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How We Write Analysis

The rules behind every gold analysis we publish: where the data comes from, what each term means, and how every call is reviewed — including the wrong ones.

Where Our Data Comes From

We do not buy live data feeds and we do not invent numbers. Every analysis is built from:

Because prices are written by hand, they can be seconds out of date. That is why every post carries a timestamp and why we describe zones, never exact prices, for trade levels.

What Our Terms Mean

Zone
A price area where a reaction is plausible — for example, a previous high, a support/resistance area, or a liquidity pool. Zones are ranges, not exact numbers, because price rarely turns on a single pip.
Scenario
One possible path price could take, written conditionally: “if price holds above X, then Y becomes possible.” Every analysis has at least two scenarios so the reader sees more than one outcome.
Invalidation level
The price that proves a scenario wrong. If price trades beyond the invalidation level, the idea is dead — there is no waiting, hoping, or moving the line. Every scenario lists its invalidation level.
Confluence Checklist
A five-item checklist scored before an idea is written (see below). It is a discipline tool, not a prediction.

The Confluence Checklist

Before any idea is published, it is scored against five criteria. Each “yes” is one point:

  1. The higher-timeframe structure (H4/H8) and the H1 view point the same way.
  2. Price is already at a marked level or zone of interest (liquidity zone or point of interest).
  3. No tier-1 event is scheduled in the next two hours.
  4. The lower timeframe shows a reaction or confirmation — never a prediction.
  5. The next logical target offers at least 1:2 risk-to-reward from the idea’s zone.

This is a checklist, not a probability.

A score of 5/5 is not a guarantee. A score of 2/5 is not a reason to ignore risk. The checklist exists so that every idea is judged by the same standard, and so that readers can see exactly what was — and was not — in place when the idea was written.

How Every Outlook Is Reviewed

Analysis without review is marketing. Here is our review loop:

Corrections Policy

Mistakes happen. Here is what we do about them:

What We Never Do

Conflict of interest

The analyst may trade gold himself. Our analysis is educational commentary, not a record of the analyst’s own positions, and it is never a recommendation to buy or sell.

Muhammad Shahzad
Chief Analyst, HipickSolutions — writes gold (XAUUSD) trading education and analysis.
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