Welcome to another Trade The Pool funded trader interview! Today, we have Kevin Avery, one of our Live Trading Room host, who passed the $25,000 MAX evaluation.
Kevin achieved a 58% success rate with a 1:1 risk-reward ratio by shorting penny stocks like $KRKR.
Check out how he fades multi‑day runners — and the risk rules that got him funded
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Watch Kevin’s Interview
“Trade The Pool’s daily pause it protects you. On that one $QMMM trade, it went much higher. And I only lost a minimum amount”
Trading Style
Kevin trades exclusively on the short side, reacting to resistance with setups like multi‑day “hangover” fades, head‑and‑shoulders, and post‑halt bear flags.
He keeps positions small, scales dynamically with early partials, trails leftovers, and avoids pre‑market aggression in favor of regular‑hour confirmation.
What Moved $KRKR— Week of September 19, 2025
36Kr Holdings Inc. ($KRKR) fell 3.2% to $4.92 on September 19, 2025, as investors rotated into larger cap tech during a Nasdaq pullback sparked by hawkish Fed comments. Trading volume jumped 45% above average, signaling profit‑taking after an 18% two‑week rally, with RSI easing from overbought levels above 70.
More About Kevin
Kevin began trading in 2016 during college, spending eight years testing strategies in chat rooms. Volatility taught him psychology outweighs analysis. After a near miss and tilting max loss, he refocused on this MAX evaluation with more rigid rules and scaling more in when he has enough buffer.
Kevin’s Tips
- Learning from drawdowns: “You only learn in the drawdowns. Those drawdowns get seared into your memory. You don’t really learn through the wins.”
- Building a buffer first: “I really try to focus on not getting aggressive just in recovery days, but getting aggressive when I’m green.”
- Confirmation over anticipation: “With shorting, I don’t predict — I just react to price action, always choosing confirmation over anticipation.”
Funded Trader, Kevin Avery – Closing Thoughts
Kevin plans to improve his risk-reward ratio in the funded phase by extending his winners more. He’s funded with $25,000 buying power.
You can catch him every Tuesday and Thursday in our Live Trading Room.
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