Topics

US 10-year yields net of inflation expectations — the cleanest single driver of the gold price.

Gold's inverse twin. Dollar strength caps the metal; dollar weakness lets it breathe.

Asian range, London sweep and the New York open — where gold's liquidity actually sits.

Safe-haven flows, risk premia and how much of a geopolitical move tends to stick.

Official-sector demand, reserve diversification and the structural bid underneath the market.

FOMC decisions, the statement, the dots and the press conference, translated into gold levels.

Gold spreads, slippage, swap and commission — the costs that decide whether a strategy survives live.

Stop distance, lot sizing and the arithmetic that keeps a gold account alive.

The Fed's preferred inflation gauge, published after CPI and often the more consequential number.

Consumer inflation prints, the energy-versus-core split, and how gold historically reacts to each side of the consensus.

Fund holdings, positioning and the flow data that shows whether Western investors are participating.

Tick data, modelling quality, walk-forward protocols and the ways a backtest lies to you.

Expert advisor code, trade management logic and the plumbing that holds a system together.

Producer prices as the pipeline read on inflation, and what a hot or soft print does to the metal.

Non-farm payrolls, the unemployment rate and wage growth — the labour data that resets rate expectations.

Parameter files, optimisation discipline and the gap between a curve-fit and an edge.