Data sources
What we use, and on what terms. We do not bypass access restrictions; if a source blocks automated access, we record it as "not available".
| Data | Source | How we use it |
|---|---|---|
| Market hours | CME Group (gold futures trading hours) | schedule facts, link to the holiday calendar |
| Economic release times | US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Federal Reserve | public domain, cited |
| Futures positioning (COT) | US Commodity Futures Trading Commission | public domain, cited |
| Prices and spreads | our own demo accounts at several brokers (MetaTrader 5) | our measurements |
| Forecasts | public forecast pages, polls and bank publications | short quotes with author, date and link; our own accuracy scoring |
| Fed rate probabilities | CME FedWatch | link only |
Not used until permission or a licence is in place: Cboe GVZ index values, World Gold Council ETF and central bank data, LBMA Gold Price, Kitco survey data.
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