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In May 2025, one trader quietly climbed to the top of the DarwinIA GOLD leaderboard. His DARWIN, LBXP, climbed to an AuM of €560,000 in seed capital and $74K+ from investors, a reward for six months of steady growth, intelligent risk management, and unwavering discipline.
We sat down with the man behind the strategy to learn how he did it, what he’s learned along the way, and what advice he has for traders looking to follow the same path.
LBXP didn’t come from a hedge fund or Wall Street. His roots are much more grounded.
“I’m 47 now. Before diving into trading, I spent a decade working in the federal government. I’m also a proud father of two sons, both 19 now.”
Like many traders, his curiosity was sparked by financial markets during a period of exploration.
So how did he get started?
“My first exposure came around 2013 while exploring investment options. Trading just clicked. It combined analysis, psychology, and strategy in a way that suited how I think. That was over a decade ago, and I’ve been at it ever since.”
We asked how his DARWIN journey began, and the answer wasn’t a fairy tale of instant success.
“My journey started out slow. If you look at my stats, I was negative for most of 2024. I was still refining the strategy.”
It’s a powerful reminder that consistency and perseverance matter far more than early results, LBXP could’ve walked away during a tough first year, but instead he chose to reflect, refine, and stay the course. That decision is now paying off in a big way.
LBXP shared that teaching others actually became a surprising turning point in his development.
“I started teaching a couple of people, and after each session, I found improvements to make my own process more streamlined. I spent most of that year refining while building my track record on the platform.”
That groundwork led to a powerful shift in 2025. He entered the May edition of DarwinIA focused on one thing: consistency.
“I didn’t go in trying to ‘win’ by being aggressive. I just stuck to my process. When markets became volatile, I didn’t panic—I adjusted exposure and stayed patient. Adaptability doesn’t always mean changing direction. Sometimes it means holding your ground.”
When it comes to the actual strategy behind LBXP, it’s all about keeping it clean and repeatable.
“I trade supply and demand using the previous day’s high/low and the opening range of the week as key confirmation levels. These zones help me spot where liquidity sits and where price is likely to react.”
His preferred timeframes are the 4-hour and 1-hour charts, and he typically places 1–3 trades per week.
“The system is intentionally simple. Fewer rules. More consistency. Every week I’m looking for the same setup and focusing on execution, not prediction.”
No successful trader scales without having risk locked in.
We asked him how he approaches capital protection and drawdown management.
“Position sizing is dynamic, based on pair volatility and current drawdown. If my performance dips, exposure is automatically reduced. There are strict limits on daily loss, max drawdown, and risk per trade.”
His stats back that up. LBXP boasts a 1.22 profit factor, a 1.61 payoff ratio, and an average winning trade duration of over 2 hours—double the average losing trade.
Every trader battles inner obstacles. So what’s LBXP’s biggest strength?
“Emotional discipline. I don’t revenge trade, and I’m comfortable staying flat when there’s no setup. That’s huge.”
And what’s the biggest weakness?
“Over-optimization. It’s easy to tweak a strategy after a drawdown. But I’ve learned the difference between a broken strategy and natural variance.”
He credits COVID-19 as a turning point for building lasting structure.
“That period gave me time to focus. I built a daily routine—review key levels, assess news risk, journal trades, use a checklist. Before then, I knew what to do, but wasn’t consistent with it.”
Securing €500,000 in DarwinIA GOLD seed capital was a big moment—but it didn’t change the game plan.
“It’s validation, sure, but also a responsibility. It hasn’t changed the strategy—but it’s made me focus even more on execution quality.”
So what would LBXP tell those looking to follow in his footsteps?
“Don’t chase performance—chase consistency. The market rewards discipline. Focus on building a stable track record. If you manage risk well over time, the allocations will come.”
With momentum behind him, the next step is about scaling responsibly.
“The goal is to maintain strong risk-adjusted returns while expanding carefully. I may look into adding new instruments, but only if they fit the model. DarwinIA opened the door—it’s up to me what I do next.”
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