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Gold and Commodities

Understand what commodities are, how gold became money and how gold compares with oil, silver and crops.

7 lessonsAbout 45 min of reading15-question exam

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What you will be able to do

This module takes gold from raw material to market. You will learn how commodities are priced, how gold moved from coins to the gold standard to a freely traded asset, and why central banks still hold it. You will finish able to compare ways of getting gold exposure and explain how other commodities differ.

Lessons

  1. 1What Are Commodities?Raw materials that trade as standard goods: the types, the benchmarks and why they behave as they do.6 min
  2. 2The History of Gold and MoneyFrom gold coins to the gold standard, Bretton Woods and 1971: how gold lost, then kept, its monetary role.6 min
  3. 3Gold trading for beginnersWhat XAUUSD is, how it is priced, what CFDs, leverage and spreads mean.12 min
  4. 4Gold, Central Banks and ReservesWhy central banks hold gold, how reserves work and why official buying and selling can move the market.5 min
  5. 5What moves gold prices?The dollar, rates, inflation, central banks, news and sessions.8 min
  6. 6Ways to Get Gold ExposurePhysical gold, ETFs, miners, futures and CFDs compared: costs, risks and how each one works.5 min
  7. 7Oil, Silver and Other CommoditiesHow oil, silver, copper and crops are priced and what drives each one, compared with gold.5 min
  8. ★Module exam15 questions. Pass mark 80%. Earns 200 XP and a Module Master trophy.Locked
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