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Practical gold and silver guides written directly from our trading desk. Straightforward lessons on session breakouts, orderflow, pivot levels, and disciplined position sizing.

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MARKET STATUS: London / NY Overlap Active | XAU/USD: $4,180.70 | XAG/USD: $60.97 | XAU/EUR: €3,730.77 | XAG/EUR: €54.41 | GSR: 68.57
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All Articles (117) Macro & Fundamentals (23) Technical Analysis (22) Scalping & Day Trading (22) Risk Management (22) Market Structure (28)
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Combining Pivot Points with Stochastic Oscillators for Reversal Signals
Macro & Fundamentals 7 min read

Combining Pivot Points with Stochastic Oscillators for Reversal Signals

Daily pivot levels tell you where price might react; Stochastic tells you whether momentum agrees. Combined, they filter out a lot of the reversal signals that don't hold.

April 03, 2020
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Algorithmic Traps: Recognizing Stop Runs and False Breakouts at Key Pivots
Macro & Fundamentals 8 min read

Algorithmic Traps: Recognizing Stop Runs and False Breakouts at Key Pivots

Obvious, widely-watched pivot levels are exactly where algorithmic stop-hunting tends to concentrate. Recognizing the pattern before it costs you a stop-out.

October 11, 2020
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Trading Multi-Timeframe Confluence on XAG/USD and XAG/EUR
Macro & Fundamentals 9 min read

Trading Multi-Timeframe Confluence on XAG/USD and XAG/EUR

Confirming a silver setup across the H4, daily, and weekly charts filters out far more noise than reading any single timeframe alone, on either the dollar or euro cross.

March 19, 2021
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Would It Be Advisable to Allocate Capital Into Gold Today?
Macro & Fundamentals 6 min read

Would It Be Advisable to Allocate Capital Into Gold Today?

A rigorous macro analysis evaluating whether physical bullion or spot CFD allocation is prudent in an era of fiscal debt expansion and sovereign reserve diversification.

September 27, 2021
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Online Gold Trading for Novices: The 5 Foundations of Success
Macro & Fundamentals 7 min read

Online Gold Trading for Novices: The 5 Foundations of Success

A beginner's playbook for trading XAU/USD: margin sizing, chart setup, order types, and emotional discipline.

March 08, 2022
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The Risk and Reward of Online Gold Trading with Leverage & Margin
Macro & Fundamentals 8 min read

The Risk and Reward of Online Gold Trading with Leverage & Margin

A masterclass in financial leverage: margin calculations, avoiding liquidation stop-outs, and maximizing capital efficiency on spot commodities.

September 16, 2022
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The Mathematical Edge: Building a Systematic Gold Trading System
Macro & Fundamentals 9 min read

The Mathematical Edge: Building a Systematic Gold Trading System

How to combine algorithmic trend filters, average true range volatility stops, and floor pivot targets into an automated, profitable routine.

February 24, 2023
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Contrarian Gold Trading: Profiting by Going Against the Retail Herd
Macro & Fundamentals 6 min read

Contrarian Gold Trading: Profiting by Going Against the Retail Herd

How to use retail sentiment ratios, Commitment of Traders (COT) commercial hedging data, and crowd psychology to spot major market turning points.

August 05, 2023
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Central Bank Gold Swap Agreements & Sovereign Bullion Leases
Macro & Fundamentals 7 min read

Central Bank Gold Swap Agreements & Sovereign Bullion Leases

Deconstructing the secretive interbank gold leasing market, bullion bank short positioning, and how sovereign central banks use gold swaps for foreign exchange liquidity.

February 13, 2024
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