I have rephrased my original post to:
Can you make a decent living from a US$20,000 trading account?
And again I would answer:
That depends on the country you are at and the cost of living there.
For example, the monthly cost of living in some Asian countries are:
Burma: US$116.00
Cambodia: US$128.00
Vietnam: US$216.00
Philippines: US$321.00
Indonesia: US$338.00
Thailand: US$605.00
China: US$868.00
Malaysia: US$936.00
South Korea: US$2,816.00
Japan: US$3,476.00
Hong Kong: US$4,233.00
Singapore: US$4,966.00
On the lower spectrum, the average cost of living is around US$224.00 per month which, on a USD20k trading account amounts to (based on 21 days trading month) around US$10.70 daily profits.
On the second tier, the average cost of living is around US$803.00 per month which, on a USD20k trading account amounts to (based on 21 days trading month) around US$38.20 daily profits.
On the higher tier, the average cost of living is around US$3,873.00 per month which, on a USD20k trading account amounts to (based on 21 days trading month) around US$184.40 daily profits.
Traveling around Southeast Asia on the budget end, you should be able to live on an average daily budget of about $50-$60/day for two people and/or around $35-$40/day for solo travelers. So trading the forex market while on the go might be an ideal & viable way to self finance the trip & adventure.
I am pretty sure that most intermediate & advance Traders can very easily derived a relatively small daily profits from a US$20k trading account without raising a sweat:
1) 0.1% = US$20.00 x21 trading days = US$420.00
2) 0.2% = US$40.00 x21 trading days = US$840.00
3) 0.3% = US$60.00 x21 trading days = US$1,260.00
4) 0.4% = US$80.00 x21 trading days = US$1,680.00
5) 0.5% = US$100.00 x21 trading days = US$2,100.00
6) 0.6% = US$120.00 x21 trading days = US$2,520.00
7) 0.7% = US$140.00 x21 trading days = US$2,940.00
8) 0.8% = US$160.00 x21 trading days = US$3,360.00
9) 0.9% = US$180.00 x21 trading days = US$3,780.00
10) 1.0% = US$200.00 x21 trading days = US$4,200.00
So, yes, I would say conclusively that Asian Forex Traders can make a decent living with a US$20k trading account.