The Survival School — Learn to Trade Gold, Free

🏛️ Gold Empire · Free structured course

The Survival School.

Fourteen honest lessons on trading gold, stacked in the order that keeps your account breathing. No hype, no “get-rich” fairy tales, no account required. Read a lesson, tap Done, climb a rank. 🎖️

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Day-One Rookie
Rank 1 of 6 · let’s change that
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XP
Your progress0 of 14 lessons
Start with Lesson 1. The bravest thing you’ll do today is open it. 👇
💾 Saves on this device🚫 No sign-up🤥 Zero profit promises

How this school works

Simpler than your broker’s fee schedule.

01 · READ 📚

Take the lessons in order, each one is a full article from the Gold Empire journal. In plain English, no textbook snooze.

02 · TAP DONE ✅

Hit Done after each lesson to bank XP and climb ranks. Progress lives on this device, no account, no email wall.

03 · PASS THE CHECK 🎯

Each level ends with a cheeky 3-question quiz. Get 2 right to level up. Fail? You just found the gap. That’s a win too.

LEVEL 01

Know the Battlefield

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Before you risk a single dollar: what actually moves the gold price, when the market is worth your attention, and when the honest, grown-up move is to sit on your hands. 🪑

01+100 XP
02
The Best Time to Trade Gold (and When to Just Stay Out)
🟡 Gold basics · ≈ 9 min · +100 XP
+100 XP
03+100 XP
Level 01 check, 3 quick questions

1. What actually moves the price of gold day to day?

2. When is XAU/USD usually most active?

3. A high-impact release (like US CPI) is minutes away. The honest play for a newer trader?

📩 Keep the momentum

Get the Survival Sheet + the rest by email

You’re building a real streak. Drop your email and we’ll send you the free one-page Gold Survival Sheet, plus short, honest lessons that keep you moving through the School. Your on-page progress stays saved on this device. No spam, unsubscribe in one click.

Free forever. We’ll never share your email.

LEVEL 02

Survive First

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The beating heart of this school. Risk management isn’t the boring broccoli of trading, it’s the seatbelt that decides whether you’re still here next year. 🛡️

04+100 XP
05
How Much Should You Risk Per Trade? An Honest Answer
🛡️ Survival & risk · ≈ 8 min · +100 XP
+100 XP
06
Position Sizing for Gold: The Math That Keeps You in the Game
🛡️ Survival & risk · ≈ 9 min · +100 XP
+100 XP
07
Where to Actually Place Your Stop-Loss on XAU/USD
🛡️ Survival & risk · ≈ 9 min · +100 XP
+100 XP
Level 02 check, 3 quick questions

1. How much of your account should one trade be able to lose?

2. Where does a stop-loss belong?

3. What decides your position size?

LEVEL 03

Master Your Mind

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Most accounts don’t die from a bad strategy. They die from a bad five minutes. This level is about the gremlin in your head, and how to put it back in its box. 🧠

08+100 XP
09+100 XP
10
Trading After a Losing Streak: Rest vs. Chase
🧠 Psychology · ≈ 9 min · +100 XP
+100 XP
11+100 XP
Level 03 check, 3 quick questions

1. You just took two losses in a row. The survival move?

2. Revenge trading usually starts with…

3. You missed a clean setup and price ran without you. What did you actually lose?

LEVEL 04

Go Live, Carefully

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Only now do we touch real money. How to open an account without face-planting in week one, and how to size up a broker like a grown adult, including how we earn, said out loud. 💬

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How to Open a Gold Trading Account, Step by Step
🧰 Tools & brokers · ≈ 10 min · +100 XP
+100 XP
13
Best Broker for Gold Trading: What Actually Matters
🧰 Tools & brokers · ≈ 9 min · +100 XP
+100 XP
14
VT Markets Review: An Honest Look From a Daily Gold Trader
🧰 Tools & brokers · ≈ 9 min · +100 XP
+100 XP
Level 04 check, 3 quick questions

1. What makes a broker “the best”?

2. The honest way to go from demo to live?

3. When a site (this one included) uses partner links, what should it do?

🎓 14 of 14. You survived the Survival School, that puts you ahead of most people who’ll ever open a chart.
🏁 GRADUATION

What you actually walk away with

No certificate ever made anyone money, and we’re not going to pretend one does. What you leave with is a framework: know the battlefield, risk small, tame the gremlin in your head, go live carefully. It’s the exact playbook our community runs in real time, every trading day.

Hear it from them, then come trade alongside us. 👇

Honest note (please read): Everything in the Survival School is education, not financial advice. Trading gold (XAU/USD) on margin is high-risk, and most retail traders lose money. Never trade money you can’t afford to lose. Some Level 04 articles contain partner links, if you open an account through them, Gold Empire may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. We tell you because honesty is the whole point of this school. 🤝