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Buy fish. Sell chips.

A fully automatic Expert Advisor for USDJPY. You choose the portion, everything else is built in.

  • USDJPY H1
  • Leverage 1:100
  • Hard stop loss
  • No grid, no martingale
Strategy Tester backtest+1,072%USDJPY H1 · 3% portion
Out of sample12 months
Buy fish · sell chips1,575 trades · 7 years

Backtest results

1,575 trades over seven years, from a $10,000 start. Switch the portion to see the same trades at a different size.

Net profit+1,072%Total return
LR correlation0.84Steadiness of the curve
Sharpe ratio2.13Strategy Tester
Trades1,575Total executions
Recovery factor3.66Net profit / risk

Balance curve

USDJPY H1 · 3% portion · redrawn from the Strategy Tester balance

End balance

$117,245.47

Start balance$10,000
End balance$117,245.47
Test period7 years
Net profit+$107,245.47

Trade breakdown

Share of trades by side, and average win against average loss

Buy fish · long55.7%
Sell chips · short44.3%
Reward to risk ratio1.23×

Winning trades

Largest win$16,625.37
Average win$1,021.79
Best streak9 wins
Expected payoff$68.09

Strategy Tester backtest on USDJPY H1, leverage 1:100, real ticks, October 2019 to October 2026, 7 years. Historical simulation, not live trading. Past results do not guarantee future performance. Point at the curve, or focus it and use the arrow keys, to read the balance on any date.

Same 1,575 trades, your portion sets the size

The portion only sets the lot size. A larger portion gives larger gains and larger dips from the same trades. The default is 1%.

Growth comparison

1%, 2% and 3% portion · growth in % of the $10,000 start

End balance

3%Maximum portion+1,072%End balance $117,245.47
2%Larger portion+506%End balance $60,631.44
1%Balanced portion+166%End balance $26,610.57

Tested on years it never saw

The settings were chosen on January 2024 to September 2025 only. Everything before and after was never used for tuning.

Out of sample12 monthsOct 2025 to Oct 2026
Never tuned4+ yearsOct 2019 to Dec 2023
Net profit+1,072%10,000 at 3% portion
Trades1,575Oct 2019 to Oct 2026

Model performance

USDJPY H1 · 3% portion · $10,000 start

End balance

$117,245.47

Buy fish, sell chips, on your chart

Each open order gets a zone in its own colour and a caption, so you can tell at a glance what the kitchen is serving.

USDJPYH1
151.375151.125150.875150.625150.375150.125Stop lossBUY FISH
Fish & Chips
KitchenOpen
Today's dishBuy fish
Portion1.00% of equity
Stop lossSet on the order
StatusOrder filled

Kitchen panel

The kitchen state, today's dish, open, daily and total P/L, and your portion, always in the corner of the chart.

Sized for your account

Lot size comes from your portion and the stop distance, then is checked against margin, volume steps and broker limits before every order.

Example chart drawn for this page, in the bot's own chart colours. Zones and captions appear only while an order is open.

Everything else is built in

The recipe is part of the bot. You set how much each order risks; the rest is fixed and tested.

  • Hard stop loss on every order
  • One position at a time
  • No grid, no martingale
  • Margin and volume checks before every order

Three settings, that is all

Portion mode% of equity or a fixed amount
% / Fixed
PortionRisk per trade
1%
Max spread0 means no limit
0

Attach to one USDJPY chart. The recipe runs on its own timeframe, so any chart timeframe works.

PlatformMetaTrader 5
Tested onUSDJPY H1, leverage 1:100
Test period7 years in the Strategy Tester
Trades in the test1,575
ChartAttach to one USDJPY chart

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