Tokyo Dawn Carry Daily GBPJPY
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- Version: 1.21
🎁 Limited-Time Free Release (normally 45 USD)
Tokyo Dawn Carry Daily GBPJPY is currently free for a limited time. This is a campaign so that more traders can check how the EA actually behaves on their own broker feed. It is not a crippled or restricted build: it is the same EA that was sold, with an unlimited-use licence.
The campaign may end without notice and the product may return to its regular price of 45 USD. If you are considering it, please download it during this period.
⚠ Free does not mean risk-free. This is a buy-only directional strategy on GBPJPY, so it loses money when the pair falls. Verify it in the Strategy Tester and on a demo account first, then start with a small lot size and only with money you can afford to lose.
Tokyo Dawn Carry in 30 seconds
- Platform: MetaTrader 5 only (there is no MT4 version)
- Symbol: GBPJPY only
- Timeframe: H1
- Decision time: conditions are checked at 01:00 GMT; it buys only if they are met
- Exit: the core position is closed by time around 02:00 GMT (about one hour of exposure)
- Direction: BUY only. It never sells.
- Filters: price-position filter (where the open sits inside the range of the last completed 00:00 GMT H1 bar) plus a spread filter
- Not used: martingale, grid, averaging down
- Safety: emergency stop function
- Optional: Phase 2, a Buy Stop that targets continuation to the upside. It can be turned on or off; a hedging account is recommended if you use it.
- Recommended: low spread and reliable execution, server time GMT+2 in winter and GMT+3 in summer, and a VPS
Three steps after you download
- Step 1: open the MT5 Strategy Tester, select GBPJPY H1 and run 2020 to 2025 with spread and commission close to your own broker's.
- Step 2: look not only at the days it traded but at the days it skipped, at the timed exit about an hour later, and at how it waits and stands down when the spread widens. That behaviour is the character of this EA.
- Step 3: if you use Phase 2, always compare it against a run with Phase 2 off. Then move from demo to a small live lot size.
What is Tokyo Dawn Carry?
Tokyo Dawn Carry is a MetaTrader 5 Expert Advisor for GBPJPY on the H1 timeframe. It evaluates long entries during a defined Tokyo-session window.
The EA checks the position of the current open within the previously completed hourly range and applies a spread filter. If the conditions are not met, it skips the day. The core position is closed by time approximately one hour later. It does not use martingale, grid, or averaging.
This EA is not designed to trade every day. It prioritizes predefined conditions and limited market exposure over trade frequency.
Before purchasing, download the free demo and test GBPJPY H1 in the MT5 Strategy Tester. The demo allows you to inspect entries, skipped days, time exits, and emergency stop behavior.
Strategy overview
The strategy was developed from research into long-side GBPJPY behavior during the early Tokyo session. It does not buy unconditionally at a fixed time. Trades are selected using the following rules.
- Price-position filter: At the GMT 01:00 decision point, the EA refers to the completed GMT 00:00 hourly range. A long entry is considered only when the current open is within the configured part of that range.
- Spread filter: If the spread is above the configured threshold, the EA waits briefly. If conditions do not improve, it skips the day.
- Time exit: The core position is closed around GMT 02:00.
- Optional Phase 2: When enabled, a Buy Stop can be used to participate in continued upside movement. Phase 2 can be turned on or off.
All decisions use completed price data. The strategy does not use look-ahead data.
Risk structure
- No martingale
- No grid
- No averaging
- Long trades only
- Spread-based trade skipping
- Core trade held for approximately one hour
- Emergency stop protection
This is a long-only directional strategy. It can lose during declining markets. GBPJPY is volatile, and economic releases or central-bank events may cause slippage and rapid price movement.
How to read the research results
The following figures are based on historical research using data from 2020 through 2025. They are not live trading results and do not guarantee future performance.
The filtered in-sample test contained 326 trades with an average of 3.91 pips per trade, a profit factor of 2.14, and a win rate of 63.8%.
The 2025 out-of-sample baseline contained 259 trades with an average of 3.97 pips per trade, a profit factor of 1.79, and a win rate of 60.6%. In a separate comparison for the same period, applying the price-position filter produced an average of 5.96 pips per trade.
The average result was positive in each calendar year from 2020 through 2025, but 2023 was close to breakeven with a profit factor of 1.04. All five examined walk-forward windows had a positive average, although the first half of 2023 was only 0.25 pips per trade.
Results vary with data source, spread, commission, tick generation, broker time, and input settings. Use the free demo to test your own environment.
Recommended environment
- Platform: MetaTrader 5
- Symbol: GBPJPY
- Timeframe: H1
- Trading conditions: Low spread and stable execution
- Server time: An environment based on GMT+2 in winter and GMT+3 in summer is recommended
- Operation: MT5 must remain online during the strategy window
- VPS: Recommended for stable operation
- Account type: A hedging account is recommended when using Phase 2
MT4 is not supported. Other symbols and timeframes are outside the intended test scope.
How to test the free demo
- Install the free demo from MQL5 Market.
- Select Tokyo Dawn Carry in the MT5 Strategy Tester.
- Select GBPJPY and H1.
- Start with the 2020 through 2025 period.
- Use spread and commission assumptions close to your broker.
- Inspect skipped days, time exits, and emergency stop behavior.
- If you plan to use Phase 2, compare it separately with Phase 2 disabled.
Your result does not need to match the published images exactly. Data source, spread, commission, tick generation, and GMT settings can produce differences.
Frequently asked questions
Does it trade every day?
No. The EA evaluates weekday conditions but skips the day when the price-position or spread conditions are not met.
Does it open short trades?
No. This EA is a long-only GBPJPY strategy.
Does it use martingale, grid, or averaging?
No. It does not increase lot size after a loss and does not use grid or averaging logic.
What is the minimum deposit?
There is no universal minimum. Required margin depends on account currency, leverage, lot size, and broker conditions. Start with the minimum lot on a demo account and inspect margin requirements and drawdown.
Are live forward results available?
No live forward results are currently published on this product page. All displayed figures are research or backtest results.
Will demo and live results be identical?
No. Spread, commission, slippage, execution speed, tick data, GMT settings, and market conditions can affect results.
Risk disclosure
This EA does not guarantee profit. All published figures are backtest or historical research results, not live trading results. Losing trades, losing periods, and drawdowns will occur.
GBPJPY is a volatile currency pair. Major economic releases, central-bank announcements, and low-liquidity conditions can cause slippage or losses larger than expected. Test the free demo before purchasing and use appropriate lot sizing with risk capital only. This product is an automated trading tool and does not provide investment advice.
Next step
Download the free demo and test GBPJPY H1 before purchasing. Inspect not only the trades but also the days the EA skips, the approximate one-hour time exit, and its behavior when spreads widen.
For product questions, use the MQL5 product comments or MQL5 messaging system.
FAQ about the free release
Q. Is it really free? Will I be charged later?
A. Anything you obtain during the campaign is free. On the MQL5 Market a licence you already hold cannot be charged for retroactively.
Q. Is the free version limited in any way?
A. No. It is the same EA that was sold for 45 USD: same logic, same filters, same Phase 2, same activation count.
Q. Why make it free?
A. The character of this EA only becomes visible once you watch the days it does not trade. Rather than have it go untested because of the price, I would rather you run it in the Strategy Tester and judge it for yourself.
FAQ about how it works
Q. Does it trade every day?
A. No. It checks the conditions on each weekday, but on days when the price-position or spread condition is not met it does not trade.
Q. Does it also sell?
A. No. It is a buy-only directional strategy on GBPJPY, which means it loses money in a falling market.
Q. Does it use martingale or averaging down?
A. No. No lot increase after a loss, no grid, no averaging down.
Q. Does it work on MT4, or on other symbols and timeframes?
A. There is no MT4 version, and anything other than GBPJPY H1 is outside the design and was not tested.
Q. Should I enable Phase 2?
A. Start with it off and learn the base behaviour. If you use it, a hedging account is recommended, and always compare it against a run with Phase 2 off.
Q. What is the minimum deposit?
A. There is no single figure. It depends on account currency, leverage, lot settings and margin requirements. Check the required margin and drawdown on a demo account at the minimum lot.
Q. Is a VPS required?
A. Not required, but recommended. If MT5 is not online during the target window, no decision is made that day.
Q. My broker's server time is not GMT+2 / GMT+3.
A. The decision time is defined in GMT. Adjust the time inputs to match your broker's server time.
Q. My backtest does not match the figures on this page.
A. It will not match exactly. Data source, spread, commission, tick generation and server time all change the result. Judge the EA on the numbers you get in your own environment.
Q. Is there a live forward record?
A. Not published on this product page. Every figure shown here comes from backtests and research.
Other free EAs by the same author
These come from the same idea, that certain hours of the week carry a measurable bias.
- Apex Predator X (MT5 / USDJPY M15) - trades the retracement of the weekend opening gap: https://www.mql5.com/en/market/product/159591
- VeritasX (MT4 / USDJPY M15) - the MT4 counterpart, a mean-reversion system: https://www.mql5.com/en/market/product/159598
- Monday Flow EA (MT5 / USDJPY, EURJPY, GBPJPY H1) - runs for one hour on Monday morning across three JPY crosses: https://www.mql5.com/en/market/product/180140
Risk disclosure
This is an automated trading tool, not investment advice. Every profit factor, win rate and average-pip figure on this page comes from backtests and research on historical data, not from a live account. Past results do not guarantee future returns.
GBPJPY is a highly volatile pair. Around major economic releases, central bank decisions and periods of thin liquidity you may get fills far from the expected price and sizeable losses. Losing trades, losing streaks and drawdowns will occur. Use only money you can afford to lose, at a lot size appropriate for your account.
Questions are welcome in the comments section of this product or by MQL5 private message.
