Gold (XAUUSD) No Trade — 2026-03-08
The objective is not to grade the P&L. It is to grade the decision.
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Trade Review
There's a small gap on the opening, and from the daily, we have a NDOG from 2/19 that maybe a draw on liquidity.
Thu Feb 19 8:20am USDFOMC Member Bostic Speaks
8:30am USDUnemployment Claims
206K223K229KUSDPhilly Fed Manufacturing Index
16.37.512.6USDFOMC Member Bowman Speaks
USDGoods Trade Balance
-98.5B-86.0B-82.8BUSDPrelim Wholesale Inventories m/m
0.2%0.2%0.2%USDTrade Balance
-70.3B-55.5B-53.0B9:00am USDFOMC Member Kashkari Speaks
10:00am USDPending Home Sales m/m
-0.8%1.4%-7.4%USDCB Leading Index m/m
-0.2%-0.2%-0.3%10:30am USDFOMC Member Goolsbee Speaks
USDNatural Gas Storage
-144B-148B-249B12:00pm USDCrude Oil Inventories
-9.0M1.7M8.5M4:00pm USDPresident Trump Speaks
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