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Short Selling Master Turned $29k into 7 Figures with 90% Win Rate w/ David Capablanca

4 Aug 2026 · 36 min · Episode 335

Episode Short Selling Master Turned $29k into 7 Figures with 90% Win Rate w/ David Capablanca

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David Capablanca is a professional short seller, author of Short Selling Master, and founder of Fugazi Research. Originally trained as an architect, his path into trading began after surviving a brain tumor, graduating

Full episode + show notes: https://tradingnut.com/david-capablanca/

Key moments

• [14:46] "Put your 10,000 plus hours into one specific thing." • [15:43] "Devour any information you can on your niche." • [20:54] "You've got to survive your learning curve." • [23:55] "Make the decision early on that you're never going to give up." • [24:59] "Focus on the solution, cut out what's not working, and keep improving." • [26:33] "Have a strict trading criteria." • [27:48] "Chinese stocks are a red flag. Stay away." • [28:54] "Understand there's a lot of manipulation. Don't put yourself in the way of danger." • [30:19] "No nano floats. No Chinese stocks. No Asian stocks." • [31:41] "Become a better person overall because many habits aren't conducive to trading." • [32:38] "Watch your thoughts and choose your words." • [33:30] "Journal and analyze why you broke your rules."

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duTlROR0ofU