“The people who don’t know about holiday trading are the ones who get crushed on quiet days.”

Hello, I am Neko-kai from Trade Idea Lab. How was the market yesterday for everyone?

Many of you probably thought, “Something isn’t moving,” or “There’s no volatility at all...”

Actually yesterday, the United States had a Veterans Day holiday.
And major European countries like France and Germany were closed as well.
In other words,the market’s “heart” was not beating yesterday.

Among Japanese traders, surprisingly many
tend to trade normally without realizing overseas holidays.

Because they don’t appear on the Japanese calendar.
But on that daythere were no major market players,
and price movement became extremely sluggish, spreads widened easily.

This may seem mundane, but it’sthe essence that determines trading profitability.

✅ Pro traders master “Google Calendar”

This isn’t even in the “Forex Note 2025,”
but professional traders leverage Google Calendar’s standard features.

By displaying all country calendars,
you can see that day’s risk environment at a glance.

“Today America is on holiday.
Then NY time will be quiet.
Let's trade only during London time.”

This is how you can plan your strategy from the morning.

Please add “US holidays” and “major European holidays” to your Google Calendar right now.

With only a 30-second setup, you can prevent losses of tens of thousands of yen.

“A Dollar/Yen that doesn’t move” and the “High-yet-stable Pound/Yen”

Now, yesterday’s market.
Dollar/Yen was in the center of anascending triangle.
Bid-ask spread narrow, quiet as if holding its breath.
On days like this, forcing trades usually ends in failure.

I repeated screening, but the only move occurred in
the Pound/Yen.

I started selling from around 203.x yen.
As a result, due to worsening UK economic data, it sharply fell.

TP (Take Profit) hit at 202.50.
About +60 pips profit.

“Another winning pattern read through correlation”

Another setup wasDollar/Yen short.
The trigger was the continued decline of USD/CHF (Dollar Franc).

Sensing the overall dollar selling,
I anticipated that USD/JPY would fall later as well.

After the Pound/Yen dropped,
Dollar/Yen fell almost as expected and I closed for a profit.

That’s the essence of “correlation trading.”
Professionals always watch multiple currencies in a linked way.

“The Difference Between Pros and Amateurs” is Where You Look

It’s subtle, but this is the decisive difference.

• Are you checking holidays every day?

• Are you adjusting positions with liquidity in mind?

• Are you aware of the “hidden market” by looking at futures and options prices?

  
  

These,
not being taught by someone,
whether you have turned them into a habit yourself

This single point is the first hurdle from amateur to professional.

Before changing how you read charts,
you must cultivate the ability to “see reality,”
otherwise no indicator will have meaning.

Timing the Breakthrough: When to Overcome the “Self-learning Wall”

If you are within three years of trading history and
find yourself “winning and losing alternately,”
now is exactlythe right time to break through the wall of self-study.

In self-study, you only learn what you can see.
But in trading, there is a realm like a craftsman's instinct that cannot be seen on charts.

That is,the eye to read the environment.

The quiet days’ background,
the psychology of market participants,
the true intent shown by futures and options…

Books and videos that teach this are, in fact, almost non-existent.

Here is one proposal.

If you are

• within three years of trading history

• winning and losing alternately

• feeling the limits of chart analysis

  
  

and any of these applies to you,
I have advice that fits you perfectly.

That is our text.

What you will gain from this course is──

✅ How to create “environmental awareness” incorporating holidays and indicators
✅ How to select currencies considering correlations
✅ A “professional trade idea construction” method that works in the AI trader era
✅ A “craftsman’s mindset” to wait calmly without being swayed by charts

and other “professional thinking structures” that you can’t learn by self-study.

Trading is not about talent.
It’s about perspective and habit.

? For those who will act now

Those who say, “maybe later” or “I’ll be calmer soon”
I have seen dozens of people delay learning for that reason.

Most of them end up saying a few months later,

“I should have started then.”

Reading the timing is the job of a trader.
And,“not missing the learning timing” is also a trading skill.

Right now, take a step that could change your future earnings.

The market is waiting for your challenge today as well.
After the holidays on Tuesday,
from a professional perspective, seize the opportunities confidently.