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Friendly Bear Conference 2025

10.10.2025 | lOS ANGELES

with special guest speakers

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About the conference

Join us for Friendly Bear Conference 4 at City Club LA in Los Angeles, featuring bestselling author Tom Hougaard (Best Loser Wins) and master trader David Capablanca. This premier trading event covers everything from advanced trading strategies to trading psychology. Expand your knowledge, connect with top traders, and elevate your trading skills with millionaire traders, industry experts, and more!

Following the main conference on Friday, October 10, Tom Hougaard and David Capablanca will host a private dinner with 5 VIP ticket holders. Gain exclusive access, networking opportunities, and behind-the-scenes insights into the mindset of elite traders. (Grab your VIP ticket here)

In addition to the conference, there will be an exclusive LIVE trading workshop before the conference on Thursday, October 9 held by master trader David Capablanca. This immersive experience combines LIVE trading deep dives with advanced strategies offering you direct access to the processes and techniques David follows and teaches at Friendly Bear University. (Grab your ticket here)

2025 Featured Speakers Elite Traders & experts

DAVID CAPABLANCA

Verified 7-figure 90% win-ratio short sell trader, Founder of Friendly Bear University, Friendly Bear Podcast, Fugazi Research. David is an architect turned master trader who's journey is more than just numbers; it's a story of personal growth and relentless commitment to honing his skills. Today, he is not merely a trader; he's a mentor and a passionate advocate for short selling.

TOM HOUGAARD

Trader and bestselling author of Best Loser Wins, Tom Hougaard studied economics and finance in the UK then went on to work for JPMorgan Chase before spending the next 10 years in the City of London as a Chief Market Strategist for a CFD broker. Tom has self-published several works on trading psychology, price action and product knowledge.

ADAM GEFVERT

Adam Gefvert, CFA is a verified 8-figure trader who specializes in short selling. Adam is also one of the lead analysts of White Diamond Research. Adam began his journey as a poker pro while working for hedge funds on Wall Street. Now, Adam has put a lot of his trading profits in high interest rate loan investments, is financially secure, and wants to give back to the trading community.

AUSTIN SILVER

Austin Silver is a professional day trader with nearly a decade of experience, starting his career on Wall Street before founding ASFX, a leading education company for active traders. Through his proven VWAP-based system, he’s helped hundreds of traders achieve consistency. He’s also led seminars across the country and built one of the most trusted communities in the trading space.

LUCAS MARIN

Lucas Marin is verified 6-figure trader with 15 years of experience in financial markets. He is an Enterpreneur and Business Developer at Blackarrow (Nelogica), the new cutting-edge technology trading platform for US Equities market.

KOSTA ZENELLIS

Kosta Zenelis studied Electronic and Computer Engineering at Imperial College, University of London. He worked as an algo developer on Wall Street in 2000 and transitioned to trading in 2005, where he focused on Equity Institutional Execution & Algorithmic Trading. Recently, he started exploring how the trading world can evolve to the next level of profits with the help of AI and institutional algorithms and execution solutions.

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Friday, 10/10/2025

8:00am - 4:00pm: Full Day Conference, Full Day Agenda Coming Soon
7:00pm -9:00pm: VIP Private Dinner w/ Tom Hougaard & David Capablanca (5 tickets only)