, host of the Friendly Bear Podcast, was heavily in debt after graduating from architecture school, but he pursued another career with independence, freedom, and high-income potential. I was hoping Naturally drawn to the contrarian psychology, he focused on short selling. The challenge of uncovering fraud by digging deep into company fundamentals, the history of its founders, and visiting overseas company headquarters to find clues energizes David and transforms his trading approach into something completely different. raised to the level of
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- 0:00 Background
- 5:30 Why David was attracted to short selling
- 7:45 Focus on fraud
- 9:55 Why he’s focusing on the OTC market
- 11:11 Institution ownership influences his decision to short
- 12:48 Early Challenges of Market Trading
- 15:48 Short report writing group
- 17:42 Marijuana company investigation reveals fraud
- 23:00 How to spot scams to short
- 25:10 Short scam after visiting overseas company
- 26:55 How hard is it to find stocks to sell short?
- 28:55 Fees associated with shorting stocks
- 33:10 How often can he spot fraud?
- 34:10 Meme Stock Short and Sympathy Play
- 37:07 Avoid highly shorted stocks
- 40:10 Short Squeeze Mechanics
- 42:48 HKD’s epic rise and fall story
- 47:40 How to track short interest rates daily
- 51:20 Forced buy-in
- 53:30 What David looks for in the charts when shorting
- 56:55 What David struggles with the most
- 58:20 goals
- 59:45 How to get in touch with David
David Capablanca