Gold vs EUR/USD for scalping: which one fits you
Gold moves more, EUR/USD costs less. Side by side on movement, cost, behavior and news, and the sizing mistake to avoid.
Gold
Everything on trading XAUUSD: sessions, news, costs, sizing and setups for gold scalpers.
Why gold spikes on CPI (and why the first move sometimes reverses)
From inflation data to rate expectations to the dollar: the chain behind the CPI spike, and how to trade CPI day safely.
Scalping gold at the New York open: five rules
The best window of the day for XAUUSD, if you respect how fast it moves. The timeline in UTC and five rules for the open.
XAUUSD pip value explained: what $1 on gold is really worth
Nobody agrees on what a gold pip is. Think in dollars per ounce instead: 1 lot is 100 ounces, and the math gets simple.
Spreads at rollover: why you got stopped out at 21:00 UTC
Every day there is a window where spreads on gold jump several times over. What happens at rollover, and how to protect held trades.
The best time to trade gold (and the hours to avoid)
Most of XAUUSD’s daily range prints in two windows. When they are in UTC, where scalpers get hurt, and a simple daily routine.
Swap on gold: the overnight cost scalpers forget
A scalp that turns into a hold starts paying swap every night, often in both directions on gold. How to calculate it before it eats the trade.
Sweep or breakout? How to tell on gold before you get trapped
Gold punches through yesterday’s high and half the market buys it. Four tells of a sweep, three tells of a real breakout, and how to trade each.
ATR Momentum Scalp on XAU/USD: only trade gold when it’s actually moving
ATR doesn’t give you an entry. It tells you whether today is worth opening the chart, and how wide your stop should be.
Fading the News Spike on XAU/USD: a setup for traders who respect the risk
Wait 5 minutes, measure the spike, size with slippage included. The rules for trading the snap-back after CPI and NFP.
VWAP Pullback on XAU/USD: trading gold off the value zone in the New York session
MT5 VWAP on gold is built from your broker’s tick volume. It still works on trend days, if you know its limits.
Choosing a broker for gold: don’t just look at the spread
The five costs of a gold trade, and how to measure your real cost at the hours you actually trade before picking a broker.