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Short guides and data studies built from the same ten years of gold prices used in the game. Read one, then test what you learned on real charts.
How to play Up or Down? GOLD, and how to practice so it counts
The rules, the two ways answers are judged, what every setting does, and a simple routine for getting better at reading gold charts.
Data studyWhen does gold move? Hour-by-hour volatility from ten years of data
Average gold (XAU/USD) volatility for every hour of the day, each trading session and each weekday, measured on 57,890 one-hour candles from 2016 to 2026.
Data studyGold from 2016 to 2026: ten years of prices in numbers
Yearly open, high, low and close for gold (XAU/USD) from 2016 to 2026, the ten biggest daily moves, and how much a typical day's range has grown.
Data studyWin rate vs. risk-reward: what 57,819 random entries on gold teach
We bought and sold at every 1-hour candle close over ten years of gold data, with ATR-based stops and targets. The win rates land almost exactly on break-even. Here is why that matters.
Data studyDo simple signals work on gold? Big candles, streaks and the 200 SMA, tested
Three popular chart ideas, follow the big candle, fade the streak and buy above the 200-period moving average, tested on ten years of 15-minute, 1-hour and 4-hour gold data.