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Precious Metals Knowledge Hub

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

MARKET STATUS: London / NY Overlap Active | XAU/USD: $4,187.70 | XAG/USD: $61.08 | XAU/EUR: €3,737.02 | XAG/EUR: €54.51 | GSR: 68.56
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All Articles (117) Macro & Fundamentals (23) Technical Analysis (22) Scalping & Day Trading (22) Risk Management (22) Market Structure (28)
Showing 28 – 36 of 117 Educational Guides
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Technical Indicators Compared: MACD vs. Stochastic for Bullion Signals
Technical Analysis 7 min read

Technical Indicators Compared: MACD vs. Stochastic for Bullion Signals

MACD and Stochastic answer different questions, trend momentum versus overbought/oversold, and using them interchangeably is where most confusion about indicator signals comes from.

January 24, 2018
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Building a Disciplined Daily Forex & Commodities Trading Routine
Scalping & Day Trading 8 min read

Building a Disciplined Daily Forex & Commodities Trading Routine

Consistent trading results come more from a repeatable daily routine than from any single strategy. What a realistic pre-market, session, and post-market routine looks like.

February 04, 2018
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Common Psychological Pitfalls in Fast-Moving Gold Markets
Risk Management & Psychology 9 min read

Common Psychological Pitfalls in Fast-Moving Gold Markets

Gold's fast, sharp moves expose specific psychological traps, revenge trading, FOMO entries, moving stops, more clearly than slower markets do. How to recognize each in the moment.

March 11, 2018
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Developing an Automated Daily Pre-Market Checklist for Precious Metals
Market Structure 6 min read

Developing an Automated Daily Pre-Market Checklist for Precious Metals

A concrete pre-market checklist for gold and silver traders, what to check, in what order, and why skipping any one item tends to cause a specific, recurring mistake.

April 18, 2018
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Trading Euro-Denominated Gold (XAU/EUR): ECB Rates & Currency Hedging
Macro & Fundamentals 7 min read

Trading Euro-Denominated Gold (XAU/EUR): ECB Rates & Currency Hedging

XAU/EUR moves on both gold's own drivers and EUR/USD swings simultaneously. A framework for separating the two before deciding whether a move is really about gold at all.

May 25, 2018
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Silver Industrial Demand Surge: Solar Photovoltaics and EV Electronics
Technical Analysis 8 min read

Silver Industrial Demand Surge: Solar Photovoltaics and EV Electronics

Solar panel manufacturing and EV electronics have become major structural sources of silver demand. What that means for silver's price behavior relative to gold going forward.

June 05, 2018
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Order Flow Delta and Volume Profile Secrets in Spot Gold
Scalping & Day Trading 9 min read

Order Flow Delta and Volume Profile Secrets in Spot Gold

Volume profile and order flow delta show where real trading activity concentrated, information a plain price chart doesn't capture on its own.

July 12, 2018
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Managing Drawdowns: Recovering from Consecutive Trading Losses
Risk Management & Psychology 6 min read

Managing Drawdowns: Recovering from Consecutive Trading Losses

The math of drawdown recovery is harsher than most traders realize, a 50% loss needs a 100% gain to break even. How that math should actually change your behavior after a losing streak.

September 19, 2018
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The Role of BRICS Pay and Sovereign Gold Reserves in Global Trade
Market Structure 7 min read

The Role of BRICS Pay and Sovereign Gold Reserves in Global Trade

Proposals for BRICS-linked trade settlement systems keep raising the question of gold's role in an alternative to dollar-based trade. Separating the proposals from what's actually operating.

October 26, 2018
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CFTC Rule 4.41 & Risk Disclosure Regulatory Notice

CFTC Rule 4.41 & Risk Disclosure: Hypothetical or simulated performance results have certain inherent limitations. Unlike an actual performance record, simulated results do not represent actual trading. Also, since the trades have not actually been executed, the results may have under-or-over compensated for the impact, if any, of certain market factors, such as lack of liquidity. Trading forex and commodities on margin carries a high level of risk and may not be suitable for all investors.