Gold Trading Guides

Practical guides built on real gold futures volume. Start with the free order flow course for the basics.

• Gold Trading Strategy: Asian, London & New York Sessions
  A gold trading strategy framework by session (Asian range, London open, New York open and US data) using real futures volume levels: value area, POC and VWAP on XAUUSD. Education, not signals.
• How to Trade Gold for Beginners: XAUUSD Step-by-Step
  How to trade gold for beginners, step by step: XAUUSD vs gold futures, trading hours, costs, position size, a simple volume-based plan and the mistakes that blow accounts. Free course and eBook.
• ICT vs Order Flow: Smart Money Concepts vs Real Volume
  ICT vs order flow explained: smart money concepts (order blocks, FVG, liquidity) infer institutional activity from candles; order flow measures it from real trades and the order book. How to combine them on gold.
• Liquidity Sweep & Stop Hunt in Gold: What Order Flow Shows
  Liquidity sweeps and stop hunts in gold (XAUUSD) explained with real order flow: stops triggering through a prior high or low, absorption, and the reclaim. How to tell a sweep from a real breakout.
• Bookmap Tutorial for Gold: Heatmap, Icebergs & Absorption
  Bookmap tutorial for gold futures: data feed, heatmap settings, reading liquidity walls, pulling and stacking, icebergs and absorption on GC/MGC, and how it maps to XAUUSD.
• How to Pass a Futures Prop Firm Challenge Trading Gold
  How to pass a futures prop firm challenge trading gold (GC and MGC): typical rules, trailing drawdown math, consistency rules, MGC sizing and a risk plan. No firm recommendations.

Education only. Not financial advice. No signals. Trading involves substantial risk of loss.