Macro & Fundamentals
8 min read
How to Read Level 2 Market Depth and Liquidity Pools in Bullion
Level 2 data shows the actual resting orders behind the price, revealing liquidity pools and thin patches a simple candlestick chart never displays.
Technical Analysis
9 min read
Trading the US Market Open (13:30 GMT) Volatility Expansion
The US cash equity market open at 13:30 GMT (9:30 AM ET) regularly triggers a volatility expansion in gold as US-based institutional flow enters the market.
Scalping & Day Trading
6 min read
Calculating Risk-Adjusted Position Sizes Across Multiple Pairs
Sizing each position by a flat percentage risk works fine for one trade at a time, but breaks down once you're holding correlated positions across gold, silver, and their EUR pairs simultaneously.
Risk Management & Psychology
7 min read
Understanding London Gold Fix (LBMA) and AM/PM Benchmarks
The LBMA Gold Price benchmarks, set twice daily in London, quietly settle a large volume of physical and derivative contracts and often coincide with short bursts of volatility.
Market Structure
8 min read
Central Bank Rate Hikes vs. Real Inflation Dynamics
A rate hike alone doesn't tell you what gold will do next. Whether the hike is keeping pace with inflation, or falling behind it, is the variable that actually matters.
Macro & Fundamentals
9 min read
Using Exponential Moving Average (EMA) Crosses on 15-Minute Gold Charts
EMA crosses on 15-minute gold charts generate frequent signals, most of them low-quality. A simple higher-timeframe filter removes a large share of the false ones.
Technical Analysis
6 min read
How to Trade the Asian Range Breakout in Silver (XAG/USD)
Silver's Asian range breakouts behave differently than gold's, the moves are proportionally larger and the fakeouts more punishing given silver's thinner liquidity in this session.
Scalping & Day Trading
7 min read
Trading Journal Mastery: Tracking Metrics That Increase Profitability
Most trading journals just log wins and losses. The metrics that actually improve performance over time are a level deeper than that.
Risk Management & Psychology
8 min read
Over-the-Counter (OTC) Bullion Clearing and Comex Vault Deliveries
London's OTC bullion market and New York's Comex futures market clear gold very differently, and understanding both explains price dynamics that neither market alone can.