CLOUDPips Asahi

CLOUDPips Asahi is a day-trading robot for gold (XAUUSD) on standard and cent accounts. It also works on BTCUSD (Bitcoin) with the same presets. Asahi ("morning sun") trades the hand-over from the Asian session to London and New York. If gold has already moved clearly during the Asian session, Asahi follows that direction for the rest of the day, and it is always flat before the daily rollover.

How it works

1. Asian-session direction: before London opens, Asahi checks whether gold has made a clear move since the start of the trading day.

2. Entry:

   • If the move is clear, Asahi trades in that direction.
   • If not, there is no trade that day.

3. Stop loss: volatility-based, on every trade.

4. Exit: no fixed take profit. A trailing stop follows the move and closes the trade when it turns.

5. Day close: any trade still open is closed before the daily rollover. No overnight positions, no swap.

6. Risk: at most one trade per day, with the lot size calculated from a % of your balance.

Expect a win rate of around 41%, with winners about 1.8 times the size of the losers.

Why the Kaze filter is off by default

• Asahi enters at a set time, not on a breakout, so the market's "wind" at the moment of entry does not help it pick better trades.
• The filter is built in and can be switched on in the inputs.

Risk controls

• Hard stop loss on every trade
• Every trade closed before the daily rollover, no overnight risk
• At most one trade per day
• Risk-based lot size with margin and volume checks
• Optional: Kaze filter, equity take profit (close all), profit-target stop, emergency drawdown cut, daily SL / TP hit limits

Features

• Real-time dashboard:

  • Today's status: the move so far, the trade direction and the day's close time
  • Preset in use (Default / Aggressive / Custom) and risk per trade
  • Balance, equity, floating P/L, gain and max drawdown
  • Pause and Close All buttons (Pause is remembered after a restart)

• Today's levels drawn on the chart

• Clear log in the Experts tab: every skipped signal is printed with the reason

• Withdrawal simulator with two rules: each profitable day, or only when the balance makes a new high

• Works on hedging and netting accounts, and on a VPS

Recommended settings

• Symbol: XAUUSD (built for gold). Also works on BTCUSD with the same presets: start at 0.5% risk there and don't use Aggressive.

• Chart timeframe: any. We recommend D1: the chart loads fastest and uses the least memory. The bot reads the timeframes it needs internally, so the chart timeframe does not change its trades.

• Broker time zone: detected automatically in live trading, nothing to set. Only for a backtest, set Server_GMT_Offset to your broker's time zone: attach the bot to a live chart once and the Experts tab shows it (for example "detected automatically: GMT+2" means 2).

• Minimum balance: 1,000 USD on a standard account, or 10,000 USC on a cent account.

• Presets:

  • Default: RiskPercent = 1.0.
  • Aggressive: RiskPercent = 2.0.
  • Load either one as a .set file, and leave all other inputs at their defaults.

• Small balances:

  • Asahi's stop is wide, so on 1,000 USD it often trades the broker's minimum lot. The real risk per trade can then be higher than the % you set, and Default and Aggressive trade almost the same lot.
  • A cent account sizes the lot more precisely.

• Running several CLOUDPips bots or symbols on one account? Lower RiskPercent to 0.5 on each as a starting point, or lower still to match the risk you are comfortable with. Asahi pairs well with the swing bots (Sora, Kumo, Hoshi) because it is never in the market overnight.

• Spread: profit per trade is modest, so use a low-spread broker.

Backtest results

• MT5 Strategy Tester · XAUUSD M5 · every tick based on real ticks (QuantDataManager tick data) · 1,000 USD deposit · Kaze filter off.
• Every trade is costed with a realistic spread of 0.24 USD (24 cents), the typical spread of a standard account. Many backtests use a much lower spread; ours does not.

• Also works on BTCUSD (Bitcoin): with the same Default preset, the 2017–2026 backtest (MT5 · BTCUSD M5 · every tick based on real ticks · 6.40 USD spread · 1,000 USD deposit) had a profit factor of 1.17 and an equity drawdown of 11.6%. Drawdowns on BTCUSD were deeper than on gold for several bots, so start at 0.5% risk there and don't use Aggressive.
• Frequency: about 2 trades per week on average (about 2.5 per week in 2024–2026).
• Default and Aggressive in 2024–2026 are almost identical: on 1,000 USD both presets traded the minimum lot nearly every time.
• No overnight exposure: every trade is closed the same day, so there is no swap and no weekend gap risk.
• Losing years: on the Default preset, 9 of 24 calendar years were negative, most by less than 7%: 2004 (−2.6%), 2005 (−6.4%), 2009 (−2.7%), 2011 (−12.4%), 2012 (−1.8%), 2015 (−5.3%), 2018 (−3.1%), 2019 (−3.5%), 2023 (−3.7%).
• Best years: 2026 to date (+32.8%), 2025 (+26.9%) and 2020 (+18.4%).
• Your results will differ: they depend on your broker's spread, swap, execution and the tick data your tester uses.

Who it is for

• Traders who do not want positions open overnight
• Traders who want an intraday bot that complements swing bots in a portfolio
• Not for anyone expecting guaranteed returns or trading money they cannot afford to lose

Past performance does not guarantee future results. Results depend on your broker's spread, swap and execution.