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Gotobi Samurai - first 9 Gotobi days on a demo account: 26 trades, including the losing day

13 November 2026, 10:09
Cesar De Los Reyes Sanchez
Cesar De Los Reyes Sanchez
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I have been running the Gotobi strategy on a demo account since 5 October 2026. This post shows every result so far, the good days and the bad one, so you can judge the strategy with real numbers and not with promises.

Risk notice: this is a DEMO account with a very small sample. It is not a live result and it does not guarantee anything. Trading leveraged products involves a high risk of loss.

1. What was tested

  • Strategy: Gotobi Samurai rules - one SELL per Gotobi day at the Tokyo fixing (09:55 JST), stop loss 15 pips, closed by time at 10:15 JST. No martingale, no grid, no averaging down.
  • Pairs: USDJPY, EURJPY and GBPJPY (one chart per pair, one trade per pair per Gotobi day).
  • Account: MetaTrader 5 DEMO account of about 320 USD, lot 0.03 per trade (0.04 on the last day).
  • Period: 5 October to 13 November 2026, 9 Gotobi days. Results below are from the account trade log, after commission and swap (both were zero in this log).
  • Note: the demo has been running an earlier internal build of Gotobi Samurai with the same rules and default settings. Check the product page for the current version.

2. The numbers (26 trades)

  • Winning trades: 22. Losing trades: 4.
  • Net result: +44.32 USD on a demo account of about 320 USD.
  • Average winner: +2.26 USD. Average loser: -1.35 USD.
  • Best trade: +4.98 USD. Worst trade: -2.53 USD.
  • Gotobi days: 8 positive, 1 negative.
  • Largest fall of the running result: -5.02 USD (the last day).

Result per Gotobi day (USD, all pairs together)

Gotobi dayTradesNet result (USD)
05/10/20262+7.89
09/10/20263+7.61
15/10/20263+9.01
20/10/20263+2.07
23/10/20263+7.54
30/10/20263+5.65
05/11/20263+7.07
10/11/20263+2.50
13/11/20263-5.02
Total26+44.32

On 5 October only two of the three pairs traded.

3. The losing day

The last day (13 November) was the first losing day: all three pairs lost, a total of -5.02 USD (EURJPY -2.08, GBPJPY -2.53, USDJPY -0.41). The yen did not move the way the strategy expects at the fixing, and the stop loss and the time exit did their work. This is exactly why the EA always trades with a fixed stop loss. One negative day after eight positive ones is normal; it will happen again.

Before that, the smallest result was +0.08 USD on a single trade (GBPJPY, 10 November), and one trade lost -0.39 USD (EURJPY, 30 October).

4. What these numbers do not prove

  • 26 trades on 9 days is a small sample. A good start does not mean the strategy will keep winning.
  • A demo account can have better fills and spreads than a real account. At the fixing hour spread and slippage can be larger on a live account, and they matter for a trade that lasts only 20 minutes.
  • Gotobi days are only about 6 to 8 per month, so it takes a long time to collect enough data.
  • Lot sizes were tiny. Real results depend on your broker, your costs and your risk setting.

5. What I will do next

I will keep the demo running and update this post with the new Gotobi days, the losses included. If you want to check it yourself: run Gotobi Samurai in the Strategy Tester on your own broker (every tick based on real ticks, choose your broker's server time rule) and then on a demo account before using real money. The demo version of the product is free to download.

Gotobi Samurai: https://www.mql5.com/en/market/product/206867

Questions and your own demo results are welcome in the comments.

Risk notice: trading involves a high risk of loss; past performance does not guarantee future results. This is not investment advice.

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