# GoldHunts — full page index > Gold-only trading desk: free live XAUUSD signals with entry, stop and target, a free gold trade journal that syncs with MetaTrader 5, gold calculators, and macro research on what moves the gold price. One instrument, evidence-first, no promised returns. Site: https://goldhunts.com Pages: 258 Machine-readable data: https://goldhunts.com/openapi.json, https://goldhunts.com/api/gold-record.json, https://goldhunts.com/api/gold-sessions.json, https://goldhunts.com/api/gold-glossary.json Contract facts used throughout: one standard XAUUSD lot is 100 troy ounces, so a $1.00 move in gold is about $100 per lot. London session runs roughly 07:00–16:00 UTC and New York roughly 12:00–21:00 UTC. ## Core pages (5) - [Gold Trading (XAUUSD) — Free Signals & Journal](/): Free live XAUUSD gold signals with entry, stop and target, a free gold trade journal for MT5, and the macro research that moves the gold price in 2026. - [Gold Trading Videos, Explained Properly](/gold-videos): Short gold trading videos on how XAUUSD actually behaves: event candles, stop runs, leverage maths and trader psychology. Each one with a written explanation. - [Meet Max — Your Gold Trading Agent](/meet-max): Watch the 90-second film: meet Max, the AI gold trading agent inside Gold Hunts. Connect your account and see where your gold trading edge really is. - [Gold Signals & Journal Pricing](/pricing): GoldHunts pricing: signals, journal, calculators, Max and demo trading are free. Gold Hunts Live is £7.99 a month or £49.99 a year. - [About GoldHunts — Gold Trading Standards](/about): GoldHunts covers one asset: gold. See our publishing standards, why every XAU signal stays public, and what we will never sell to gold traders. ## Gold signals (2) - [Free Gold Signals (XAUUSD) — Live Ledger](/gold-signals): Free live gold signals for XAUUSD with entry, stop and target published up front. Every past XAU signal stays public in the ledger — wins and losses. - [Live Gold Signals (XAUUSD) — Open Calls](/gold-signals/live): The live XAUUSD gold signal board: open calls with entry, invalidation and target, timestamped before the outcome and kept on the public record. ## Gold trade journal (1) - [Free Gold Trade Journal for MT5 (XAUUSD)](/gold-trade-journal): Journal your gold trades automatically. Sync MetaTrader 5, tag XAUUSD trades by session and see expectancy, drawdown and volatility impact. Free. ## Learn gold trading (10) - [Gold Trading (XAUUSD) — Complete Guide](/gold-trading): A complete gold trading guide for XAUUSD: what moves the gold price, sessions, lot sizes, spreads, volatility and how to trade gold with real evidence. - [Gold Trading App Waitlist](/gold-trading-app): Join the GoldHunts gold trading app waitlist. Gold signals, MT5 journaling, risk controls and Max — one companion built exclusively for gold. - [Gold Lot Sizes & XAUUSD Contract Specs](/gold-trading/gold-lot-sizes-and-contract-specs): Gold lot sizes explained: 100 ounces per XAUUSD lot, pip value, margin, and the exact formula for calculating gold position size from your stop distance. - [Gold Trading for Beginners (XAUUSD)](/gold-trading/gold-trading-for-beginners): A beginner's plan for trading gold: demo first, one session, one setup, size from your stop, avoid US data, and journal 100 XAUUSD trades before going live. - [Gold Trading Hours & Best Sessions (XAUUSD)](/gold-trading/gold-trading-hours-and-sessions): Gold trading hours in UTC and the best session to trade XAUUSD: Asian range, London expansion, the New York overlap, rollover and data-release windows. - [How to Trade Gold (XAUUSD) Step by Step](/gold-trading/how-to-trade-gold): How to trade gold in practice: choosing XAUUSD or futures, sizing from your stop, picking a session, avoiding data releases and journaling every gold trade. - [What Moves the Gold Price? XAUUSD Drivers](/gold-trading/what-moves-the-gold-price): The real drivers of the gold price ranked: US real yields, the dollar, Fed policy, CPI and NFP, central bank buying, ETF flows and geopolitical risk. - [Gold Spreads & Trading Costs (XAUUSD)](/gold-trading/gold-spreads-and-costs): What gold actually costs to trade: XAUUSD spreads, commission, swap, slippage and rollover — plus how to work out your true cost per gold trade. - [Gold Volatility Explained (XAUUSD ATR)](/gold-trading/gold-volatility): How volatile gold really is: typical XAUUSD daily range and ATR, why volatility expands around US data, and how to set stops and lot sizes that survive it. - [Is Gold Trading Profitable? An Honest Answer](/gold-trading/is-gold-trading-profitable): Is trading gold profitable? The expectancy maths behind XAUUSD, the win rate you need at each reward-to-risk ratio, and why most gold accounts still lose. ## XAU pairs (8) - [Gold Pairs & Instruments: XAUUSD, XAUAUD, XAUEUR](/gold-pairs): Every way to trade gold compared: XAUUSD, XAUAUD, XAUEUR, XAUGBP, XAUJPY, spot gold versus COMEX futures, and gold CFDs versus physical bullion. - [XAUUSD Explained: Trading Gold vs the Dollar](/gold-pairs/xauusd): What XAUUSD is, how the contract works, the sessions that move it, typical spreads and volatility, and how to size a gold trade against the US dollar. - [Spot Gold vs Gold Futures (XAUUSD vs GC)](/gold-pairs/spot-gold-vs-gold-futures): Spot gold versus gold futures compared: contract size, cost, leverage, expiry, rollover and which one actually suits a retail gold trader in 2026. - [XAUAUD Explained: Gold in Australian Dollars](/gold-pairs/xauaud): How XAUAUD works: the Australian dollar as the quote leg, why it trends harder than XAUUSD, session behaviour, spreads and position sizing for gold in AUD. - [XAUEUR Explained: Gold in Euros](/gold-pairs/xaueur): Trading XAUEUR: gold priced in euros, how ECB policy and the Fed pull the pair in opposite directions, session behaviour, spreads and sizing for gold in EUR. - [XAUGBP Explained: Gold in Pounds Sterling](/gold-pairs/xaugbp): Trading XAUGBP: gold priced in pounds, why the Bank of England and gilt moves matter, London session behaviour, spreads, and sizing gold for a GBP account. - [Gold CFDs vs Physical Gold: Which and Why](/gold-pairs/gold-cfds-vs-physical-gold): Gold CFDs, ETFs and physical bullion compared: leverage, cost, counterparty risk, shorting, storage and which form of gold exposure fits trading versus owning. - [XAUJPY Explained: Gold in Japanese Yen](/gold-pairs/xaujpy): Trading XAUJPY: gold in yen, why two safe havens fight each other, Bank of Japan and intervention risk, huge nominal quotes, and how to size the pair correctly. ## Gold strategies (50) - [Gold Trading Strategies (XAUUSD)](/gold-strategies): Seven gold strategies with rules, sessions, risk limits and failure modes: breakouts, liquidity sweeps, mean reversion, trends, pullbacks and scalps. - [Gold Liquidity Sweep (Stop Hunt) Strategy Explained](/gold-strategies/gold-liquidity-sweep): The full XAUUSD liquidity sweep playbook: where gold stops cluster, what separates a sweep from a breakout, the entry checklist, invalidation, targets, two worked trades and how to journal it. - [Gold News Momentum Strategy — Trading XAUUSD Around CPI, NFP and FOMC](/gold-strategies/gold-news-momentum): How to trade XAUUSD momentum around US data: the real-yield mechanic, the three-phase reaction, entry checklist, invalidation, targets, two worked gold trades and how to journal the setup. - [XAU Session Breakout Strategy — Trade the Gold London Open](/gold-strategies/xau-session-breakout): The complete XAUUSD session breakout playbook: how the Asian range sets the levels, the London open mechanic, entry checklist, invalidation, expansion targets, two worked gold trades and how to journal it. - [Gold Mean Reversion Strategy — XAUUSD VWAP Reversion Explained](/gold-strategies/gold-mean-reversion): The institutional guide to XAUUSD mean reversion: VWAP and EMA anchors, stretch measured in ATR, rotational versus trend regimes, entry checklist, invalidation, target logic and two fully worked gold trades. - [Gold Range Scalping Strategy — XAUUSD Asian Range Fades Explained](/gold-strategies/gold-range-scalping): The institutional guide to XAUUSD range scalping: confirming the Asian session range, fading the edges on thin liquidity, cost arithmetic as a percentage of target, break-of-range abort discipline and two fully worked gold trades. - [Gold Trend Continuation Strategy — XAUUSD Trend Trading Explained](/gold-strategies/gold-trend-continuation): The institutional guide to XAUUSD trend continuation: what makes a gold trend real, the higher-timeframe filter, entry checklist, invalidation, target logic, session suitability and two fully worked gold trades. - [Gold Pullback Entries — XAUUSD Retracement Entry Execution](/gold-strategies/gold-pullback-entries): The institutional guide to XAUUSD pullback entries: measuring retracement depth and shape, confluence zones, limit versus stop entry, trigger candles, invalidation, target logic and two fully worked gold trades. - [Gold Range Scalping Risk Management — XAUUSD Sizing and Cost Control](/gold-strategies/gold-range-scalping/risk-management): Position sizing XAUUSD range scalping on the 100-ounce contract: $3–$5 stops, cost-adjusted expectancy, daily trade caps, correlation risk across XAU crosses and prop-firm frequency constraints. - [When Gold Range Scalping Fails — XAUUSD Breakout and Cost-Drag Modes](/gold-strategies/gold-range-scalping/when-it-fails): Why XAUUSD range scalping fails: unconfirmed ranges, high-ATR and news regime breaks, cost drag from spread and commission, revenge re-entries, stops smaller than gold noise, and thin-liquidity execution slippage. - [Gold Liquidity Sweep Risk Management — Sizing XAUUSD Stops](/gold-strategies/gold-liquidity-sweep/risk-management): Position sizing for the 100-ounce XAUUSD contract, ATR-based stop placement, correlation risk across XAU crosses, daily loss discipline and prop-firm constraints for the gold liquidity sweep. - [When the Gold Liquidity Sweep Fails — XAUUSD Failure Modes](/gold-strategies/gold-liquidity-sweep/when-it-fails): The specific ways the XAUUSD liquidity sweep loses: the driver you missed, the second sweep, rollover wicks, deep excursions, trending gold and correlated crosses — plus how to detect degradation early. - [Gold Mean Reversion Risk Management — XAUUSD Sizing and Stops](/gold-strategies/gold-mean-reversion/risk-management): Position sizing XAUUSD mean reversion on the 100-ounce contract: ATR-based stops beyond the excursion extreme, correlation risk across XAU crosses, daily loss caps, time stops and prop-firm constraints. - [When Gold Mean Reversion Fails — XAUUSD Trend Day Failure Modes](/gold-strategies/gold-mean-reversion/when-it-fails): Why XAUUSD mean reversion fails: trend days that satisfy the stretch trigger, volume-backed excursions, VWAP repricing after data, insufficient stretch, averaging down and rollover false anchors. - [Gold News Trading Risk Management — XAUUSD Data Day Sizing](/gold-strategies/gold-news-momentum/risk-management): Sizing XAUUSD news momentum trades on the 100-ounce contract with slippage allowances, ATR-aware stops, correlation risk across XAU crosses, daily loss caps and prop-firm news restrictions. - [When Gold News Momentum Fails — XAUUSD Data Trading Failure Modes](/gold-strategies/gold-news-momentum/when-it-fails): Why XAUUSD news momentum trades fail: entering the spike, headline-versus-detail reversals, the FOMC press conference, priced-in prints, second-tier data and spread-driven losses on a correct thesis. - [Gold Trend Continuation Risk Management — XAUUSD Multi-Session Sizing](/gold-strategies/gold-trend-continuation/risk-management): Sizing XAUUSD trend continuation on the 100-ounce contract: pullback stops against gold ATR, overnight swap and gap risk, correlation across XAU crosses, partial exits, daily loss caps and prop-firm limits. - [When Gold Trend Continuation Fails — XAUUSD Trend Failure Modes](/gold-strategies/gold-trend-continuation/when-it-fails): Why XAUUSD trend continuation fails: positioning squeezes with no macro driver, exhausted third and fourth legs, deep retracements sold as pullbacks, timeframe conflict, data resets and fixed targets that remove the tail. - [XAU Session Breakout Risk Management — Gold Sizing Rules](/gold-strategies/xau-session-breakout/risk-management): Position sizing for XAUUSD session breakouts on the 100-ounce contract, ATR-based stop placement, correlation risk across XAU crosses, daily loss discipline and prop-firm constraints. - [When the XAU Session Breakout Fails — Gold Failure Modes](/gold-strategies/xau-session-breakout/when-it-fails): Why XAUUSD session breakouts fail: no volume expansion, an overnight range that was already the day, pre-data drift, rollover fakes, sweep-shaped traps and range-bound regimes — plus early degradation signals. - [Best Sessions for the Gold Liquidity Sweep — Hour by Hour](/gold-strategies/gold-liquidity-sweep/best-sessions): The XAUUSD hours that actually produce liquidity sweeps: the London-open sweep of the Asian range, the New York sweep of the London extreme, a full session-suitability table, day-of-week effects, DST handling, and the hours to avoid entirely. - [Three Worked Gold Liquidity Sweep Trades — Annotated](/gold-strategies/gold-liquidity-sweep/worked-examples): Three fully annotated XAUUSD liquidity sweep trades: a clean win, a valid loss, and a setup that should never have been taken — with level, entry, stop, target, lot size from a stated balance and risk percentage, R outcome, and a post-trade review for each. - [Gold Pullback Entry Risk Management — XAUUSD Sizing and Stops](/gold-strategies/gold-pullback-entries/risk-management): Position sizing XAUUSD pullback entries on the 100-ounce contract: stops beyond the retracement extreme, split-entry sizing, deep-retracement discounting, spread cost at entry, correlation risk and prop-firm constraints. - [When Gold Pullback Entries Fail — XAUUSD Retracement Mistakes](/gold-strategies/gold-pullback-entries/when-it-fails): Why XAUUSD pullback entries fail: chasing a missed zone, impulsive retracements mistaken for dips, confluence-free fib levels, entering ahead of the trigger, ignoring higher-timeframe supply and demand, and buying every dip in a range. - [Journaling the Gold Liquidity Sweep — Fields, Tags, Metrics](/gold-strategies/gold-liquidity-sweep/journaling-the-setup): Exactly what to capture on every XAUUSD liquidity sweep trade: level type, excursion depth in dollars, reclaim time, driver checks, and the edge-decay metrics that tell you whether the setup is still working — with a Gold Hunts journal walkthrough. - [The Psychology of Trading Gold Liquidity Sweeps](/gold-strategies/gold-liquidity-sweep/psychology): The specific mental traps of the XAUUSD sweep: revenge trading after your own stop gets taken, seeing sweeps that are not there, doubling down on a second sweep, and freezing on the one that was valid. Rules and journal prompts for each. - [Best Hours for Gold Mean Reversion (UTC Session Guide)](/gold-strategies/gold-mean-reversion/best-sessions): Hour-by-hour XAUUSD behaviour for mean reversion: why the Asian range and London midday drift favour a fade back to VWAP, why the London open and US data window do not, day-of-week effects and DST handling. - [Journaling the Gold Mean Reversion Setup](/gold-strategies/gold-mean-reversion/journaling-the-setup): The fields, tags and screenshots that make XAUUSD mean reversion measurable: extension in dollars and ATR multiples, mean used, regime tag, edge-decay metrics by extension bucket and regime, and a Gold Hunts journal walkthrough. - [Gold Mean Reversion Psychology — Fading Overextension on XAUUSD](/gold-strategies/gold-mean-reversion/psychology): The specific psychological failure modes of fading gold: catching the falling knife, averaging into a losing trend trade, refusing to accept a regime change, and the false comfort of being right eventually — each with a hard rule and a journal prompt. - [Three Worked Gold Mean Reversion Trades — XAUUSD Examples](/gold-strategies/gold-mean-reversion/worked-examples): Three fully annotated XAUUSD mean-reversion trades: a clean win fading a 2.4 ATR stretch back to VWAP, a valid loss that followed every rule, and a trade that should never have been taken on a trend day — with the anchor, extension size, entry, stop in dollars per ounce, target, lot size from a stated account and R outcome. - [Best Times to Trade Gold News Momentum (UTC)](/gold-strategies/gold-news-momentum/best-sessions): The XAUUSD release calendar in UTC minute by minute: CPI, NFP, ISM, JOLTS and FOMC, how spread and price behave after each print, the daylight-saving shift, and the windows that are never tradable. - [How to Journal Gold News Momentum Trades](/gold-strategies/gold-news-momentum/journaling-the-setup): The fields, tags and screenshots that make a XAUUSD news-momentum journal usable: surprise direction, entry latency, spread paid, slippage, and the edge-decay metrics that tell you whether the setup still works. - [The Psychology of Gold News Momentum Trading](/gold-strategies/gold-news-momentum/psychology): The four recurring behavioural errors around XAUUSD data releases — chasing the second candle, holding through the reversal, guessing the print, and over-sizing an "obvious" move — with a hard rule and journal prompt for each. - [Gold News Momentum: Three Worked XAUUSD Trades](/gold-strategies/gold-news-momentum/worked-examples): Three annotated XAUUSD news-momentum trades with release context, entry, stop, target, lot size, spread and slippage cost, R outcome and a post-trade review — a clean win, a valid loss, and one that should never have been taken. - [Best Sessions for Gold Pullback Entries (XAUUSD, UTC)](/gold-strategies/gold-pullback-entries/best-sessions): When XAUUSD pullback entries actually work: hourly behaviour in UTC, the post-London-open retest, the NY overlap retest of the London break, a session-suitability table, day-of-week effects, DST handling and the hours to avoid. - [Journaling Gold Pullback Entries: Fields, Tags, Edge Decay](/gold-strategies/gold-pullback-entries/journaling-the-setup): How to record XAUUSD pullback entries so the record can actually be graded: fields, tags and screenshots to capture — level type, retracement depth in dollars and percent, confirmation trigger, time-to-fill — plus the edge-decay metrics that reveal when the setup stops working. - [Gold Pullback Entry Psychology: Waiting, Chasing, Averaging](/gold-strategies/gold-pullback-entries/psychology): The four behavioural failures that break XAUUSD pullback entries: waiting forever for a perfect retest, front-running the level, moving the limit order deeper, and entering a pullback that is really a reversal. A hard rule and journal prompt for each. - [Three Worked Gold Pullback Trades — XAUUSD Examples](/gold-strategies/gold-pullback-entries/worked-examples): Three fully annotated XAUUSD pullback entries: a clean win with textbook confluence, a valid loss that followed every rule and still lost, and a trade that should never have been taken — with level, entry, stop in dollars per ounce, target, lot sizing from a stated balance and risk percentage, R outcome and a post-trade review. - [Best Sessions for Gold Range Scalping — XAUUSD Hour-by-Hour](/gold-strategies/gold-range-scalping/best-sessions): Hourly XAUUSD behaviour in UTC for range scalping: why the Asian range and the London lunch lull are the only reliably tradeable windows, cost per round trip by hour, a session-suitability table, day-of-week effects and DST handling. - [Journaling Gold Range Scalps: Cost Columns and Edge Decay](/gold-strategies/gold-range-scalping/journaling-the-setup): How to journal a high-frequency XAUUSD range-scalping book without drowning: batching by session, tagging by boundary, the cost columns every row must carry — spread paid, commission, slippage — and the edge-decay metrics that catch a dying setup before the account does. - [Gold Range Scalping Psychology — XAUUSD Tilt and Overtrading](/gold-strategies/gold-range-scalping/psychology): The mental failure modes specific to XAUUSD range scalping: tilt from rapid-fire losses, widening the stop to avoid being wrong, overtrading a dead range, and screen fatigue eroding decision quality — with a hard rule and journal prompt for each. - [Three Worked Gold Range-Scalping Trades — XAUUSD Examples](/gold-strategies/gold-range-scalping/worked-examples): Three fully annotated XAUUSD range-scalping trades: a clean win on a confirmed Asian range, a valid loss on a boundary that failed cleanly, and a trade that should never have been taken on an unconfirmed range — with boundaries, entry, stop in dollars per ounce, target, lot sizing from a stated balance and risk percentage, spread and commission cost, net R and a post-trade review. - [Gold Trend Continuation — Best Sessions and Hours (UTC)](/gold-strategies/gold-trend-continuation/best-sessions): Hour-by-hour XAUUSD trend continuation behaviour in UTC: why the London to New York overlap carries the trade, why Asia kills it, weekday and macro-week effects, DST handling and the hours to avoid. - [Journaling Gold Trend Continuation — XAUUSD Fields That Matter](/gold-strategies/gold-trend-continuation/journaling-the-setup): What to log on every XAUUSD trend continuation trade: trend definition used, pullback depth, entry trigger and trail method, plus edge-decay metrics — R by trend age, MFE capture ratio, hit rate by pullback depth — and a Gold Hunts walkthrough. - [Gold Trend Continuation Psychology — XAUUSD Trend Discipline](/gold-strategies/gold-trend-continuation/psychology): The four behavioural failures that break gold trend continuation: fear of buying highs, cutting winners early, adding at the worst point, and fighting the trend after one reversal candle — with a hard rule and journal prompt for each. - [Gold Trend Continuation Worked Examples — Three XAUUSD Trades](/gold-strategies/gold-trend-continuation/worked-examples): Three fully annotated XAUUSD trend continuation trades — a clean win, a valid loss, and a setup that should never have been taken — with level, entry, dollar stop, target, lot sizing from a stated balance and risk percentage, R outcome and a post-trade review. - [Best Sessions for XAU Session Breakout Trading (UTC)](/gold-strategies/xau-session-breakout/best-sessions): Hour-by-hour XAUUSD behaviour for the session breakout: Asian range building, the London expansion, the New York overlap, day-of-week effects, DST handling and the windows to avoid. - [How to Journal the XAU Session Breakout](/gold-strategies/xau-session-breakout/journaling-the-setup): The exact fields, tags and screenshots to capture for the XAU session breakout, the metrics that reveal edge decay by session hour, and a walkthrough using the Gold Hunts journal with MT5 sync and session attribution. - [XAU Session Breakout Trading Psychology and Failure Modes](/gold-strategies/xau-session-breakout/psychology): The specific mental failure modes the session breakout produces on gold: oversizing a clean-looking range break, chasing after missing the 07:00 UTC trigger, revenge re-entry after a failed break, and refusing to stand down on FOMC days. - [XAU Session Breakout Worked Examples: Win, Loss and Mistake](/gold-strategies/xau-session-breakout/worked-examples): Three fully annotated XAUUSD session breakout trades — a clean London-open win, a valid loss that followed every rule, and a trade that should never have been taken — with entries, dollar stops, lot sizing and post-trade review. ## AI gold trading models (31) - [AI Gold Trading Models (XAUUSD)](/gold-models): Twenty AI gold trading models on the GoldHunts shelf: what each one waits for on XAUUSD, the strategy behind it, and its recorded win rate and sample size. - [Consolidation Expansion Gold Model (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/consolidation-expansion): Trades expansion out of prolonged sideways gold action. What it waits for on XAUUSD, when it struggles, what you control, and its recorded win rate and sample size. - [Counter-Trend Scalping Gold Model (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/counter-trend-scalping): Quick tactical fades when gold overextends intraday. What it waits for on XAUUSD, when it struggles, what you control, and its recorded win rate and sample size. - [Failed Breakout Reversal Gold Model (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/failed-breakout-reversal): Trades the trap when a gold breakout gives the level straight back. What it waits for on XAUUSD, when it struggles, what you control, and its recorded win rate and sample size. - [GHX-01 Trend Continuation v2.0 Gold Model (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/ghx-01-trend-continuation): Rides an established gold trend with controlled entries rather than chasing. What it waits for on XAUUSD, when it struggles, what you control, and its recorded win rate and sample size. - [GHX-01 Trend Continuation v2.0 Gold Trade Record (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/ghx-01-trend-continuation/ledger): Every XAUUSD trade GHX-01 Trend Continuation takes on the Gold Hunts demonstration account, published after it closes with the reason it was taken. - [GHX-02 Breakout Expansion v2.0 Gold Model (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/ghx-02-breakout-expansion): Trades gold breaking cleanly through a level that mattered. What it waits for on XAUUSD, when it struggles, what you control, and its recorded win rate and sample size. - [GHX-02 Breakout Expansion v2.0 Gold Trade Record (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/ghx-02-breakout-expansion/ledger): Every XAUUSD trade GHX-02 Breakout Expansion takes on the Gold Hunts demonstration account, published after it closes with the reason it was taken. - [GHX-03 Liquidity Sweep Reversal v2.0 Gold Model (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/ghx-03-liquidity-sweep-reversal): Fades the stop-hunt once price has swept a level and rejected it. What it waits for on XAUUSD, when it struggles, what you control, and its recorded win rate and sample size. - [GHX-03 Liquidity Sweep Reversal v2.0 Gold Trade Record (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/ghx-03-liquidity-sweep-reversal/ledger): Every XAUUSD trade GHX-03 Liquidity Sweep Reversal takes on the Gold Hunts demonstration account, published after it closes with the reason it was taken. - [GHX-04 Mean Reversion v2.0 Gold Model (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/ghx-04-mean-reversion): Trades the snap back when gold has stretched far from its own average. What it waits for on XAUUSD, when it struggles, what you control, and its recorded win rate and sample size. - [GHX-04 Mean Reversion v2.0 Gold Trade Record (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/ghx-04-mean-reversion/ledger): Every XAUUSD trade GHX-04 Mean Reversion takes on the Gold Hunts demonstration account, published after it closes with the reason it was taken. - [GHX-05 Pullback Continuation v2.0 Gold Model (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/ghx-05-pullback-continuation): Waits for a healthy pullback inside the trend before entering. What it waits for on XAUUSD, when it struggles, what you control, and its recorded win rate and sample size. - [GHX-05 Pullback Continuation v2.0 Gold Trade Record (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/ghx-05-pullback-continuation/ledger): Every XAUUSD trade GHX-05 Pullback Continuation takes on the Gold Hunts demonstration account, published after it closes with the reason it was taken. - [GHX-06 Momentum Ignition v2.0 Gold Model (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/ghx-06-momentum-ignition): Captures the volatility expansion when gold ignites off a catalyst. What it waits for on XAUUSD, when it struggles, what you control, and its recorded win rate and sample size. - [GHX-06 Momentum Ignition v2.0 Gold Trade Record (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/ghx-06-momentum-ignition/ledger): Every XAUUSD trade GHX-06 Momentum Ignition takes on the Gold Hunts demonstration account, published after it closes with the reason it was taken. - [GHX-07 Range Bound Scalping v2.0 Gold Model (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/ghx-07-range-scalping): Trades support and resistance while gold holds a range. What it waits for on XAUUSD, when it struggles, what you control, and its recorded win rate and sample size. - [GHX-07 Range Bound Scalping v2.0 Gold Trade Record (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/ghx-07-range-scalping/ledger): Every XAUUSD trade GHX-07 Range Bound Scalping takes on the Gold Hunts demonstration account, published after it closes with the reason it was taken. - [GHX-08 Session Open Volatility v2.0 Gold Model (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/ghx-08-session-volatility): Follows a measured opening move at the London and New York references, after one brief pause. What it waits for on XAUUSD, when it struggles, what you control, and its recorded win rate and sample siz - [GHX-08 Session Open Volatility v2.0 Gold Trade Record (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/ghx-08-session-volatility/ledger): Every XAUUSD trade GHX-08 Session Open Volatility takes on the Gold Hunts demonstration account, published after it closes with the reason it was taken. - [GHX-09 Higher Timeframe Bias v2.0 Gold Model (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/ghx-09-htf-bias): Takes direction from the daily chart, needs the 4-hour to agree, and enters on the hourly. What it waits for on XAUUSD, when it struggles, what you control, and its recorded win rate and sample size. - [GHX-09 Higher Timeframe Bias v2.0 Gold Trade Record (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/ghx-09-htf-bias/ledger): Every XAUUSD trade GHX-09 Higher Timeframe Bias takes on the Gold Hunts demonstration account, published after it closes with the reason it was taken. - [GHX-10 Volatility Compression Break v2.0 Gold Model (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/ghx-10-volatility-compression): Waits for a measured squeeze, then one clean break and one confirming candle. What it waits for on XAUUSD, when it struggles, what you control, and its recorded win rate and sample size. - [GHX-10 Volatility Compression Break v2.0 Gold Trade Record (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/ghx-10-volatility-compression/ledger): Every XAUUSD trade GHX-10 Volatility Compression Break takes on the Gold Hunts demonstration account, published after it closes with the reason it was taken. - [Liquidity Run Continuation Gold Model (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/liquidity-run-continuation): Follows the move once liquidity above or below has been swept. What it waits for on XAUUSD, when it struggles, what you control, and its recorded win rate and sample size. - [Opening Range Break Gold Model (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/opening-range-break): Trades the break of the session opening range. What it waits for on XAUUSD, when it struggles, what you control, and its recorded win rate and sample size. - [Post-Event Stabilisation Gold Model (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/post-event-stabilisation): Stands aside through the news spike and trades only once it settles. What it waits for on XAUUSD, when it struggles, what you control, and its recorded win rate and sample size. - [Market Structure Break & Retest Gold Model (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/structure-break-retest): Patient entries after a confirmed break of structure, on the retest. What it waits for on XAUUSD, when it struggles, what you control, and its recorded win rate and sample size. - [Trend Exhaustion Fade Gold Model (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/trend-exhaustion-fade): Fades a gold trend that is visibly running out of participation. What it waits for on XAUUSD, when it struggles, what you control, and its recorded win rate and sample size. - [Trend Pullback Failure Gold Model (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/trend-pullback-failure): Trades the case where a pullback fails to resume the trend. What it waits for on XAUUSD, when it struggles, what you control, and its recorded win rate and sample size. - [VWAP Reversion Gold Model (XAUUSD)](/gold-models/vwap-reversion): Trades the return to session fair value after a stretch away from it. What it waits for on XAUUSD, when it struggles, what you control, and its recorded win rate and sample size. ## Testing gold strategies (14) - [Testing a Gold Strategy: XAUUSD Method](/gold-testing): How to test a gold trading strategy properly in 2026: backtest limits, demo sample sizes, the XAUUSD metrics that matter, and when a rule set is ready for live. - [Sample Size on Gold: How Many Trades Before a Result Means Anything](/gold-testing/sample-size-on-gold): How many XAUUSD trades are needed before a win rate or expectancy is trustworthy: the variance maths, why 20 trades proves nothing, confidence intervals explained without invented numbers, and sample thresholds by trade frequency and session. - [False Positives in Gold Strategy Testing: Why a Profitable Test Can Still Be Wrong](/gold-testing/false-positives-in-gold-testing): The specific ways a gold backtest or forward test can look profitable without holding a real edge: regime luck, one outsized winner, unmodelled costs, rules changed mid-test, and curve fitting to a single volatility regime, with a detection table for each. - [When to Stop Testing a Gold Strategy: Graduation and Kill Criteria](/gold-testing/when-to-stop-testing-gold): The objective conditions that end a gold strategy test in either direction: graduation criteria for going live, kill criteria for abandoning it, time limits, handling an ambiguous result, and how to restart cleanly after a rule change. - [Backtesting Gold Honestly: XAUUSD Data, Regimes and Traps](/gold-testing/backtesting-gold): A full method for backtesting a gold strategy: tick versus bar data, spread and swap modelling, regime splits, look-ahead and survivorship traps, walk-forward validation, and what a backtest cannot prove before forward testing. - [Demo Testing Gold Properly: Sizing, Fills and Pass Criteria](/gold-testing/demo-testing-gold): A disciplined method for demo testing a gold strategy: sizing that mirrors live risk, what demo fills misrepresent around rollover and CPI, how long to run the test, and the checklist that ends the demo phase. - [Moving From Demo to Live on Gold: The Execution Gap That Costs Money](/gold-testing/gold-demo-vs-live): A staged method for transitioning a gold strategy from demo to live: the specific execution differences that cost money, a size ramp, the metrics to compare side by side, and the rules for stepping back to demo. - [Gold Journal Metrics That Actually Matter](/gold-testing/gold-journal-metrics): The XAUUSD journal metrics worth tracking: expectancy in R, win rate versus average R, MAE/MFE distributions, R by session hour, cost as a share of gross, drawdown in R, and which metrics mislead at low sample. - [Gold Paper Trading vs Demo Account: What Each Actually Measures](/gold-testing/gold-paper-trading-vs-demo): Paper trading versus a demo account for gold: what each method measures, why paper trading flatters entries and hides real cost, a realism comparison table, and when each tool is the right one to use. - [Pre-Live Gold Strategy Checklist](/gold-testing/gold-strategy-checklist): The pre-live checklist for a gold strategy: written rules, sample size, cost assumptions verified on your own feed, risk limits, session restrictions, news blackout policy, journal readiness and a go/no-go decision table. - [Gold Testing Mistakes That Void the Sample](/gold-testing/gold-testing-mistakes): The mistakes that void a gold strategy test: changing rules mid-sample, unrecorded discretionary skips, testing at the wrong size, ignoring rollover and data windows, counting demo fills as real, and mixing setups — each with the correction. - [Prop Firm Gold Rules: Testing XAUUSD Under Constraints](/gold-testing/prop-firm-gold-rules): Testing a gold strategy under prop-firm constraints: daily loss caps, trailing versus static drawdown, news restrictions, weekend and rollover holding rules, and converting a challenge target into a trade count and daily loss budget. - [Tracking Gold Trades: What to Record on XAUUSD](/gold-testing/tracking-gold-trades): How to track XAUUSD trades so the record is usable: the minimum field set, UTC session attribution, setup and violation tagging, screenshot discipline, and MT5 sync versus manual entry. - [Why Gold Strategies Decay: XAUUSD Edge Erosion](/gold-testing/why-gold-strategies-decay): Why a working XAUUSD strategy stops working: volatility regime shifts, real-yield narrative changes, level crowding, broker cost creep and rule drift — with an early-warning metric table and a monthly review cadence. ## Gold intelligence (17) - [Gold Trading Intelligence: XAUUSD Models](/gold-intelligence): How gold signals and XAUUSD models are actually built, validated and supervised in 2026 — what they catch, where they break, and what oversight they need. - [Gold Algorithm Risk Management](/gold-intelligence/gold-algorithm-risk-management): Position sizing, stop placement and exposure limits for systematic XAUUSD trading in 2026, worked in dollars per ounce on 100-ounce contracts. - [Can a Gold Algorithm Be Profitable?](/gold-intelligence/can-a-gold-algorithm-be-profitable): An evidence-first answer on XAUUSD algorithms in 2026: what profitability requires, what the costs are, and why most published results are unfalsifiable. - [Gold Automation: Benefits and Risks](/gold-intelligence/gold-automation-benefits-and-risks): An honest look at automating XAUUSD trading in 2026: what systematising gold genuinely fixes, and the failure modes that cost real accounts money. - [Gold Model Sample Size: How Many Trades](/gold-intelligence/gold-model-sample-size): How many XAUUSD trades before a result means anything in 2026, why thirty is noise, and how gold volatility widens the confidence interval. - [Gold Model Validation: The Process](/gold-intelligence/gold-model-validation): The step-by-step validation process for an XAUUSD model in 2026 — out-of-sample testing, cost realism, perturbation checks and go-live criteria. - [Gold Signal Myths Debunked (2026)](/gold-intelligence/gold-signal-myths): The XAUUSD claims that do not survive contact with evidence: guaranteed pips, 90 percent win rates, bank-level accuracy and free VIP gold rooms. - [Gold Signals vs Gold Trading Bots](/gold-intelligence/gold-signals-vs-gold-bots): The real difference between a published XAUUSD signal and an automated gold bot in 2026 — control, accountability, cost and failure modes. - [How Gold Signals Are Generated](/gold-intelligence/how-gold-signals-are-generated): The full mechanics behind an XAUUSD signal: the data read, the structural condition detected, the filters applied, and the levels published in 2026. - [Prop Firm Gold Automation Rules](/gold-intelligence/prop-firm-gold-automation): How prop firm rules interact with XAUUSD in 2026: news restrictions, drawdown maths on 100-ounce contracts, and what gets accounts breached. - [Automated vs Discretionary Gold Trading](/gold-intelligence/automated-vs-discretionary-gold-trading): Where systematic rules beat judgement on XAUUSD, where judgement wins, and how serious gold desks combine the two in 2026. - [Getting Started With Gold Automation](/gold-intelligence/getting-started-with-gold-automation): A staged path to systematising XAUUSD in 2026: write the rule, size in dollars per ounce, demo it properly, then scale only on evidence. - [Gold Automation for Beginners](/gold-intelligence/gold-automation-for-beginners): A safe starting path for systematic XAUUSD trading in 2026: what to learn first, what to avoid, and the sizing that keeps you in the game. - [Gold Demo Accounts: Testing XAUUSD Safely](/gold-intelligence/gold-demo-accounts): How to use a demo account to test gold strategies in 2026, where demo lies about XAUUSD spreads and slippage, and how to correct for it. - [Gold Signal Services Compared (2026)](/gold-intelligence/gold-signal-services-compared): How to evaluate any XAUUSD signal service: verification, invalidation levels, sample size, cost model and what a credible gold ledger looks like. - [Human Oversight of Gold Models](/gold-intelligence/human-oversight-on-gold-models): Where a person must stay in the XAUUSD chain in 2026: macro vetoes, regime checks, decay reviews and the stand-down decision. - [The Limits of Gold Trading Models](/gold-intelligence/limits-of-gold-models): What no XAUUSD model can do in 2026: predict macro shocks, price central bank language, or survive a regime it has never seen. ## Gold calculators (22) - [Free Gold Trading Calculators (XAUUSD)](/gold-tools): 21 free gold trading calculators: XAUUSD pip value, lot size from your stop, margin, spread cost, swap, expectancy and drawdown recovery. - [Gold Lot Size Calculator (XAUUSD Risk)](/gold-tools/gold-lot-size-calculator): Free gold lot size calculator: size an XAUUSD position from your stop distance in dollars per ounce, your balance and your risk percentage. - [Gold Pip Value Calculator (XAUUSD)](/gold-tools/gold-pip-calculator): Free gold pip calculator: work out XAUUSD pip value, the cash value of a $1 move, and P&L per lot for 100oz, 10oz and micro gold contracts. - [Drawdown Recovery Calculator](/gold-tools/drawdown-recovery-calculator): Free drawdown recovery calculator: the percentage gain required to recover any loss, in cash, in R and in the number of gold trades it takes at your expectancy. - [Gold ATR Stop Calculator (XAUUSD)](/gold-tools/gold-atr-stop-calculator): Free XAUUSD ATR stop calculator: stop price and distance from an ATR multiple, in dollars per ounce, in pips and in cash at your lot size. - [Gold Break-Even Calculator (XAUUSD)](/gold-tools/gold-break-even-calculator): Free XAUUSD break-even calculator: the gold price you need after spread, commission and overnight swap, in dollars per ounce and in cash. - [Gold Compounding Calculator (Projection)](/gold-tools/gold-compounding-calculator): Free compounding projection for gold traders: starting balance, R banked per week and risk per trade, projected week by week with optional withdrawals. - [Gold Margin Calculator (XAUUSD Leverage)](/gold-tools/gold-margin-calculator): Free gold margin calculator: notional XAUUSD exposure and required margin at 1:20 FCA leverage up to 1:500, plus margin as a share of your balance. - [Gold News Countdown: CPI, NFP, FOMC](/gold-tools/gold-news-countdown): Live countdown to the next US CPI, Non-Farm Payrolls and FOMC decision in UTC, with what gold typically does around each release and how to size through it. - [Gold Profit Calculator (XAUUSD P&L)](/gold-tools/gold-profit-calculator): Free gold profit calculator: XAUUSD profit and loss from entry, exit and lot size, with the move in dollars per ounce, in pips and in R. - [Gold R Multiple Calculator (XAUUSD)](/gold-tools/gold-r-multiple-calculator): Free R multiple calculator for gold: score any XAUUSD trade in R from entry, stop and exit, with win, loss or break-even classification. - [Gold Position Size Calculator (XAUUSD Risk)](/gold-tools/gold-risk-position-size): Free XAUUSD position size calculator: lot size from account balance, risk percentage and stop distance, plus cash at risk and margin required. - [Live Gold Session Clock (XAUUSD Hours UTC)](/gold-tools/gold-session-clock): Live gold market session clock in UTC: see whether the Asian, London or New York gold session is open now, plus the rollover window to avoid. - [Gold Session Volatility Heatmap (XAUUSD)](/gold-tools/gold-session-volatility-heatmap): Free XAUUSD volatility heatmap: modelled average hourly gold range by UTC hour and weekday, priced in dollars per ounce and in cash on your lot size. - [Gold Spread Cost Calculator (XAUUSD)](/gold-tools/gold-spread-cost-calculator): Free XAUUSD spread cost calculator: what a gold spread costs per trade, per day, per month and per year at your lot size and trade frequency. - [Gold Swap Calculator (XAUUSD Carry)](/gold-tools/gold-swap-calculator): Free XAUUSD swap calculator: total overnight carry on a gold position from your broker swap rate, lot size, nights held and triple Wednesdays. - [Gold Unit Converter (Ounce, Gram, Tola)](/gold-tools/gold-unit-converter): Free gold unit converter: troy ounce to gram, kilo, tola and tael, with the cash value of the quantity at your reference gold price per ounce. - [Gold vs Inflation Calculator (Real Return)](/gold-tools/gold-vs-inflation-calculator): Free gold vs inflation calculator: nominal and real gold returns over any period, the inflation-tracking price and a real-yield read on the current backdrop. - [Prop Firm Gold Planner (XAUUSD)](/gold-tools/prop-firm-gold-planner): Free prop firm planner for gold traders: cash profit target, daily loss budget, losers before breach, trades needed and a stated-assumption pass probability band. - [Risk of Ruin Calculator (Trading)](/gold-tools/risk-of-ruin-calculator): Free risk of ruin calculator: probability of hitting your ruin threshold from win rate, reward-to-risk, risk per trade and trade count, analytic and simulated. - [Trading Expectancy Calculator](/gold-tools/trading-expectancy-calculator): Free trading expectancy calculator: expectancy per trade in R and cash, per 100 trades, profit factor and the break-even win rate your reward-to-risk requires. - [XAU Cross Correlation Matrix](/gold-tools/xau-cross-correlation): Free correlation matrix across XAUUSD, XAUEUR, XAUGBP, XAUJPY and XAUAUD, derived from gold and FX volatility, with a plain-English read on double exposure. ## Gold macro (10) - [Gold Macro Drivers & XAUUSD Calendar](/gold-macro): What actually moves gold: real yields, the dollar, Fed policy and central bank buying, plus the XAUUSD data calendar traders need each week. - [Gold and CPI: What the Inflation Print Does to XAUUSD](/gold-macro/gold-and-cpi): Why gold reacts to CPI through rate expectations rather than inflation itself, with the measured correlation and a free downloadable dataset. - [Gold and the FOMC: Trading XAUUSD Around Fed Decisions](/gold-macro/gold-and-fomc): How FOMC decisions, the dot plot and the press conference reprice gold, plus the fed funds correlation and the two-stage volatility pattern. - [Gold and NFP: How Payrolls Move XAUUSD](/gold-macro/gold-and-nfp): How the US non-farm payrolls report repricees gold, why the unemployment rate now matters more than the headline, and what the volatility data shows. - [Gold and the US Dollar: The XAUUSD Inverse Explained](/gold-macro/gold-and-the-dollar): Why a stronger dollar usually caps gold, when the inverse breaks, and the measured correlation on 140 months of Gold Hunts data. Free dataset. - [Gold Seasonality: Month-by-Month XAUUSD Returns Since 2015](/gold-macro/gold-seasonality): Measured monthly gold returns and hit rates since 2015, plus intraday and session seasonality. Free CSV download, no folklore. - [Real Yields and Gold: The Core XAUUSD Driver](/gold-macro/real-yields-and-gold): How the US 10-year real yield transmits into the gold price, measured on 140 months of data, with the underlying series free to download. - [Central Bank Gold Demand: The Price-Insensitive Buyer](/gold-macro/central-bank-gold-demand): Why official-sector gold buying behaves unlike any other demand source, how it weakens the real-yield relationship, and what it means for XAUUSD traders. - [Gold ETF Flows: How Fund Demand Moves XAUUSD](/gold-macro/gold-etf-flows): How physically backed gold ETF flows translate into spot demand, why they lag price, and how a gold trader should read them. - [Gold-Silver Ratio: What It Signals for XAUUSD](/gold-macro/gold-silver-ratio): How to read the gold-silver ratio as a risk gauge for gold traders, with the monthly series since 2015 free to download. ## Gold research (4) - [Gold Research Desk: XAUUSD Studies and Open Datasets](/gold-research): Original XAUUSD studies with stated samples, reproducible methods and free CSV/JSON downloads. Volatility, macro correlation and seasonality. - [Gold Macro Correlation Study: Real Yields, Dollar, CPI](/gold-research/gold-macro-correlation-study): Pearson correlations of XAUUSD returns against real yields, the dollar, breakevens, nominal yields and CPI across 140 months. Free dataset. - [XAUUSD Volatility Study: Range by Hour and Session](/gold-research/xauusd-volatility-study): Average XAUUSD hourly range by UTC hour across 2,599 bars, session shares of the daily range, and the daily range regime shift. Free CSV. - [Gold Seasonality Study: Monthly XAUUSD Returns Since 2015](/gold-research/gold-seasonality-study): Average and median XAUUSD returns by calendar month with hit rates, best and worst cases, and an honest statement of sample limits. ## Gold tool comparisons (30) - [Best Brokers for Gold Trading (XAUUSD) 2026](/gold-compare/best-brokers-for-gold-trading): How to pick a broker for gold in 2026: all-in XAUUSD cost per round turn, spread behaviour on US data, swap, minimum lot and exportable trade history. - [Best Gold Trade Journal 2026: 10 Tools Ranked for XAUUSD](/gold-compare/best-gold-trade-journal): Ten trading journals assessed for gold traders in 2026 — MT5 sync, XAU session analytics, sweep tagging, free tiers and price. Criteria and method stated up front. - [Free vs Paid Trading Journals (2026): When Paying Is Worth It](/gold-compare/free-vs-paid-trading-journals): A decision framework for gold traders: what paid trading journals genuinely add, the cost over one, twelve and thirty-six months, and when a free journal is enough. - [Gold Hunts vs Tradezella (2026): Gold Journal Compared](/gold-compare/goldhunts-vs-tradezella): Honest Gold Hunts vs Tradezella comparison for XAUUSD traders: MT5 sync, gold session analytics, sweep tagging, prop-firm reporting, free tier and 12-month cost. Prices checked August 2026. - [Gold Trading Comparisons — Brokers & Tools](/gold-compare): Side-by-side comparisons for gold traders: brokers for XAUUSD, MT5 vs cTrader for gold, signals vs expert advisors, and Gold Hunts alternatives. - [How to Connect a MetaTrader 5 Account to Gold Hunts](/gold-compare/connect-an-mt5-account): Connect a supported MetaTrader 5 account to Gold Hunts: what you need, how validation works, the free demo-first path, what a disconnection looks like and how to remove an account. - [Gold Signals vs Gold EAs (Robots) Compared](/gold-compare/gold-signals-vs-gold-eas): Gold signals vs automated gold EAs: who carries execution risk, how each fails on XAUUSD, and which is verifiable. A blunt comparison for gold traders. - [Gold Hunts Alternatives for Gold Traders](/gold-compare/goldhunts-alternatives): Honest alternatives to Gold Hunts for gold trade journaling, XAUUSD signals and gold macro research — including where another tool is the better fit. - [Gold Hunts vs the MT5 Mobile App for Gold (2026)](/gold-compare/goldhunts-vs-mt5-mobile-app): A task-by-task comparison of Gold Hunts and the MetaTrader 5 mobile app for XAUUSD traders: session context, sizing, order entry, exposure, history and warnings. Checked September 2026. - [An MT5 Alternative for Gold Trading (XAUUSD)](/gold-compare/mt5-alternative-for-gold-trading): Gold Hunts is a gold-only trading interface that works with your existing MetaTrader 5 broker account. You keep the broker, the funds and the execution; the everyday interface changes. - [MT5 vs cTrader for Gold Trading (XAUUSD)](/gold-compare/mt5-vs-ctrader-for-gold): MT5 vs cTrader for XAUUSD: order handling, gold depth of market, automation, journaling and API access compared for gold traders specifically. - [Gold Hunts vs Edgewonk (2026): Gold Trading Journal Compared](/gold-compare/goldhunts-vs-edgewonk): Gold Hunts vs Edgewonk for gold traders: automated MT5 sync and XAUUSD session analytics versus Edgewonk's manual, psychology-first journal. Pricing checked August 2026. - [Gold Hunts vs FX Blue for Gold Traders (2026)](/gold-compare/goldhunts-vs-fx-blue): Gold Hunts vs FX Blue for XAUUSD traders: gold session analytics, sweep tagging and dollar-based risk versus FX Blue's free trade analysis and MT4/MT5 terminal tools. - [Gold Hunts vs the MetaTrader 5 Report (2026): Gold Journal](/gold-compare/goldhunts-vs-mt5-built-in-report): The MetaTrader 5 built-in report versus a gold journal: what the MT5 statement measures, what it hides about XAUUSD, and how session, sweep and spread analysis differ. - [Gold Hunts vs Myfxbook for Gold Traders (2026)](/gold-compare/goldhunts-vs-myfxbook): Gold Hunts vs Myfxbook for XAUUSD: verified public track records versus gold-native session analytics, sweep tagging and MT5 journaling. Both free — different jobs. - [Gold Hunts vs Notion & Excel Trading Journal Templates (2026)](/gold-compare/goldhunts-vs-notion-and-excel-templates): Spreadsheet and Notion trading journal templates versus an automated gold journal: entry effort, error rates, XAUUSD session analytics and what a template genuinely does better. - [Gold Hunts vs Trademetria (2026): Gold Journal Compared](/gold-compare/goldhunts-vs-trademetria): Gold Hunts vs Trademetria for XAUUSD traders: free gold session analytics and sweep tagging versus a general journal with a free plan and paid tiers. Pricing checked August 2026. - [Gold Hunts vs TraderSync (2026): Gold Journal Compared](/gold-compare/goldhunts-vs-tradersync): Gold Hunts vs TraderSync for gold traders: XAUUSD session analytics and sweep tagging free, versus TraderSync's paid multi-asset journal. Pricing checked August 2026. - [Gold Hunts vs TradesViz (2026): Gold Journal Compared](/gold-compare/goldhunts-vs-tradesviz): Gold Hunts vs TradesViz for XAUUSD traders: MT5 sync, gold session analytics, sweep tagging, free tier and price. TradesViz pricing checked August 2026. - [Gold Hunts vs a Paper Trading Journal (2026)](/gold-compare/goldhunts-vs-paper-journal): Paper trading journal versus an automated gold journal: what handwriting genuinely improves, what it cannot measure on XAUUSD, and how to run both without duplicating work. - [Gold Hunts vs Tradezella: Data Export & Ownership](/gold-compare/goldhunts-vs-tradezella/data-export): CSV and JSON export, machine-readable endpoints and vendor lock-in compared for gold traders choosing between Gold Hunts and Tradezella. - [Gold Hunts Free Tier vs Tradezella Paid Plans (2026)](/gold-compare/goldhunts-vs-tradezella/free-tier): What you get free on Gold Hunts versus Tradezella's paid-only plans from $35/mo, checked August 2026 — and when paying for a journal is genuinely the right call. - [Gold Hunts vs Tradezella: XAUUSD Analytics Compared](/gold-compare/goldhunts-vs-tradezella/gold-analytics): Gold-native analytics versus a multi-asset journal: contract maths, spread cost per round turn, session segmentation and volatility context for XAUUSD traders. - [Tradezella to Gold Hunts: Gold Journal Migration Guide](/gold-compare/goldhunts-vs-tradezella/migration-guide): Step-by-step migration of your XAUUSD trade history from Tradezella to the free Gold Hunts gold journal, including MT5 export, backfill tagging and a parallel-run month. - [Gold Hunts vs Tradezella on Mobile: PWA vs App](/gold-compare/goldhunts-vs-tradezella/mobile): Journaling gold trades from a phone: installable PWA versus app-store access, offline behaviour, and what a mobile journal must do during a live XAUUSD session. - [Gold Hunts vs Tradezella: MT5 Sync for XAUUSD Compared](/gold-compare/goldhunts-vs-tradezella/mt5-sync): How Gold Hunts and Tradezella import MetaTrader 5 gold trades: automatic sync, symbol suffixes, partial closes, swap and commission handling for XAUUSD. - [Gold Hunts vs Tradezella Pricing (2026): Real 12-Month Cost](/gold-compare/goldhunts-vs-tradezella/pricing): Tradezella costs $35–$99 a month; the Gold Hunts gold journal is free. Full 12-month cost comparison for XAUUSD traders, with prices checked August 2026. - [Gold Hunts vs Tradezella: Prop-Firm Reporting for Gold](/gold-compare/goldhunts-vs-tradezella/prop-firm-reporting): Daily loss limits, drawdown and multi-account tracking for funded gold traders — how Gold Hunts and Tradezella compare on prop-firm reporting for XAUUSD. - [Gold Hunts vs Tradezella: Gold Session Analysis (UTC)](/gold-compare/goldhunts-vs-tradezella/session-analysis): Asia, London and New York session performance on XAUUSD: preset UTC session buckets versus generic time-of-day reporting in a multi-asset journal. - [Gold Hunts vs Tradezella: XAU Setup & Sweep Tagging](/gold-compare/goldhunts-vs-tradezella/xau-tagging): Sweep, continuation and reversal tagging for XAUUSD: how a preset gold taxonomy compares with Tradezella free-text tags, and why tag hygiene decides your statistics. ## Gold glossary (40) - [Gold Trading Glossary (XAUUSD Terms)](/gold-glossary): Plain-English definitions of the gold trading terms that actually change your risk: XAUUSD, gold pips, gold lots, spot gold, spreads, margin and drawdown. - [What Is a Gold Lot? XAUUSD Contract Size](/gold-glossary/what-is-a-gold-lot): A standard gold lot is 100 troy ounces of XAUUSD, so a $1 gold move is about $100. Mini and micro gold lots, margin, and how to size from your stop. - [What Is a Gold Pip? XAUUSD Pips and Points](/gold-glossary/what-is-a-gold-pip): A gold pip is usually 0.01 of the XAUUSD price, worth about $1 per standard lot. How pips, points and ticks differ on gold, and how to check yours. - [What Is Drawdown in Gold Trading?](/gold-glossary/what-is-gold-drawdown): Drawdown is the fall from an equity peak to the following trough. Why gold drawdowns run deeper than FX, and the numbers that decide account survival. - [What Is Gold Margin? XAUUSD Leverage Explained](/gold-glossary/what-is-gold-margin): Gold margin is the deposit your broker holds against an XAUUSD position. How leverage sets it, what margin level means, and when a gold stop-out happens. - [What Is Spot Gold? Spot Price vs Futures](/gold-glossary/what-is-spot-gold): Spot gold is the price for immediate delivery of one troy ounce, set in the London OTC market. How it differs from futures, ETFs and the XAUUSD you trade. - [What Is the Gold Spread? XAUUSD Costs](/gold-glossary/what-is-the-gold-spread): The gold spread is the gap between the XAUUSD bid and ask, typically 15-40 cents. What it costs per lot, when it widens, and how it compounds on scalps. - [What Is XAUUSD? Gold vs US Dollar Explained](/gold-glossary/what-is-xauusd): XAUUSD is the price of one troy ounce of gold quoted in US dollars. What the symbol means, how it is priced, how it is sized, and how it differs from futures. - [What Are the XAU Crosses? XAUEUR, XAUGBP, XAUJPY](/gold-glossary/what-are-the-xau-crosses): XAU crosses price gold in a currency other than the dollar — XAUEUR, XAUGBP, XAUAUD, XAUJPY. Each carries gold risk plus a currency risk on top. - [What Is a Fair Value Gap on Gold? FVG Explained](/gold-glossary/what-is-a-fair-value-gap): A fair value gap is a three-candle imbalance where price moved so fast it left an untraded band. On gold, FVGs form most often around news releases. - [What Is a Gold ETF Flow? Holdings and Price](/gold-glossary/what-is-a-gold-etf-flow): A gold ETF flow is the change in bullion held by exchange-traded funds. Holdings are published daily, making it the most observable investment-demand series. - [What Is a Gold Swap? XAUUSD Overnight Fee](/gold-glossary/what-is-a-gold-swap): A gold swap is the overnight financing charge or credit applied to a XAUUSD position held past the broker rollover, usually 22:00 UTC, tripled on Wednesday. - [What Is a Liquidity Sweep on Gold?](/gold-glossary/what-is-a-liquidity-sweep): A liquidity sweep is a push through an obvious high or low that triggers resting stops, then reverses. Gold does this most often at session opens. - [What Is a Margin Call on Gold? Stop Out Levels](/gold-glossary/what-is-a-margin-call): A margin call warns that equity has fallen towards the margin held on your gold positions. How margin level, call level and stop out work on XAUUSD. - [What Is a Mini Lot on Gold? XAUUSD 0.10 Lot](/gold-glossary/what-is-a-mini-lot): A gold mini lot is 0.10 of a standard contract — 10 troy ounces — so a $1 move in XAUUSD is about $10. How mini and micro gold lots change risk. - [What Is a Prop Firm? Gold Trading Rules](/gold-glossary/what-is-a-prop-firm): A prop firm funds traders who pass an evaluation. For gold traders the binding constraints are daily loss limits and how volatile XAUUSD sizing interacts with them. - [What Is a Real Yield? The Main Gold Driver](/gold-glossary/what-is-a-real-yield): A real yield is a bond yield minus expected inflation. It is the opportunity cost of holding gold, and the single most persistent macro driver of XAUUSD. - [What Is a Safe Haven Asset? Gold in Crises](/gold-glossary/what-is-a-safe-haven-asset): A safe haven is an asset expected to hold or gain value in stress. Gold usually qualifies — but not on day one of a liquidity crisis, when it is sold for cash. - [What Is a Tick on Gold? XAUUSD Tick Value](/gold-glossary/what-is-a-tick): A tick is the smallest price change a broker will quote on XAUUSD, usually 0.01. Tick value on a 100-ounce lot is about $1. How to check yours in MT5. - [What Is a Troy Ounce? Gold Weight Explained](/gold-glossary/what-is-a-troy-ounce): A troy ounce is 31.1035 grams, the unit gold is priced and traded in. Why one XAUUSD lot of 100 troy ounces is not 100 ordinary ounces. - [What Is AISC? All-In Sustaining Cost in Gold](/gold-glossary/what-is-aisc): AISC is all-in sustaining cost: what it costs a miner to produce an ounce of gold and keep producing. It sets the industry cost floor narrative. - [What Is an Order Block on Gold?](/gold-glossary/what-is-an-order-block): An order block is the candle range where an aggressive gold move originated, used as a reference zone for pullback entries — and it needs testing, not faith. - [What Is an R-Multiple? Gold Risk Units Explained](/gold-glossary/what-is-an-r-multiple): An R-multiple expresses a trade result as a multiple of the risk taken. 1R is your planned loss, so a +2R gold trade made twice what it risked. - [What Is ATR on Gold? Average True Range](/gold-glossary/what-is-atr): ATR is the average true range — the mean size of recent gold bars including gaps. It is how XAUUSD stops get sized to volatility instead of to hope. - [What Is Backwardation in Gold? Curve Stress](/gold-glossary/what-is-backwardation): Backwardation is when gold futures trade below spot — an unusual state signalling immediate physical demand or delivery stress rather than a price forecast. - [What Is Central Bank Gold Demand?](/gold-glossary/what-is-central-bank-gold-demand): Central bank gold demand is official-sector reserve buying. It is price-insensitive, slow and reported with a lag — a floor mechanic, not a trading signal. - [What Is Contango in Gold? Futures Curve](/gold-glossary/what-is-contango): Contango is when gold futures trade above spot, the normal state for gold because the curve prices storage and dollar funding into forward delivery. - [What Is Expectancy in Trading? Gold Formula](/gold-glossary/what-is-expectancy): Expectancy is the average result of a trade in R or currency: win rate times average win minus loss rate times average loss. The only number that says if a gold system pays. - [What Is Leverage on Gold? XAUUSD Leverage](/gold-glossary/what-is-leverage-on-gold): Leverage on gold is the ratio between position value and the margin posted for it. Why 1:100 on XAUUSD is a margin figure, not a risk setting. - [What Are MAE and MFE? Gold Trade Excursions](/gold-glossary/what-is-mae-and-mfe): MAE is the worst drawdown inside a trade; MFE is the best unrealised profit. Together they show whether your gold stops and targets are placed sensibly. - [What Is Sample Size in Trading? Gold Evidence](/gold-glossary/what-is-sample-size): Sample size is how many trades a statistic is built from. Small gold samples produce confidence intervals wide enough to make any claim meaningless. - [What Is Slippage on Gold? XAUUSD Fill Quality](/gold-glossary/what-is-slippage): Slippage is the gap between the price you asked for and the price you got on XAUUSD. Why gold slips hardest at session opens and around CPI, NFP and FOMC. - [What Is the DXY? Dollar Index and Gold](/gold-glossary/what-is-the-dxy): The DXY is the US dollar index against six major currencies. Because gold is priced in dollars, DXY strength is one of the most persistent headwinds for XAUUSD. - [What Is the Gold-Silver Ratio?](/gold-glossary/what-is-the-gold-silver-ratio): The gold-silver ratio is the gold price divided by the silver price — how many ounces of silver buy one ounce of gold, and a common risk-appetite gauge. - [What Is the Gold Fix? LBMA Auction Times](/gold-glossary/what-is-the-gold-spot-fix): The gold fix is the LBMA benchmark auction run twice each London business day, producing the reference price physical gold contracts settle against. - [What Is the LBMA? London Gold Market Explained](/gold-glossary/what-is-the-lbma): The LBMA is the London Bullion Market Association, which sets the Good Delivery standard and oversees the benchmark gold price used across the industry. - [Gold Session Open Times: London, New York, Asia (UTC)](/gold-glossary/what-is-the-session-open): The session open is the start of a regional gold trading window — Asia, London around 07:00 UTC and New York around 12:00 UTC — where volatility concentrates. - [What Is the Sharpe Ratio? Risk-Adjusted Return](/gold-glossary/what-is-the-sharpe-ratio): The Sharpe ratio is excess return divided by volatility of returns. It rewards smooth equity curves and is widely misused on short retail gold track records. - [What Are TIPS? Inflation-Linked Bonds and Gold](/gold-glossary/what-is-tips): TIPS are Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities. Their yields are the market read on real rates, which is the number gold traders watch most closely. - [What Is Win Rate? Gold Trading Hit Rate](/gold-glossary/what-is-win-rate): Win rate is the share of trades closed in profit. On its own it says nothing about profitability — it only means something next to the payoff ratio. ## Gold brokers and platforms (4) - [Best Brokers for Gold Trading (XAUUSD)](/gold-brokers): How to pick a gold broker: what a fair XAUUSD spread looks like, rollover and news spread behaviour, gold contract specs, swap costs and UK regulation. - [Gold on Trading 212: ETFs vs XAUUSD](/gold-brokers/gold-on-trading-212): How to get gold exposure on Trading 212, why it is not an XAUUSD CFD venue, and how gold ETFs compare to trading spot gold with leverage and stops. - [Gold Symbol on MT5: XAUUSD, GOLD, .p, .pro](/gold-brokers/gold-symbols-on-mt5): Find the gold symbol on MetaTrader 5: XAUUSD vs GOLD vs XAUUSD.pro suffixes, where metals hide in Market Watch, and how to read the gold contract spec. - [Lowest Gold Spreads: XAUUSD Costs Compared](/gold-brokers/lowest-gold-spreads): What a fair XAUUSD spread is by session, raw vs standard accounts, rollover and news widening, plus how to measure your real gold trading cost. ## Gold mining (3) - [Gold mining economics — cost floors, AISC and miner margin](/gold-mining): How gold mining economics feed back into the gold price: all-in sustaining cost as a soft floor, miner margin at different price levels, why supply responds slowly, and what mining data does and does not tell traders. - [AISC explained — the gold cost floor and what it really includes](/gold-mining/aisc-explained): All-in sustaining cost explained: what AISC includes and excludes, how it differs from cash cost and all-in cost, why it is a soft floor under the gold price, and how to use it without over-reading it. - [Gold price vs miner margin — the leverage mechanic, with data](/gold-mining/gold-price-vs-miner-margin): How miner margin per ounce responds to the gold price at $1,200, $1,400 and $1,600 all-in sustaining cost benchmarks, why gold equities amplify metal moves, and the downloadable month-end dataset behind it. ## Audience surfaces (6) - [Gold day trading workflow — a repeatable XAUUSD routine](/for/day-traders): A session-by-session XAUUSD day trading workflow: pre-session macro check, session selection by volatility, position sizing, execution rules, and the end-of-day journal review that makes the record useful. - [Gold research for funds — methodology, verified record and data licensing](/for/funds): How Gold Hunts builds its gold signals, what its broker-verified XAUUSD record does and does not prove, how the sample is constructed, and how funds can licence the underlying data and API. - [How the gold price is actually set — LBMA fix, spot and physical](/for/gold-enthusiasts): How the gold price is set: the LBMA Gold Price auction, the OTC spot market, futures, and why the coin in your hand costs more than spot. Premiums, purity, weight units and storage explained. - [Gold statistics for journalists — citable data, charts and datasets](/for/journalists): Headline gold statistics with sample sizes and sources, embeddable XAUUSD charts, downloadable CSV and JSON datasets, and a ready-made citation for reporters covering the gold price. - [Gold data API for systems traders — JSON, CSV datasets and MCP tools](/for/systems-traders): Machine-readable gold data for systematic traders: JSON endpoints for signals and the verified XAUUSD record, CSV backtest datasets, an OpenAPI 3.1 spec, an MCP tool catalogue, and Python, TypeScript and shell code samples. - [Gold Hunts press kit — logos, boilerplate, founder bio and contact](/press): The Gold Hunts press kit: downloadable logos, approved boilerplate at three lengths, founder biography, fact sheet, what the desk does and does not claim, and a verification contact for reporters. ## Data and embeds (1) - [Free Gold Data API for XAUUSD (JSON)](/gold-data): Free JSON API for gold: XAUUSD session calls with scored outcomes, verified win rates, session windows in UTC, glossary and calculator formulas. No key needed.