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Start with the instrument and the risk.
You want a clear first reading rather than an advanced metric or a finished trade screenshot.
- 01
Learn the foundations
Study lessons 1–24 in modules 1–4. Work through quote units, orders, costs, sizing and the first review process.
Open the foundation modules → - 02
Check your understanding
Use the 24-question Beginner review. Follow the lesson links for any missed concepts.
Take the Beginner review → - 03
Practise one bounded decision
Choose an action before revealing the synthetic chart. Start with the minimum-size case and its explicit cost assumptions.
Try the position-size scenario → - 04
Build a small paper record
When the foundations are familiar, draft your instrument, risk and no-trade rules in the final-project workspace. Keep the remaining fields as visible work in progress.
Open the paper workspace →
Use this route as study guidance. You can revisit any lesson or choose a different path; no score automatically advances you to live trading.
Connect knowledge with execution.
You understand ordinary charts and orders, and want a reviewable process rather than more disconnected signals.
- 01
Compare instruments and information
Study lessons 25–44 in modules 5–8. Examine physical gold, futures, portfolio decisions, indicators and performance records.
Study applied instruments → - 02
Build the complete paper system
Continue with lessons 85–100 in modules 17–19. Define permission, lifecycle, feasible size, exits and a review procedure.
Open the system workshop → - 03
Check the applied concepts
The 36-question Intermediate review covers lessons 25–44 and 85–100. It is a self-check, not an entry requirement or trading credential.
Take the Intermediate review → - 04
Reconcile a complete program
Use Practice Lab, then record actual assumptions and unresolved items in your own paper project.
Open the Practice Lab →
Use this route as study guidance. You can revisit any lesson or choose a different path; no score automatically advances you to live trading.
Examine what the evidence supports.
You have a written method or paper record and want to test its assumptions, accounting and operational completeness.
- 01
Study the evidence modules
Review lessons 45–84 in modules 9–16: statistics, advanced exposure, execution diagnostics, physical risk and research design.
Open the evidence modules → - 02
Locate conceptual gaps
The 40-question Advanced review points back to the relevant lessons and shows the result by module. A high score does not verify a strategy.
Take the Advanced review → - 03
Inspect failure and ambiguity
Work through a lost-response program or a bar touching both exits. Keep missing execution evidence explicit.
Inspect an ambiguous exit case → - 04
Defend a project decision
Reconcile the journal and account bridge, list unresolved questions and justify a continue, revise or suspend decision for the paper experiment.
Review the final-project workspace →
Use this route as study guidance. You can revisit any lesson or choose a different path; no score automatically advances you to live trading.
A connected library, at your pace.
There is no fixed daily deadline. Revisit the worked examples and keep reading completion separate from your quiz scores and paper-project documentation.
Turn the course into a study routine.
Sessions 1–25 cover all 100 lessons in order. Sessions 26–30 connect the reviews, synthetic scenarios and paper project. A session is a unit of study, not a daily deadline. Allow roughly 60–90 minutes for four detailed readings and their checks, or divide the work into shorter sittings.
Your existing lesson-completion controls remain the progress record. These session outlines do not create a separate completion score.
Your study notebook
Use each session’s three fields to record your goal, the question you could not yet answer and the explanation you can now defend. Notes do not mark lessons completed or change quiz results.
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Session 01 · Lessons 1–4
Read at your own pace; split this session across several days when needed. After each lesson, answer its concept check before consulting the explanation.
- Lesson 1: What Is XAU/USD? Gold Trading Explained for Beginners
- Lesson 2: How to Read Gold Candlestick Charts: A Beginner’s Guide
- Lesson 3: Market, Limit and Stop Orders in Gold Trading
- Lesson 4: Gold Trading Costs: Spread, Slippage and Financing
Produce: one paragraph connecting these four lessons, one explicit assumption and one question you still need to resolve. Revisit any missed check before moving on.
Session 02 · Lessons 5–8
Read at your own pace; split this session across several days when needed. After each lesson, answer its concept check before consulting the explanation.
- Lesson 5: Stop-Loss and Take-Profit in Gold: Beginner Essentials
- Lesson 6: Your First Gold Trading Plan: Practise Before Going Live
- Lesson 7: Gold Position Sizing: Calculate Exposure Before You Trade
- Lesson 8: Gold Leverage and Margin: Understand the Difference
Produce: one paragraph connecting these four lessons, one explicit assumption and one question you still need to resolve. Revisit any missed check before moving on.
Session 03 · Lessons 9–12
Read at your own pace; split this session across several days when needed. After each lesson, answer its concept check before consulting the explanation.
- Lesson 9: Support and Resistance in Gold: Read Zones Without Guessing
- Lesson 10: Gold and the Economic Calendar: CPI, Jobs and the Fed
- Lesson 11: Multiple-Timeframe Gold Analysis: Context, Setup and Trigger
- Lesson 12: Gold Trading Expectancy: Evaluate Results Beyond Win Rate
Produce: one paragraph connecting these four lessons, one explicit assumption and one question you still need to resolve. Revisit any missed check before moving on.
Session 04 · Lessons 13–16
Read at your own pace; split this session across several days when needed. After each lesson, answer its concept check before consulting the explanation.
- Lesson 13: Gold Trends and Ranges: Identify the Market Before the Setup
- Lesson 14: Gold ATR for Beginners: Measure Movement, Not Direction
- Lesson 15: Gold Breakouts and Failed Breaks: Define the Evidence
- Lesson 16: Gold Trading Drawdown: Understand Losses and Recovery
Produce: one paragraph connecting these four lessons, one explicit assumption and one question you still need to resolve. Revisit any missed check before moving on.
Session 05 · Lessons 17–20
Read at your own pace; split this session across several days when needed. After each lesson, answer its concept check before consulting the explanation.
- Lesson 17: How to Backtest a Gold Trading Rule Without Hindsight
- Lesson 18: The Gold Pre-Trade Checklist: Turn a Plan into a Decision
- Lesson 19: Gold Liquidity and Trading Sessions: Study the Conditions
- Lesson 20: Audit a Gold Trade: Quotes, Triggers and Actual Fills
Produce: one paragraph connecting these four lessons, one explicit assumption and one question you still need to resolve. Revisit any missed check before moving on.
Session 06 · Lessons 21–24
Read at your own pace; split this session across several days when needed. After each lesson, answer its concept check before consulting the explanation.
- Lesson 21: Multiple Gold Positions: Measure the Combined Exposure
- Lesson 22: Partial Exits and Breakeven Stops: Follow the Arithmetic
- Lesson 23: Small Samples in Gold Trading: Describe the Uncertainty
- Lesson 24: Your Gold Trading Review: Version the Rule Before Testing Again
Produce: one paragraph connecting these four lessons, one explicit assumption and one question you still need to resolve. Revisit any missed check before moving on.
Session 07 · Lessons 25–28
Read at your own pace; split this session across several days when needed. After each lesson, answer its concept check before consulting the explanation.
- Lesson 25: Gold Weight and Purity: Calculate the Fine Gold Content
- Lesson 26: Gold Premiums and Buyback: Calculate the Round-Trip Hurdle
- Lesson 27: Allocated and Unallocated Gold: Understand the Ownership Claim
- Lesson 28: Gold Benchmarks and Spot Quotes: Compare Like with Like
Produce: one paragraph connecting these four lessons, one explicit assumption and one question you still need to resolve. Revisit any missed check before moving on.
Session 08 · Lessons 29–32
Read at your own pace; split this session across several days when needed. After each lesson, answer its concept check before consulting the explanation.
- Lesson 29: Gold Returns in Your Currency: Separate Metal and FX Effects
- Lesson 30: Gold Futures Tick Value: Translate Price Moves into Money
- Lesson 31: Gold Futures Daily Settlement: Follow the Cash Through the Account
- Lesson 32: Gold COT Reports: Read Positioning Without Inventing a Signal
Produce: one paragraph connecting these four lessons, one explicit assumption and one question you still need to resolve. Revisit any missed check before moving on.
Session 09 · Lessons 33–36
Read at your own pace; split this session across several days when needed. After each lesson, answer its concept check before consulting the explanation.
- Lesson 33: Gold ETFs: NAV, Market Price and Tracking Difference
- Lesson 34: Gold in a Portfolio: Calculate Weight Drift and Rebalancing
- Lesson 35: Gold Moving Averages: Read Smoothing Without Predicting the Future
- Lesson 36: Gold RSI: Momentum Is Not a Reversal Promise
Produce: one paragraph connecting these four lessons, one explicit assumption and one question you still need to resolve. Revisit any missed check before moving on.
Session 10 · Lessons 37–40
Read at your own pace; split this session across several days when needed. After each lesson, answer its concept check before consulting the explanation.
- Lesson 37: Gold Volume: Distinguish Ticks, Contracts and Coverage
- Lesson 38: Gold Heikin Ashi Charts: Separate Display Prices from Fills
- Lesson 39: Gold Indicator Repainting: Distinguish Live Signals from Confirmed History
- Lesson 40: Gold Backtests: When One Candle Touches Both Stop and Target
Produce: one paragraph connecting these four lessons, one explicit assumption and one question you still need to resolve. Revisit any missed check before moving on.
Session 11 · Lessons 41–44
Read at your own pace; split this session across several days when needed. After each lesson, answer its concept check before consulting the explanation.
- Lesson 41: Gold TradingView Alerts: Audit the Saved Script Snapshot
- Lesson 42: Gold Signal Webhooks: Verify Delivery, Freshness and Duplicates
- Lesson 43: Gold Trading Returns: Add Money, Compound Percentages
- Lesson 44: Gold Account Performance: Separate Deposits from Trading Gains
Produce: one paragraph connecting these four lessons, one explicit assumption and one question you still need to resolve. Revisit any missed check before moving on.
Session 12 · Lessons 45–48
Read at your own pace; split this session across several days when needed. After each lesson, answer its concept check before consulting the explanation.
- Lesson 45: Gold Realized Volatility: Calculate the Statistic and Audit Its Assumptions
- Lesson 46: Gold Correlation: Align Returns Before Interpreting the Relationship
- Lesson 47: Gold Event Studies: Measure the Reaction Without Inventing the Cause
- Lesson 48: Gold Strategy Robustness: Count the Experiments Behind the Winner
Produce: one paragraph connecting these four lessons, one explicit assumption and one question you still need to resolve. Revisit any missed check before moving on.
Session 13 · Lessons 49–52
Read at your own pace; split this session across several days when needed. After each lesson, answer its concept check before consulting the explanation.
- Lesson 49: Gold Stress Tests: Model Gaps, Liquidity and Tail Losses Together
- Lesson 50: Gold Options at Expiry: Separate Payoff, Premium and Exercise
- Lesson 51: Gold Option Delta and Gamma: Estimate Exposure Without Freezing It
- Lesson 52: Gold Implied Volatility: Separate the Price of Uncertainty from Direction
Produce: one paragraph connecting these four lessons, one explicit assumption and one question you still need to resolve. Revisit any missed check before moving on.
Session 14 · Lessons 53–56
Read at your own pace; split this session across several days when needed. After each lesson, answer its concept check before consulting the explanation.
- Lesson 53: Gold Futures Rolls: Reconcile Contract P&L with a Continuous Chart
- Lesson 54: Gold Mining Shares: Understand the Business Behind the Metal Exposure
- Lesson 55: Gold VWAP: Define the Anchor, Price Input and Volume
- Lesson 56: Gold Bollinger Bands: Distinguish Price Dispersion from a Reversal Signal
Produce: one paragraph connecting these four lessons, one explicit assumption and one question you still need to resolve. Revisit any missed check before moving on.
Session 15 · Lessons 57–60
Read at your own pace; split this session across several days when needed. After each lesson, answer its concept check before consulting the explanation.
- Lesson 57: Gold MACD: Read the Line, Signal and Histogram as Different Comparisons
- Lesson 58: Gold Donchian Channels: Use the Prior Window Without Circular Signals
- Lesson 59: Gold Fibonacci Retracements: Audit the Anchors Before Trusting the Level
- Lesson 60: Gold Position Accounting: Distinguish Net Exposure from Gross Tickets
Produce: one paragraph connecting these four lessons, one explicit assumption and one question you still need to resolve. Revisit any missed check before moving on.
Session 16 · Lessons 61–64
Read at your own pace; split this session across several days when needed. After each lesson, answer its concept check before consulting the explanation.
- Lesson 61: Gold Bracket Orders: Audit Partial Fills and Cancellation States
- Lesson 62: Gold Trade Excursions: Measure MAE and MFE Without Rewriting the Past
- Lesson 63: Gold Execution Shortfall: Reconcile Decisions, Fills and Unfilled Quantity
- Lesson 64: Gold Strategy Monitoring: Separate Data Failures, Execution Drift and Method Decay
Produce: one paragraph connecting these four lessons, one explicit assumption and one question you still need to resolve. Revisit any missed check before moving on.
Session 17 · Lessons 65–68
Read at your own pace; split this session across several days when needed. After each lesson, answer its concept check before consulting the explanation.
- Lesson 65: Gold Open Interest: Follow the Contract Ledger Before Reading Sentiment
- Lesson 66: Gold Order Books: Translate Displayed Depth into a Conditional Fill Estimate
- Lesson 67: Gold Calendar Spreads: Calculate Relative-Maturity P&L and Leg Risk
- Lesson 68: Gold Basis Risk: Explain Why a Futures Hedge Can Leave a Residual Loss
Produce: one paragraph connecting these four lessons, one explicit assumption and one question you still need to resolve. Revisit any missed check before moving on.
Session 18 · Lessons 69–72
Read at your own pace; split this session across several days when needed. After each lesson, answer its concept check before consulting the explanation.
- Lesson 69: Gold Lending and Lease Rates: Separate Metal Interest from Price Exposure
- Lesson 70: Gold Assay and Authenticity: Separate a Purity Calculation from Evidence
- Lesson 71: Gold Storage and Insurance: Reconcile the Inventory and the Protection
- Lesson 72: Gold Inventory Hedging: Match Fine Ounces and Finance the Cash Path
Produce: one paragraph connecting these four lessons, one explicit assumption and one question you still need to resolve. Revisit any missed check before moving on.
Session 19 · Lessons 73–76
Read at your own pace; split this session across several days when needed. After each lesson, answer its concept check before consulting the explanation.
- Lesson 73: Gold and Currency Hedging: Separate Metal Exposure from the Conversion Leg
- Lesson 74: Gold Capstone: Build One Report from Price, Basis, Costs and Liquidity
- Lesson 75: Gold Profit Factor: Reconcile the Winning and Losing Dollars
- Lesson 76: Gold Sharpe Ratios: Align Excess Returns, Frequency and Risk
Produce: one paragraph connecting these four lessons, one explicit assumption and one question you still need to resolve. Revisit any missed check before moving on.
Session 20 · Lessons 77–80
Read at your own pace; split this session across several days when needed. After each lesson, answer its concept check before consulting the explanation.
- Lesson 77: Gold Sortino Ratios: Define the Target and the Downside Denominator
- Lesson 78: Gold Win Rates: Calculate a Confidence Interval and State Its Assumptions
- Lesson 79: Gold Return Dependence: Keep the Sequence When Measuring Risk
- Lesson 80: Gold Bootstrap Studies: Resample the Evidence Without Inventing New Markets
Produce: one paragraph connecting these four lessons, one explicit assumption and one question you still need to resolve. Revisit any missed check before moving on.
Session 21 · Lessons 81–84
Read at your own pace; split this session across several days when needed. After each lesson, answer its concept check before consulting the explanation.
- Lesson 81: Gold Walk-Forward Tests: Freeze Each Rule Before Its Next Evaluation
- Lesson 82: Gold Research Universes: Keep Delisted Products and Historical Eligibility Visible
- Lesson 83: Gold Performance Attribution: Separate Within-Condition Results from the Opportunity Mix
- Lesson 84: Gold Performance Capstone: Audit a Claim from Signal Ledger to Account Equity
Produce: one paragraph connecting these four lessons, one explicit assumption and one question you still need to resolve. Revisit any missed check before moving on.
Session 22 · Lessons 85–88
Read at your own pace; split this session across several days when needed. After each lesson, answer its concept check before consulting the explanation.
- Lesson 85: Build a Gold Trading System: Write the Operating Charter Before the Signal
- Lesson 86: Gold Setup Rules: Translate Chart Language into Testable Predicates
- Lesson 87: Gold System States: Separate Eligibility, Submission, Exposure and Rearming
- Lesson 88: Gold System Sizing: Reserve Risk and Check Whether a Trade Is Feasible
Produce: one paragraph connecting these four lessons, one explicit assumption and one question you still need to resolve. Revisit any missed check before moving on.
Session 23 · Lessons 89–92
Read at your own pace; split this session across several days when needed. After each lesson, answer its concept check before consulting the explanation.
- Lesson 89: Gold System Exits: Define Priority, Timeouts and Conflicting Events
- Lesson 90: Release a Gold Paper System: Test the Runbook Before Increasing Exposure
- Lesson 91: Gold Execution Hesitation: Distinguish a Missed Entry from a New Decision
- Lesson 92: Gold Overtrading: Audit Eligibility Before Counting Activity
Produce: one paragraph connecting these four lessons, one explicit assumption and one question you still need to resolve. Revisit any missed check before moving on.
Session 24 · Lessons 93–96
Read at your own pace; split this session across several days when needed. After each lesson, answer its concept check before consulting the explanation.
- Lesson 93: Gold Losing Streaks: Prevent Recovery Pressure from Rewriting Risk
- Lesson 94: Gold Rule Changes: Separate Emergency Repairs from Strategy Redesign
- Lesson 95: Gold Trading Journals: Score Decision Quality Separately from Profit
- Lesson 96: Gold Case Study: Audit a Trend-Continuation Trade from Context to Net Exit
Produce: one paragraph connecting these four lessons, one explicit assumption and one question you still need to resolve. Revisit any missed check before moving on.
Session 25 · Lessons 97–100
Read at your own pace; split this session across several days when needed. After each lesson, answer its concept check before consulting the explanation.
- Lesson 97: Gold Case Study: Accept a Failed Range Break Without Moving the Evidence
- Lesson 98: Gold Case Study: Document a Valid No-Trade Decision Around a Scheduled Event
- Lesson 99: Gold Case Study: Recover from a Lost Order Response Without Duplicating Exposure
- Lesson 100: Gold Lesson 100: Complete the Paper-System Project and Defend Its Evidence
Produce: one paragraph connecting these four lessons, one explicit assumption and one question you still need to resolve. Revisit any missed check before moving on.
Session 26 · Foundation review
Complete the 24-question Beginner review without the answer explanations open. Use the linked lessons to correct each missed concept. Write the corrected reasoning in your own words.
Open Beginner review →Session 27 · Applied review
Complete the 36-question Intermediate review. Separate errors about instruments from errors about execution and position risk. Recalculate one sizing example independently.
Open Intermediate review →Session 28 · Evidence review
Complete the 40-question Advanced review. Identify one conclusion your evidence cannot support, then state what additional observation would be required.
Open Advanced review →Session 29 · Decision rehearsal
Work through the minimum-lot cost case and the same-candle conflict case in Practice Lab. Record your action and assumptions before revealing either solution. Explain any disagreement after the reveal.
Open Practice Lab →Session 30 · Build and audit the paper project
Draft the plan, enter a small set of clearly labelled paper records, reconcile costs and export the project report. List unresolved assumptions and a concrete revision. Completion is a study milestone, not proof of trading readiness.
Open paper project →