The Way of Investment (Part 219) Daily chart trading starting from 0.01 lots
The Way of Investment (その219)
0.01 lot starting daily-chart trading
1. From 2026 a new project will start!
Its name is "0.01 lot starting daily-chart trading".
This new project series will be issued irregularly about once a month.Also, the day of the week is not limited to Sundays, information will be released as needed.The basic idea is, to follow the previous “Way of Investment”, the 218th (Year-end special edition)), and this is its practical edition.
<Basic Principles>
1. One position to be built per trade is
2. about 12 trades per year
3.Start lot size is 0.01 lot
※ For those with ample funds, you may increase to 0.1 lot or 1 lot at your discretion。
2. Review of 2025 Daily-chart trading
Look in detail at daily-chart currency strength charts and calculate with AI what the pip gain would have been in 2025 if you had traded as follows, and what the number of pips would have been by AI.
Currency Pair | Direction | Start Date | End Date |
GBPJPY | Sell | 2025/01/10 | 2025/02/18 |
EURJPY | Sell | 2025/01/31 | 2025/03/05 |
EURJPY | Buy | 2025/03/05 | 2025/05/20 |
AUDUSD | Buy | 2025/04/15 | 2025/06/23 |
USDJPY | Buy | 2025/05/05 | 2025/05/23 |
USDJPY | Buy | 2025/06/09 | 2025/07/01 |
USDJPY | Buy | 2025/07/07 | 2025/08/07 |
GBPCHF | Buy | 2025/08/07 | 2025/09/03 |
AUDJPY | Buy | 2025/09/03 | 2025/10/02 |
USDJPY | Buy | 2025/10/08 | 2025/12/03 |
GBPJPY | Sell | 2025/10/30 | 2025/11/13 |
NZDJPY | Buy | 2025/11/14 | 2025/12/31 |
With AI assistance, if there is no AI,, you would open each chart, and manually calculate the pip gains from the closing price difference. Now that AI exists, you can hand the data to AI, and it will calculate the total gained pips.
The results are as follows.
Currency Pair | Direction | Start Rate | End Rate | Gained pips |
GBPJPY | Sell | 192.5 | 188.2 | 430 |
EURJPY | Sell | 162.8 | 158.4 | 440 |
EURJPY | Buy | 158.4 | 164.2 | 580 |
AUDUSD | Buy | 0.655 | 0.678 | 230 |
USDJPY | Buy | 148.5 | 152.3 | 380 |
USDJPY | Buy | 151.8 | 155.1 | 330 |
USDJPY | Buy | 154.5 | 158.8 | 430 |
GBPCHF | Buy | 1.102 | 1.125 | 230 |
AUDJPY | Buy | 98.4 | 101.2 | 280 |
USDJPY | Buy | 153.2 | 157.5 | 430 |
GBPJPY | Sell | 194.8 | 190.3 | 450 |
NZDJPY | Buy | 90.6 | 93.8 | 320 |
When you sum the number of pips, the total is, 4,530 pips. (Yearly more than 4,000 pips is a result that shows plenty of ability to earn in FX.)
Total of 12 trades. Holding periods are about 1 month each, and depending on the currency pair, some positions may be held slightly shorter or up to around or 2 months。
Converting this to Japanese yen (applying fluctuating rates), the total profit by lot size is as follows.
Projected Profit Table (in yen)
Lot sizeTrading volume) Total expected profit (approx.) 1 pip value (average)
0.01 lot 1,000 currency 48,290 yen approx 10.7 yen
0.1 lot currency 482,900 yen approx 107 yen
1.0 lot currency 4,829,000 yen approx 1,066 yen
10.0 lot currency 48,290,000 yen approx 10,660 yen