Gold trading, tested.
Guides to ICT and Smart Money concepts on gold, prop firm strategy and risk, backed by data.
Pyramiding Gold Trades Safely: How the Free Add Lifted Returns Without More Drawdown
Adding to winners can boost returns or blow up an account. The rule we tested on 4 years of XAUUSD: add only once the trade is risk-free. The results.
What Is a Fair Value Gap? A Data-Backed Guide for Gold Traders
Fair value gaps (FVGs) explained for XAUUSD traders: how they form, how to trade them, common mistakes, and what 4 years of gold backtesting shows.
Market Structure Shift (MSS) Explained: Confirming Reversals on Gold
What a market structure shift (MSS) is, how it differs from BOS and CHoCH, how to confirm one on XAUUSD, and why confirmation matters in backtests.
How to Pass a Prop Firm Challenge Trading Gold (2026 Simulation)
A data-driven plan to pass a two-step prop firm challenge trading XAUUSD: risk per trade, Monte Carlo pass rates and a full 2026 simulation to payout.
1% vs 10% Risk Per Trade: What 20,000 Monte Carlo Runs Show
How much should you risk per trade? 20,000 Monte Carlo runs on four years of XAUUSD trades compare 1%, 2%, 5% and 10% risk: growth and drawdowns.
We Backtested ICT Concepts on 4 Years of Gold Data. Here's What Held Up.
We tested popular ICT and Smart Money ideas on 98,000 M15 XAUUSD candles: killzones, premium/discount, tight stops, early partials and more. What held up.
Copy Trading vs Signals vs Expert Advisors: Which Is Right for You?
Compare three ways to trade a proven gold strategy: manual signals, copy trading and MT5 Expert Advisors. Control, speed, cost and who each one suits.