Market analysis
The dollar rose against which currencies? Gold needs the basket behind the headline
Compare DXY’s fixed currency basket with the Federal Reserve’s trade-weighted dollar before interpreting gold’s response to a stronger dollar.
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THE DAILY COLLECTION
Open the collection →13 November 2026
10 original articles · Separate from the Daily Gold Brief
Category highlights include earlier dated articles to complete the reading selection. The daily collection contains only its original ten articles.
Market analysis
4 ARTICLES
Market analysis
Treasury auction coverage rose. Did bids increase, or did the denominator shrink?
Separate auction bids, accepted supply and pricing before treating a higher Treasury bid-to-cover ratio as stronger demand or a gold signal.
Market analysis
Retail receipts rose. How much more did consumers actually buy?
Prepare for the next U.S. retail sales report by separating nominal receipts, prices, survey coverage and real consumption before drawing a gold conclusion.
Market analysis
Why unchanged insured unemployment can still mean more people claiming benefits
Read the insured unemployment rate beside its underlying count and reference week before using weekly claims in gold analysis.
Official sector & flows
2 ARTICLES
Official sector & flows
A gold ETF bar list and an inspection answer different questions
Read a gold ETF inventory beside its inspection scope, reconciliation dates and financial accounts before deciding what the evidence establishes.
Official sector & flows
The gold is available. Is it in the form the buyer can use?
Separate fine-gold availability from deliverable bar format, manufacturing capacity and location before interpreting physical-market premiums.
Practical education
4 ARTICLES
Practical education
The gold fill was a mistake. That does not make it reversible.
Separate a mistaken gold order, an exchange trade review and a corrected execution record. Build an incident process before a disputed fill occurs.
Practical education
Your gold order was entered on Wednesday. Its trade date can be Friday.
Reconcile gold futures timestamps, exchange trade dates and holiday sessions. CME’s November calendar shows why one date field is not enough.
Practical education
The gold desk’s cash reserve has a yield. Which denominator is it using?
Compare Treasury bill discount rates, investment yields and deposit APY on one holding period before using cash returns in gold allocation decisions.
Practical education
One gold spread order or two outright legs? The difference is execution
Compare a native calendar spread order with separate gold futures legs. Understand sign, partial fills and temporary outright exposure.
Research methods
2 ARTICLES
Research methods
A gold strategy recovered its peak. How long was it underwater?
Measure the depth, descent and recovery of a gold strategy separately. Build a dated underwater record without inventing a portfolio from target alerts.
Research methods
No failures were observed. How much uncertainty remains?
Use an exact binomial example to understand zero observed failures, then check why selected gold successes and overlapping setups cannot supply that evidence.
Latest Research Lab article
A Gold SWEEP Reported TP3 While Two Opposing BUY Setups Reported Stops
Audit a Hazem SWEEP SELL through frozen levels, three target reports, an activation-price discrepancy and two overlapping BUY stop events.
Read the Research Lab article →Five foundations of gold intelligence
Evergreen primers for understanding the sources behind the daily analysis.
Central Banks & Gold Reserves
Read reserve disclosures without confusing purchases, valuation changes and publication delays.
Source reference: World Gold Council / IMF statisticsRead the research primer →Gold ETF Flows & Investor Demand
Distinguish metal holdings, money flows and changes in assets under management.
Source reference: World Gold Council ETF datasetsRead the research primer →Futures Positioning, Volume & Open Interest
Separate activity, outstanding contracts and trader positioning before interpreting a crowded trade.
Source reference: CFTC reports / CME market dataRead the research primer →Physical Gold: Demand, Mining & Recycling
Understand the difference between physical demand categories and the price of a quoted ounce.
Source reference: World Gold Council supply and demandRead the research primer →Dubai Gold Market: A Practical Research Lens
Compare local gold quotations, currency conversion and product costs with a consistent method.
Source reference: Dubai Gold & Jewellery GroupRead the research primer →Research library, not a live statistics feed
Each primer identifies a source and the questions needed to interpret it. Numeric datasets are not automatically imported here. Current values, reporting periods and revisions must be checked with the publisher.