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Learn to trade gold with a plan.
Free guides and tools for XAUUSD traders on MetaTrader 5. Plain words, real numbers, honest about risk, and useful with or without our software.
Gold lot size calculator
Enter your balance, risk and stop loss, and get the right XAUUSD lot size, the value per pip and your real loss at the stop.
Open the calculator →Gold and XAUUSD basics
What you are trading, what moves it, and when.
What is XAUUSD? A beginner's guide to trading gold on MT5
The symbol, lot and contract size, margin, trading hours and costs.
Read → 4 minWhat moves gold prices? 7 factors every XAUUSD trader should know
The dollar, real rates, the Fed, inflation, geopolitics, central banks and flows.
Read → 4 minBest time to trade gold: London, New York and Asian sessions
Session times in UTC, the overlap, US data and your broker's time.
Read → 3 minXAUUSD pip value and lot size: a simple guide
Pips, points, pip value per lot and sizing from your risk.
Read →Gold scalping and risk management
Stops, targets and a routine for fast trades.
How to set stop loss and take profit in gold trading
Structure and ATR stops, spread, reward-to-risk and several targets.
Read → 4 minGold scalping on MT5: a trade-management routine
Before, during and after the session, and the mistakes to avoid.
Read → 4 minPartial take profit on gold: closing XAUUSD trades in steps
How steps work and what they change, with numbers.
Read → 3 minBreak-even stop loss on gold: when and how to move it
Triggers, the buffer gold needs, and what break-even cannot do.
Read →MT5 and trade management
Getting the most out of MetaTrader 5 and Expert Advisors.
What is an MT5 Expert Advisor? Trading robot vs trade manager
Two very different kinds of EA, their risks, and how to judge one.
Read → 5 minHow to manage gold trades in MT5: stop loss, multiple take profits and break-even
The six stages of every trade, by hand and automated.
Read → 7 minHow to partially close a trade in MetaTrader 5
On PC and phone, the lot rules, and why MT5 sometimes refuses.
Read → 4 minHow to install and set up a trade-management EA in MT5
Step by step, with phone alerts and a first check on demo.
Read → 7 minWhy is my MT5 EA not working? Common problems and fixes
A 60-second check, the logs, and the broker's reasons explained.
Read → 4 minDo MT5 Expert Advisors work when your computer is off?
What keeps working at your broker, and how a VPS helps.
Read → 7 minHow to choose the best MT5 gold trade manager: a practical checklist
20 points to tick, red flags, and a one-hour demo test.
Read →Who writes these guides
The PositionBoss Team: the people who build and test Gold Position Manager for MetaTrader 5. We write for traders who want to understand what they do.
Checked against official sources
Platform facts come from the MetaTrader 5 help and the MQL5 documentation; market facts from the World Gold Council, the US Federal Reserve and official statistics. Every guide lists its sources.
Real numbers, honest limits
Every example is worked out step by step, with its assumptions stated. We mention our own product where it fits, say what it cannot do, and never promise profits.
Kept up to date
The date at the top of each guide changes when we update it. Found a mistake? Write to support@positionboss.com and we will correct it.
These guides are education, not financial advice. Trading gold carries a high risk of loss. Examples use simple numbers and ignore spread, commission and swap unless stated. Coming next: gold and economic news (CPI, NFP, FOMC), risk per trade, trading journals and common scalping mistakes.
Put it into practice on every trade.
Gold Position Manager applies your stop loss, take-profit steps and break-even automatically, the way these guides describe.