GOLDINTEL LIBRARY
Gold: A Trader's Book
A practitioner's guide to trading XAUUSD. 43 chapters, roughly 10 hours of reading. Read in order, or jump to what you need.
PART —
Prologue
PART 1
The Asset
PART 2
The Plumbing
PART 3
The Engine
11Real yields — the master variable
17 min12The dollar — friend, foe, and feedback loop
15 min13Inflation — when it works, when it's broken
14 min14The Fed — words, dot plots, balance sheets
16 min15Geopolitics and the safe-haven bid
13 min16Risk-on, risk-off, and the gold response
13 min17The cross-assets that matter (oil, silver, BTC, yen)
14 min18The 85:15 rule and your edge
12 minPART 4
The Toolkit
19Reading a gold chart — the four timeframes
13 min20Support, resistance, and the round number
11 min21Candlestick psychology: what the wick is telling you
13 min22Smart money concepts for gold (BOS, CHoCH, OBs, FVGs)
16 min23Supply and demand zones: where the orders are
13 min24Momentum — where RSI works, where it lies
11 min25Volatility — what ATR really tells you
11 min26The COT report — positioning as a signal
14 min27Seasonality and the gold calendar
10 min28The events that matter — NFP, CPI, FOMC, ECB
13 minPART 5
The Plan
PART 6
Reference & Extensions
34How to actually trade gold — the instruments
15 min35Execution mechanics — spreads, slippage, financing
12 min36Options on gold — defined risk and volatility
14 min37Portfolio and correlation — the trap of false diversification
11 min38Strategy validation — expectancy, sample size, and edge
14 min39A complete trade, end to end
16 min40Appendix A — Trading mechanics 101
12 min41Appendix B — Glossary and abbreviations
18 minPART —
Epilogue
The Epilogue is rewritten quarterly. Other chapters are reviewed annually or on regime shifts; the date shown on each chapter is its most recent review.