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Eight practical lessons, interactive calculators and quizzes. Learn how gold trading works, how to use signals and how to manage risk. Free, with no sign-up.
Risk warning: CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money. Educational content only. Nothing here is a recommendation, and no result is guaranteed.
Eight lessons, from your first signal to strategy. Work through them in the suggested order or jump to what you need.
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Go from a Telegram signal to an opened, managed trade, step by step.
What XAUUSD is, how it is priced, what CFDs, leverage and spreads mean.
How exits work, TP1/TP2/TP3, risk-to-reward and moving to breakeven.
MetaTrader 5 on desktop and mobile: order ticket, SL/TP, modify and close.
Position sizing, leverage, margin, drawdown and why capital comes first.
The dollar, rates, inflation, central banks, news and sessions.
Candlesticks, trends, support and resistance, indicators and timeframes.
Common approaches, when they fail, and how to keep a trading journal.
Everything works in your browser. Calculators are educational and every simulator is clearly marked as not placing real trades.
Turn a risk percentage and a stop distance into a lot size.
Measure a plan's ratio from entry, stop loss and targets.
See the gain needed to recover from a loss.
Read hypothetical signals and get feedback.
Practise on simulated candles with averages and levels.
Fill in an educational order form. No real trades.
Eight lessons, eight quizzes with explanations.
Compare approaches side by side.
Yes. All lessons, calculators and quizzes are free to use, with no sign-up.
No. The beginner lessons assume you know nothing about trading. Start with Gold trading for beginners.
No. It teaches how gold trading works and how to manage risk. It cannot guarantee profits, and CFD trading carries a high risk of losing money.
Charts labelled as schematic illustrations use hypothetical prices to teach a concept. The live charts in the lessons are TradingView's official embedded charts of real XAUUSD prices. We never present invented screenshots as real platform captures.
No. Everything is general education, and nothing is personal advice or a recommendation.
The Gold Desk shares XAUUSD signals on Telegram, with entry, stop loss and targets on every call. Signals are educational ideas, not advice, and no result is guaranteed. Not directed at residents of the USA. Join the free Telegram channel.