# The Pro Quant Playbook: Finding, Testing & Automating Trading Edges

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Podcast: [The Friendly Bear](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-friendly-bear-verified-trader-3832424)
Published: 2026-07-22T15:00:00+00:00
Episode link: http://www.shortsellingmaster.com
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Send us Fan Mail In this episode, discretionary trader and author of Short Selling Master, David Capablanca aka sits down with algorithmic trading expert Dave Mabe to break down how discretionary and systematic traders can actually work together instead of staying in their own lanes. Dave has been trading systematically for nearly 20 years and works closely with traders at SMB Capital. He shares practical insights on backtesting, building automated edges, handling small-cap environments fill...

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