Who Is Fabio Valentini? NQ Scalper & DeepCharts Co-Founder
Fabio Valentini is an Italian futures trader who scalps Nasdaq-100 (NQ) futures with order flow and auction market theory. He co-founded the order-flow platform DeepCharts, and the official Robbins World Cup standings list four top-three finishes for him in its quarterly futures day-trading championship between 2023 and 2025. He teaches on YouTube as Fabervaale.
Fabio Valentini at a glance (as of October 2026)
- Competition record: 2nd in Q4 2023, 3rd in Q1 2024, 2nd in Q4 2024 and 3rd in Q1 2025 (Robbins World Cup quarterly futures day trading)
- Market: NQ (E-mini Nasdaq-100) futures
- Method: auction market theory plus order flow
- Company: co-founder of DeepCharts (Volumetrica Trading, Italy)
- YouTube: @fabervaale, about 56K subscribers
- Teaching: order-flow masterclass on World Class Edge
Robbins World Cup Results
The Robbins World Cup Trading Championships have run since 1983. Entrants trade real money in real time, with a $10,000 account minimum for the futures events, and the leaderboard is public. Fabio's placings come from the quarterly Futures Day Trading Championship, not the annual 12-month World Cup:
| Quarter | Place | Net return |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | 2nd | 68.6% |
| Q1 2024 | 3rd | 89.5% |
| Q4 2024 | 2nd | 218.3% |
| Q1 2025 | 3rd | 169.7% |
These are podium finishes, not outright wins, so "three-time champion" claims that circulate online overstate the record. World Class Edge bills him as a "Multiple Vice World Champion in Trading", which matches the two second places. Each quarter is a separate contest, so the returns can't be added into one "total return".
Interviewers have billed him as the best scalper on the planet (for example this Alex Ruiz interview). That is a nickname, not a ranking. The audited quarterly placings above are the verifiable part.
How Fabio Trades: Auction Market Theory and Order Flow
Fabio's YouTube channel includes a complete auction market theory course and NQ scalping sessions recorded on DeepCharts. The framework rests on a few ideas:
- Balance and imbalance: the market spends most of its time rotating around accepted value, then breaks out when initiative buyers or sellers take control.
- Value area: the price range holding roughly 70% of a session's volume. Its edges (VAH and VAL) are where responsive traders tend to act. Our VAH, VAL and POC volume profile guide covers the mechanics.
- Order flow as the trigger: delta, absorption and aggressive market orders at those edges show whether a level is holding or breaking. See the footprint charts guide and the order flow trading guide for how traders read them.
NQ moves fast and stays liquid through the New York session, which suits short holding periods. If you want to scalp it on funded capital, check which firms allow short holds in our comparison of prop firms for scalping. His holding times, win rates and trade counts aren't published, so this profile doesn't quote any.
DeepCharts
DeepCharts is the order-flow platform Fabio records his NQ sessions on. According to German trading publication Kagels Trading, its developer, Volumetrica Trading S.r.l. of Rovigo, Italy, was founded by Fabio and Andrea Cimitan (Andrea Cimi), whose profile covers the platform's tools and the pair's World Class Edge education business.
Where to Follow Fabio Valentini
- YouTube: @fabervaale (auction market theory, risk management and NQ scalping videos)
- DeepCharts: deepcharts.com
- World Class Edge: worldclassedge.com
- LinkedIn: in/fabervaale
What Traders Can Take From His Record
- Prove it in public. Real-money competition placings carry more weight than screenshots or the single-session P&L figures in video titles, a format common on channels like Craig Percoco's YouTube day-trading channel.
- Specialise. One market (NQ) and one framework (auction plus order flow), learned deeply.
- Trade from location. Wait for price to reach a level that matters, then let order flow confirm the trade. ICT-style educators such as PB Blake's PB Trading frame location through liquidity and premium/discount zones instead of volume.
Inspired by Championship-Level Trading?
Fabio's success is built on understanding market structure and executing with precision. At FuturesHive, we teach the same principles: order flow awareness, Market Auction Theory basics, and the disciplined execution required for consistent profits.
FAQ
Who is Fabio Valentini?
Fabio Valentini is an Italian futures trader who scalps Nasdaq-100 (NQ) futures using order flow and auction market theory. He co-founded the order-flow platform DeepCharts and has four top-three finishes in the Robbins World Cup quarterly futures day-trading championship (2023 to 2025).
Has Fabio Valentini won the Robbins World Cup?
Not outright. The official historical standings list him 2nd in Q4 2023 and Q4 2024 and 3rd in Q1 2024 and Q1 2025 of the quarterly Futures Day Trading Championship. Each quarter is a separate contest, so the returns cannot be added together.
What is auction market theory?
Auction market theory treats price as an auction that moves to find buyers and sellers. Markets alternate between balance, where price rotates around accepted value, and imbalance, where initiative buyers or sellers push price to a new area of value.
Sources
- World Cup Trading Championships: Historical Standings: Fabio Valentini's quarterly placings and net returns.
- World Cup Trading Championships: Home: running since 1983, real-money accounts, $10,000 futures minimum.
- Kagels Trading: Deepcharts Erfahrungen: Volumetrica Trading S.r.l. and its founders, Fabio Valentini and Andrea Cimitan.
- DeepCharts: Official site: product features.
- World Class Edge: Fabio's order-flow masterclass and "Multiple Vice World Champion" billing.
- YouTube: Fabervaale: his channel, auction market theory course and NQ scalping sessions.
- YouTube: Alex Ruiz interview with Fabio Valentini: the "best scalper on the planet" billing.