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During Golden Week, markets in many countries are closed, which makes it hard to find direction, so is it better not to trade?

You might wonder about that.

The conclusion is that GW is tradable every year, but

there are points you should be careful aboutto keep in mind.

In this article, we will introduce the points to watch out for during GW.

【Latest 2026】 Is it better not to trade during Golden Week?

In conclusion,trading is allowed.

However, be sure to monitor the indicators carefully.

Personally, MineKab (Minkabu) is easy to read, so I watch it, but I also check Zaif as well.

The good thing about Zaif is that you can seewhich countries are closed.

Updates are made around 7 a.m. every morning, and today, May 1, the markets are closed in

• Hong Kong
• China
• Switzerland
• Germany
• France

which are on holiday.

Regarding which country has what level of liquidity,see herefor the related article.

In particular during Tokyo time, Hong Kong accounts for a relatively large share, so liquidity may decrease.

With this in mind, you might think the target could be London time—this is a way to think about it.

Notes on Gold

Personally, regarding trading gold,

it is better to avoid GW period

.

embarrassingly, I once experimented with a gold EA and was in an open chat,

• What will happen today?
• Should not run during today’s major indicators?
• GW is it a stop?

and I would watch the information shared by members in the open chat every day.

There were many short-term long/short hedges on lower time frames, but as expected, during indicators and GW, most people avoided trading due to the unstable market.

I have even seen people who benefited by not participating when they decided to join.

Therefore, it seems better to take GW as a week to rest, test, and study.

April 30, 2026, BOJ and Government FX Intervention

There was FX intervention centered on the cross-yen on April 30 by the BOJ and the government.

To predict GW markets, let's reflect on this a little.

Usd/Jpy fell temporarily from 160 to 155 yen.

Japan relies on imports for oil, energy, food, etc., so a high USD/JPY hurts the economy.

Thus the government intervened.

From here, how it will move remains uncertain; many will take a wait-and-see approach on cross-yen.

Given these circumstances, cross-yen especially should be cautious during GW.

Moreover, I find it impressive that the Japanese government managed to intervene after the London session began.

This time

• prices rose gradually during Tokyo time
• after London opened, Tokyo time dropped the gains
• further decline due to the intervention

perhaps intervention occurred soon after London opened.

Looking back

From research, the earliest news seems to have been at around 17:00 on the 30th.

The cyan vertical line

Then a sharp drop.

USD/JPY moving by just one yen can mean huge sums in industries like car manufacturing.

Japan’s economy may have been under significant pressure.

I think USD/JPY will rise again, but personally it looks like a temporary measure.

I believe it would be better to focus more on raising interest rates or salaries.

NYC minimum wage is around 2,400 yen (in Japanese currency), while in rural Japan it can still be around 1,000 yen.

These numbers show a large disparity, and it wouldn’t be surprising if USD/JPY rises further.

That aside, let me summarize.

Summary

Golden Week 2026

• Trading is possible, but don’t force it
• Be cautious or skip cross-yen due to recent intervention (skipping may be safer)
• Gold may also be volatile

As always,protecting your capital with stop losses is important.

If you don’t notice the intervention and hold long positions, it can be dangerous.

There are many ways to set stop-loss for momentum indicators, but when running EA, try to set manual stop-loss whenever possibleto protect yourself.

With ABUATR or Band Touch, stop losses trigger when reached, which provides reassurance (especially with ABUATR, the EA may freeze butTPSL orders stay active).

For stop-loss, if you limit to oscillator color changes or DMI color changes, you risk not protecting funds during sharp declines like this, so please stay vigilant in the future as well.

This brings us to the end of this article. Thank you for reading until the end.