Gold trading guides
Everything you need to understand XAUUSD signals and trade gold more carefully, in plain English.
Basics
How gold is quoted, sized and costed.
- What is XAUUSD? Gold trading explainedXAUUSD is the price of one troy ounce of gold in US dollars. How it's quoted, what moves it, and how traders buy and sell it.
- XAUUSD pip value explainedOne pip on gold is a $0.10 price move, worth $10 on a standard lot. How gold pips work, why brokers differ, and how to convert pips to money.
- Gold lot sizes explained (standard, mini, micro)A standard gold lot is 100 ounces. What mini and micro lots are, what they're worth per pip, and how to choose a lot size for your account.
- How to read a gold signalWhat the entry, stop loss and targets on a gold signal mean, how to place the trade, and what to do when targets are hit.
- Gold trading costs: spreads, commissions and swapsWhat it really costs to trade XAUUSD: the spread, commissions, overnight swaps and slippage, and how they change your results.
Timing
When gold moves, and when it doesn't.
- The best time to trade goldWhen gold moves most and spreads are tightest, session by session, with the hours to avoid and how news changes the picture.
- Gold trading sessions explainedThe Sydney, Tokyo, London and New York sessions, how gold behaves in each, and why the London–New York overlap matters most.
- Gold's weekly open and price gapsWhy gold can open on Sunday far from Friday's close, what that does to stops and pending orders, and how traders handle weekend risk.
News
The data and forces that drive the gold price.
- Gold and the US dollarWhy gold usually moves opposite the US dollar, when that relationship breaks, and how traders use the dollar index when trading XAUUSD.
- CPI and gold: how inflation data moves XAUUSDHow the US CPI inflation report moves gold, when it's released, why the reaction can seem backwards, and how to trade around it.
- NFP and gold: trading the jobs reportHow the US Non-Farm Payrolls report moves gold, when it's released, what to watch in the numbers, and how to protect trades around it.
- FOMC and gold: Fed decisions and XAUUSDHow Federal Reserve (FOMC) rate decisions, statements and press conferences move gold, and how to trade the two-stage reaction.
- Gold and real yieldsWhy gold tends to fall when inflation-adjusted interest rates rise, how to track real yields, and why the link has weakened in recent years.
- Gold as a safe haven: what happens in a crisisWhy gold often rises during wars, financial stress and market sell-offs, why it sometimes falls at first, and how to trade risk-off moves.
Risk
Stops, sizing and leverage: how traders survive.
- Risk management for gold tradersThe rules that keep gold traders in the game: risk per trade, stop losses, position sizing, daily limits, and surviving losing streaks.
- Where to place a stop loss on goldHow to place stop losses on XAUUSD beyond structure, allowing for spread and volatility, and the mistakes that get gold traders stopped out.
- Taking partial profits on gold tradesHow to use multiple take-profit targets on gold: closing part of a trade at TP1, moving the stop to entry, and the maths behind it.
- Risk to reward ratio explained for goldWhat risk to reward means on XAUUSD, how it relates to win rate, and why a high win rate alone tells you nothing.
- Leverage and margin when trading goldHow leverage and margin work on XAUUSD, what margin calls and stop-outs are, regulatory leverage limits, and how to use leverage safely.
Strategy
Ways to trade gold, and how to start.
- Scalping gold: what it takesWhat scalping XAUUSD involves, the best hours, how spreads eat into small targets, and the habits scalpers need to survive.
- Day trading gold: a practical routineA practical daily routine for day trading XAUUSD: preparation, key levels, the calendar, trade management and closing out before the session ends.
- Swing trading goldHolding gold trades for days or weeks: how swing traders choose entries, size wider stops, handle swaps and weekend gaps.
- Trading gold around the newsThree ways to handle high-impact news on gold: stay out, trade the reaction after the dust settles, or position beforehand, and the risks of each.
- From demo to live: starting to trade goldA sensible path from a demo account to live gold trading: what to practise, how long to test signals, and how to start small with real money.
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