Bullion Desk

Today’s plan

Confluence — only tested pillars score; context is shown, not counted

Stand aside

    Event risk

      What would change the call

        Open book

        The price of money

        What moved gold — rates, the dollar, and everything else

        Gold’s sensitivity to real yields, rolling 250 days

        The levels picture — gold and the 10-year real yield since 2006

        Two panels on one time axis rather than one chart with two scales. Real yield is drawn inverted: when the lines diverge, gold is ignoring its classic opportunity cost.

        What gold is trading with — 60-day correlation of daily moves

        Gold in the currencies of its buyers

        Relative value

        The physical market

        Futures carry against the Treasury curve — the implied lease rate

        Where Asia pays up — local price over London

        Shanghai gold over London, %

        Shanghai silver vs import parity, %

        Mumbai gold over London, duty included, %

        Charts and levels

        Drag to pan; pinch, or drag either axis, to zoom; double-click an axis to reset. The mouse wheel scrolls the page.

        Positioning and volatility

        Implied against realised — GVZ and gold’s 20-day realised volatility

        Volatility across the complex

        Rhythm — who trades gold, and when

        Cumulative gold return by trading session

        Average return by hour of the day (UTC)

        Gold by calendar month since 1971

        Silver by calendar month since 1971

        Flows and fundamentals

        Ledger

        Calendar, evidence, doctrine and the contracts — the reference half of the desk.

        Calendar — the next three weeks

        Standing doctrine

          Research library — what the owner’s own tests say is and isn’t real

          Contracts and unit risk