Desire To Trade Podcast | Forex Trading & Interviews with Highly Successful Traders 537: He Quit Everything to Trade for a Living (Kevin Hunt)
Dec 8, 2025
Kevin Hunt, a professional forex trader and author who transformed his life after losing a business, shares his inspiring journey from the UK to Thailand. He emphasizes the importance of mindset, patience, and maintaining a simple trading lifestyle. Kevin delves into his trading strategies, including scalping and red-news trading, while discussing the challenges of risk management. He also explains how he integrates trading income with investments in ETFs and crypto, all while teaching others to achieve trading success.
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From Losing Everything To Finding Thailand
- Kevin lost his IT company in 2010 and went to India to heal and reset his mindset.
- He fell in love with Thailand on a 2012 visit and decided he had to make it his home.
Poolside Demo Win Then Live Account Blow
- Kevin opened a demo forex account by the hotel pool and made demo profits, then blew the live account next day.
- That failure pushed him to look for mentors and proper education.
Mindset Revealed By Teaching His Partner
- Teaching his partner exposed mindset differences that explained his earlier failures.
- Kevin realized calmness and methodical behavior outperform ego-driven trading.
