Our first guest on Market Masters was Fabrizio Alessandro, a trend-following and mean-reversion trader with over seven years of experience in the financial markets. Fabrizio is one of the talented traders behind DARWIN FFG, which has impressively achieved a 75% return since its inception. Launched on Darwinex in June 2023, this trading strategy currently has $2,800,000+ in Assets under Management from more than 300 investors.
Fabrizio’s trading journey began in 2016 when he was working as a financial advisor at an Italian bank. Unfulfilled by his role as a salesman for financial products, he discovered online trading through a friend and was “immediately fascinated”. This newfound passion led him to eventually create an online community where he met his current colleagues. Together, they developed an academy focused on the MT4, MT5, and cTrader platforms, producing over 300 indicators and Expert Advisors.
For the first eight to nine months of his trading, Fabrizio went without a single loss. However, he quickly learned the importance of avoiding over-confidence: “When you feel unbeatable, you are bound to understand certain situations”.
After two years of continuous learning and experimenting with various strategies, he realised that to find consistent profitability he needed to set specific monetary targets for himself. Fabrizio started breaking down his monthly targets into the number of trades, pips, and lot sizes needed for him to earn a living from trading, and discovered a sustainable approach: focusing on setups that yielded 25 pips per trade with a mini lot size. This disciplined approach led to consistent profits and has been the cornerstone of his success for the past few years.
Initially hesitant to manage other people’s money, Fabrizio then found Darwinex that offered a controlled environment providing a sense of security for both him and potential investors. Today, Fabrizio makes sure to steer clear of unstable markets, such as exotic currencies, to reduce potential risks. His strategy prioritises safety, stability, and minimising drawdowns to ensure his investors feel as secure as possible.
When asked what distinguishes successful traders, Fabrizio noted that it takes a lot of drive and dedication in the beginning before you can become profitable. “You need to want to do this thing, wake up every morning and chase after your setups”. He also explained that the path to profitability involves extensive study, setting up a sound trading system, and applying it consistently (“easier said than done”).
Accumulating experience and understanding market behaviour are also key components of success according to Fabrizio. As a final piece of advice, he underscored the proactive nature of trading:
“You cannot wait for the market to pay you or make you rich;
you have to decide what you want to take from the market.”
If you want to dive deeper into Fabrizio’s trend-following and mean-reversion strategies and learn more about how he uses the market’s risk profile to improve his performance, don’t miss our chat with him in our interview show, Market Masters:
