Guest Appearance on Desire to Trade
By Dave Mabe
Ettienne had me on the Desire to Trade podcast to talk about systematic trading and how backtesting is a trading superpower.
Here are the show notes:
[00:00] Introduction
[00:37] Who is Dave Mabe?
[01:06] Fully automated trading vs manual execution
[01:40] How Dave started trading
[04:04] The problem with learning from intuition-based traders
[05:50] Can you really make money with discretionary trading?
[06:45] First automated strategy: success or failure?
[09:28] Do algo traders struggle with emotions too?
[11:09] Is coding required for automated trading in 2026?
[12:13] Why backtests look great but live trading fails
[15:48] How much variance between backtest and live is acceptable?
[16:45] What separates traders who quit from those who last 20 years
[19:51] Generating new trading strategies consistently
[23:30] Is there a limit to how many strategies you can run?
[24:46] Where to find Dave Mabe and his free backtesting course
Sharing is caring!
If you enjoyed this episode, please consider sharing it with a few friends who might find it useful. Thanks!
-Dave
P.S. Afraid to size up because you don’t trust your edge? Build confidence to trade your strategy with bigger size with MabeKit. Get Instant Access