The instrument specialisation for gold. It assumes the core tracks: everything here is about what gold does differently, not about how trading works.
INTERMEDIATEYou can trade XAU/USD knowing what drives it, what it costs, and why it moves further than you expect.
Optional — take it when the instrument interests you, after the core tracks.
What gold is in the financial system, what moves its price, and the several different things people mean by trading it.
18 min4 topics
Understand why gold matters in the global financial system, and why every trader needs to know it.
25 min4 topics
9 key factors that move the gold price, and how to spot the signals before the market moves.
15 min4 topics
Find the format that fits your style — spot, futures, ETFs, CFDs, mining stocks, and options
XAU/USD as an instrument: contract size, pip value, margin, and the tools traders keep open.
20 min7 topics
How to open a gold position, and how to work out pip value, lot size, margin, and leverage on MT4/MT5
18 min4 topics
Software and indicators that help you trade gold more like a professional.
Technical reading, the strategies that recur, and the scheduled events that override all of it.
30 min4 topics
Indicators, chart patterns, and tools that actually work on gold (XAU/USD).
35 min4 topics
Pick the strategy that fits the time you have — scalping, swing, position, and news trading.
22 min4 topics
9 key releases that move gold every time · release schedule, impact, and how to trade them.
Sizing a gold position, and the psychological load of an instrument this volatile.
25 min4 topics
How to protect your capital over the long run — position sizing, stop loss, and risk-reward.
20 min4 topics
Gold is 5 to 10 times more volatile than EUR/USD — psychology is what decides the outcome.
10 lessons · ~3.8 hrs