Stage 1
Spot badgeNot earned yet
Spot: Know what you trade
What XAUUSD is, how gold is quoted, what one lot is worth, what trading costs, when gold trades and how orders work. The ground every later stage stands on.
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The School of Gold: Spot, Ounce, Bar, Vault
A free gold trading school in four named stages. Each stage lists existing lessons, guides and tools in order, with ticks you control, a ten-question stage quiz and a badge. Finish all four for a self-study certificate.
The School of Gold is a free, step-by-step path for learning to trade gold (XAUUSD). It groups the site's lessons into four stages named after gold itself: Spot (what you trade), Ounce (charts and risk), Bar (indicators and smart money) and Vault (macro, events, your plan and your mindset). Each stage shows your progress, ends with a stage quiz and awards a badge. Progress is saved in your browser, so there is nothing to sign up for. Education only: no signals, no trade calls.
Four stages
Your stages and badges
Start at stage 1 unless you can already pass its quiz. Badges appear as you complete each stage.
Stage 2
Ounce badgeNot earned yet
Ounce: Read the chart, size the risk
Candlesticks, support and resistance, trend structure, trendlines and chart patterns, then the part that keeps you in the game: position size, stop placement and reward-to-risk.
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Open stage 2Stage 3
Bar badgeNot earned yet
Bar: Indicators and smart money
Moving averages, RSI divergence, ATR and Bollinger Bands, Fibonacci, then the smart-money toolkit: liquidity sweeps, order blocks, fair value gaps and the breakout retest.
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Open stage 3Stage 4
Vault badgeNot earned yet
Vault: Macro, events, plan and mind
What moves gold (real yields, the dollar, central banks), how CPI, NFP and FOMC days behave, expectancy, a written trading plan, trading psychology and the journal that holds it together.
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Open stage 4How the School works
- Open a stage and work down the list. Each step links to an existing lesson, guide or tool on this site.
- Tick each step when you have done it. Lessons end with a five-question quiz; passing one ticks the step for you, here and in the free courses.
- Pass the stage quiz. Ten questions from the stage's lessons; 8 of 10 passes.
- Earn the badge. All steps ticked plus the stage quiz passed = the stage badge.
- Graduate. All four badges unlock the School of Gold certificate below.
The four stages at a glance
| Stage | Theme | Steps | Lesson quizzes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stage 1: Spot | Know what you trade | 11 | 4 |
| Stage 2: Ounce | Read the chart, size the risk | 10 | 7 |
| Stage 3: Bar | Indicators and smart money | 9 | 9 |
| Stage 4: Vault | Macro, events, plan and mind | 12 | 6 |
Every stage also has printable one-page study notes in a hand-drawn style, and stage 4 leans on the trading psychology hub for the habits that protect an account.
Graduation and certificate
0 of 4 badges earned.
Start with stage 1: Spot.
You completed all four stages. Type the name for your certificate, then download it.
Self-study certificate. Not a regulated qualification and not evidence of trading results. Want the longer one? The XAUUSD Foundations certificate needs all 51 academy lessons.
Move your progress to another device
Your ticks and quiz results live in this browser. To carry them to another phone, computer or browser, copy your progress code here and paste it there. The code holds only your ticks, quiz results and course ticks; nothing is sent anywhere, and anyone with the code could load the same progress, so treat it like a note to yourself.
Why there is no account sync yet
If you are signed in to the community app, that sign-in lives on community.xauusdglobal.com, a separate site as far as your browser is concerned, so these pages cannot see it. Rather than add a second log-in here, the School keeps progress in your browser and gives you the code above. Loading a code merges it with what is already saved: a passed quiz stays passed and a tick stays ticked.
Frequently asked questions
Is the School of Gold free?
Yes. Every stage, lesson, quiz, badge and the graduation certificate is free, with no sign-up or email. The XAUUSD Global community is separate and optional, and free during early access.
How is the School different from the courses and the academy?
The academy is the full library of 51 lessons. The courses are goal-based paths with daily or module tasks. The School is the simplest route: four named stages, from what XAUUSD is to a written plan, each with a stage quiz and a badge. They share the same lessons and quizzes, so progress counts everywhere.
Where is my progress saved?
In this browser’s local storage, on this device only. Nothing is sent to us. To continue on another device or browser, copy your progress code from this page and paste it there.
Can I sync progress with my community account?
Not yet. The community app keeps its sign-in on its own subdomain, which this site cannot read, so progress stays in your browser. The progress code moves it between devices in a few seconds.
Is the certificate a qualification?
No. It is a self-study certificate that shows you completed the four stages and passed the stage quizzes. It is not accredited, not recognised by any regulator and not evidence of trading skill or results.
How long does the whole School take?
Roughly 20 to 30 hours of reading and practice for most people, spread over a few weeks. Going slower is fine; the order matters more than the speed.