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I Went From Taxi Driver To Full-Time Day Trader In episode 553 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, you will be listening to an interview with Kevin Hunt to talk about how he went from losing everything in business to becoming a full-time trader living in Thailand. Kevin shares the terrifying moment he burned his last safety net and how that pressure became the catalyst for mastering the one thing most traders ignore: their own psychology. He dives into his simple, mechanical approach to the London session and why having a set of rules isn't enough—you have to learn how to lose before you can win. The video is also available for you to watch on YouTube. >> Watch the video recording! Topics Covered In This Episode 00:00 Introduction 00:52 What's new with Kevin Hunt? 03:18 How he started trading 06:13 Moving from London to Thailand 09:10 Losing his "safety net" and finally trading full-time 10:17 Advice on jumping to full-time trading now vs. keeping a day job 13:50 Kevin's simple system 16:49 Why simple isn't easy 21:21 Why constantly changing methods kill consistency 25:31 The price of long‑term profitability 27:12 Community (Slack) cured loneliness and kept him accountable 29:46 Why sharing success with others matters 30:54 Where to find Kevin Hunt What did you like best in this podcast episode? Let's talk in the comments below, or join me in the Facebook group! Desire To Trade's Top Resources DesireToTRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist One-Page Trading Plan (free template) Recommended brokers: EightCap (preferred Crypto and FX Broker) AxiTrader (use our link to get a special bonus) Desire To TRADE Academy Get a copy of Prop Trading Secrets (Author: Kathy Lien & Etienne Crete) About The Desire To Trade Podcast Subscribe via iTunes (take 2 seconds and leave the podcast a review!) Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via TuneIn Subscribe via Google Play See all podcast episodes How to find Kevin Hunt Desire To Trade What one thing will you implement after listening to this podcast episode? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group!

Prop Firms Don't Work Like You Think In episode 552 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, you will be listening to an interview with Justin Hertzberg of PropAccounts to talk about how prop firms really work — the risks they hide, why many fail, and what separates the ones that actually pay traders. They walk through real numbers (pass rates, average payouts, account lifespans) and share practical signals you can use to avoid getting burned and to find a prop program that supports steady, sustainable trading growth. The video is also available for you to watch on YouTube. >> Watch the video recording! >>Scale up with our funded accounts for Forex, crypto, and futures (30% off): https://go.fundedaccounts.io/ Topics Covered In This Episode 00:00 Introduction 01:30 Justin Hertzberg's work with prop firms 02:30 What differentiates prop firms 04:06 The "printing money" myth 07:09 Asymmetric risk explained 08:22 Why 95% of prop firms are insolvent 09:42 How to spot a firm that will pay you 11:09 Live accounts vs. demo accounts 15:06 How prop firms hedge risk 15:59 Real stats: passing rates, payouts, account lifespan 18:05 Why challenge fees have a "floor" 19:33 Prop firm rules: what's changing 21:59 The MetaQuotes shake-up 24:54 Why brokers are getting into prop firms 26:42 Standalone firms vs. broker-backed firms 29:19 Average lifespan of a funded account 30:29 Where to find Justin Hertzberg (links below) What did you like best in this podcast episode? Let's talk in the comments below, or join me in the Facebook group! Desire To Trade's Top Resources DesireToTRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist One-Page Trading Plan (free template) Recommended brokers: EightCap (preferred Crypto and FX Broker) AxiTrader (use our link to get a special bonus) Desire To TRADE Academy Get a copy of Prop Trading Secrets (Author: Kathy Lien & Etienne Crete) About The Desire To Trade Podcast Subscribe via iTunes (take 2 seconds and leave the podcast a review!) Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via TuneIn Subscribe via Google Play See all podcast episodes How to find Justin Hertzberg Justin's email: [email protected] fpfxtech.com propaccount.com What one thing will you implement after listening to this podcast episode? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group!

12 Years of Trading Knowledge in 25 Minutes In episode 551 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, you will be listening to an interview with BlackSheep Academy's César Barriga, a trader who struggled for 10 years to become consistently profitable. César shares the hard lessons from that journey, from losing family money to finally finding peace with a simple, hybrid approach. He breaks down exactly why he now does the opposite of most retail traders and how he keeps his strategy so simple that he can explain it in a few minutes. The video is also available for you to watch on YouTube. >> Watch the video recording! Topics Covered In This Episode 00:00 Introduction 00:43 Who is César Barriga and what's his trading style? 02:11 How he started trading and his 20-year journey 04:16 How forex pulled him in 05:25 The brutal 10-year road to profitability 08:00 Learning what the top 1% of winning traders were doing 09:42 Finding retail sentiment online and building an edge 12:09 Retail trading or the opposite? 14:05 Finding the balance between simple and complicated strategies 16:18 Getting into algo trading through a mentor 18:24 Using AI to code strategies and validating them 20:49 César's hybrid approach (manual and algo) 22:55 How mindset affects your trades 26:23 Why beginners must start manual before ever touching automation 27:20 Where to find César Barriga (links below) What did you like best in this podcast episode? Let's talk in the comments below, or join me in the Facebook group! Desire To Trade's Top Resources DesireToTRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist One-Page Trading Plan (free template) Recommended brokers: EightCap (preferred Crypto and FX Broker) AxiTrader (use our link to get a special bonus) Desire To TRADE Academy Get a copy of Prop Trading Secrets (Author: Kathy Lien & Etienne Crete) About The Desire To Trade Podcast Subscribe via iTunes (take 2 seconds and leave the podcast a review!) Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via TuneIn Subscribe via Google Play See all podcast episodes How to find César Barriga BlackSheep Legacy (English) Instagram: @cesktrades What one thing will you implement after listening to this podcast episode? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group!

From Journalist To Full-Time Trader: How I Did It In episode 550 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, you will be listening to an interview with "The Crypto Trader" Glen Goodman, who went from reporting on financial markets to eventually trading for a living. He opens up about losing money early on despite being a financial reporter, why being right about the market isn't enough, and the one rule that saved his trading career (and will save yours too). The video is also available for you to watch on YouTube. >> Watch the video recording! Topics Covered In This Episode 00:00 Introduction 00:28 Who is Glen Goodman? 02:30 Why people think trading is easy 05:35 How it began—trading while working as a financial journalist 10:25 The shift from stable income to full-time trading 11:27 What markets he started with 14:37 Walking through his trading style 19:38 Price action vs. indicators—what he actually uses 24:13 Why he doesn't short crypto (and the math behind it) 26:57 The #1 rule most traders ignore 30:44 Where to find Glen's book and connect with him (link below) What did you like best in this podcast episode? Let's talk in the comments below, or join me in the Facebook group! Desire To Trade's Top Resources DesireToTRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist One-Page Trading Plan (free template) Recommended brokers: EightCap (preferred Crypto and FX Broker) AxiTrader (use our link to get a special bonus) Desire To TRADE Academy Get a copy of Prop Trading Secrets (Author: Kathy Lien & Etienne Crete) About The Desire To Trade Podcast Subscribe via iTunes (take 2 seconds and leave the podcast a review!) Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via TuneIn Subscribe via Google Play See all podcast episodes How to find Glen Goodman glengoodman.com Glen on X: x.com/glengoodman The Crypto Trader book What one thing will you implement after listening to this podcast episode? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group!

Why I Trade 25 Strategies After 17 Years of Trading In episode 549 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, you will be listening to an interview with Dave Mabe, who's been trading for more than 20 years, sharing how nearly quitting during a massive drawdown pushed him to rethink everything about how he trades. What started as one working idea turned into 25 fully automated strategies running every day. He also dives into the hardest lesson of his career—trading through a brutal drawdown—and how it forced him to build a system for creating new strategies. The video is also available for you to watch on YouTube. >> Watch the video recording! Topics Covered In This Episode 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 (link below) What did you like best in this podcast episode? Let's talk in the comments below, or join me in the Facebook group! Desire To Trade's Top Resources DesireToTRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist One-Page Trading Plan (free template) Recommended brokers: EightCap (preferred Crypto and FX Broker) AxiTrader (use our link to get a special bonus) Desire To TRADE Academy Get a copy of Prop Trading Secrets (Author: Kathy Lien & Etienne Crete) About The Desire To Trade Podcast Subscribe via iTunes (take 2 seconds and leave the podcast a review!) Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via TuneIn Subscribe via Google Play See all podcast episodes How to find Dave Mabe Dave's free backtesting course What one thing will you implement after listening to this podcast episode? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group!

Making A Living Trading For 30+ Years - Revealing His Secrets In episode 548 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, you will be listening to an interview with 30-year veteran trader Michael Martin discussing the reality of trading for a living and managing institutional capital. Michael shares his journey from a working-class background to working with legendary traders. He talks about early mistakes, tough lessons, and the mental rewiring that helped him stay in the game long enough to win. The video is also available for you to watch on YouTube. >> Watch the video recording! Topics Covered In This Episode 00:00 Introduction 00:58 Michael's current work with Victor Spirandio and systematized models 02:50 Early life and his pentrepreneurial grit 07:54 How he started as a trader 12:28 Michael's trading style 17:05 How he found people he can trade for 20:16 Results of trading his own money 24:38 How he stayed in the game for 30+ years 29:20 How does communication affect trading 33:16 The core message of Michael's book 38:13 Where to find Michael Martin What did you like best in this podcast episode? Let's talk in the comments below, or join me in the Facebook group! Desire To Trade's Top Resources DesireToTRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist One-Page Trading Plan (free template) Recommended brokers: EightCap (preferred Crypto and FX Broker) AxiTrader (use our link to get a special bonus) Desire To TRADE Academy Get a copy of Prop Trading Secrets (Author: Kathy Lien & Etienne Crete) About The Desire To Trade Podcast Subscribe via iTunes (take 2 seconds and leave the podcast a review!) Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via TuneIn Subscribe via Google Play See all podcast episodes What one thing will you implement after listening to this podcast episode? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group! How to find Michael Martin Inner Voice of Trading Free Audiobook What one thing will you implement after listening to this podcast episode? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group!

How To Make A Living Trading With AI In episode 547 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, you will be listening to an interview with professor and AI expert Dr. Matloob Khushi, sharing why he stopped believing in universal trading algorithms after spending years trying to build one. He walks through what he actually teaches his PhD students—and why most people claiming to trade with AI are really just feeding screenshots into a black box that's already seen tomorrow's prices. No hype, just the uncomfortable reality of what it takes to build something that actually holds up. The video is also available for you to watch on YouTube. >> Watch the video recording! Topics Covered In This Episode 00:00 Introduction 01:01 How he learned algo trading and his background with AI 03:22 Teaching trading: from basics to AI integration 05:08 Bridging discretionary trading and algorithms 08:11 Data utilization in AI trading 11:43 The complexity of AI in trading 13:11 Backtesting and confidence in algorithms 15:32 The hard truth about trading with AI 21:07 Continuous monitoring and emotional factors in trading 25:45 Algorithm management and broker considerations What did you like best in this podcast episode? Let's talk in the comments below, or join me in the Facebook group! Desire To Trade's Top Resources DesireToTRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist One-Page Trading Plan (free template) Recommended brokers: EightCap (preferred Crypto and FX Broker) AxiTrader (use our link to get a special bonus) Desire To TRADE Academy Get a copy of Prop Trading Secrets (Author: Kathy Lien & Etienne Crete) About The Desire To Trade Podcast Subscribe via iTunes (take 2 seconds and leave the podcast a review!) Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via TuneIn Subscribe via Google Play See all podcast episodes What one thing will you implement after listening to this podcast episode? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group! How to find Dr. Matloob Khushi Dr. Matloob Khushi's publications What one thing will you implement after listening to this podcast episode? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group!

Become a Consistently Profitable Trader in 2026 (1-Hour Masterclass) In episode 546 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, we will be listening to six professional traders revealing the hard truths that transformed their careers—from the long-term mindset that actually works, to the systematic rules that finally overcame emotional trading, and how to read markets instead of trying to predict them. The video is also available for you to watch on YouTube. >> Watch the video recording! Topics Covered In This Episode 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:25 Austin Silver - What consistency really means as a trader 00:13:19 Adam Grimes - Practical psychology tools for trading discipline 00:27:15 TraderNick - The long-term mindset that works 00:34:22 Sunny J. Harris - How to adapt and evolve your trading over your career 00:41:29 Dave Floyd - Reading markets, not predicting them 00:54:50 Paras Jandwani - How systematic rules overcome emotional trading What did you like best in this podcast episode? Let's talk in the comments below, or join me in the Facebook group! Desire To Trade's Top Resources DesireToTRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist One-Page Trading Plan (free template) Recommended brokers: EightCap (preferred Crypto and FX Broker) AxiTrader (use our link to get a special bonus) Desire To TRADE Academy About The Desire To Trade Podcast Subscribe via iTunes (take 2 seconds and leave the podcast a review!) Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via TuneIn Subscribe via Google Play See all podcast episodes What one thing will you implement after listening to this podcast episode? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group!