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01What is Gold Trading Desk?Institution
Gold Trading Desk is an educational institution dedicated to professional gold-market study. It teaches a governed methodology centred on auction behaviour, market structure, value, participation, risk and disciplined decision-making.
02Is GTD a broker, signal provider or prop firm?Institution
No. GTD does not execute client orders, hold trading capital, issue copy-trading instructions, guarantee outcomes or sell signals. Market information is presented as observable educational evidence, never as personalized financial advice.
03Does GTD guarantee profitability or funding?Institution
No. Education can improve process and judgment, but it cannot remove uncertainty or guarantee profit, certification, employment, funding or capital preservation.
04What is the difference between registration and enrollment?Membership
Registration creates a member workspace. Enrollment is the separate admission into a professional Desk programme. A registered member may explore public and member resources without being an enrolled Desk candidate.
05Does signing in with Google require another email confirmation?Membership
Normally no. Google confirms control of the address during the OAuth process. Email-and-password registration follows the verification procedure presented during signup.
06Where can I manage my profile and preferences?Membership
Authenticated members can use My Desk, Profile and Settings. Available controls depend on account role and programme standing.
07What does Desk I contain?Curriculum
Desk I Foundations contains five chapters and twenty-five sequential Lectures. It establishes the language, observational framework, risk discipline and professional habits required for later Desks.
Review the curriculum →08Must Lectures be completed in order?Curriculum
Yes. Sequential completion protects the academic dependency between concepts. A later Lecture is not evidence of competence when the preceding foundation has been bypassed.
09Can a completed Lecture be reset?Curriculum
Yes, where the interface provides a reset control. Resetting is useful for revision, but it can affect the completion state and downstream academic eligibility.
10Is Lecture 1.1 publicly available?Curriculum
Lecture 1.1 serves as the public foundation preview. Access to the complete Desk I sequence requires the applicable enrollment status.
11When does the Desk I assessment become available?Assessment
Assessment eligibility is determined after all twenty-five Desk I Lectures are recorded as complete and the graduation service confirms academic progression.
12What is the Desk I passing standard?Assessment
The current Desk I standard requires a score of at least 80 percent. The assessment interface displays the applicable attempt and eligibility rules before submission.
13How many assessment attempts are permitted?Assessment
Desk I currently provides two controlled attempts. Attempt records are part of the academic record and are not erased merely because the result was unsuccessful.
14Does completing the Lectures automatically create a certificate?Credentials
No. Lecture completion creates assessment eligibility. A certificate requires a valid passing assessment record followed by authorized institutional issuance.
15How is a GTD certificate verified?Credentials
Each issued credential has a public verification record and QR-supported verification route. Verification confirms the institutional record; a screenshot or copied PDF alone is not authoritative.
16Can a certificate be issued twice?Credentials
The credential system is designed to preserve one governed issuance record for the applicable achievement. Reproduction or download does not create a second academic award.
17Is the Auction Brief a trading signal?Market Information
No. The Auction Brief reports controlled observations and market context for education. It does not instruct the member to buy, sell, hold or size a position.
18Why can market information be unavailable or stale?Market Information
GTD discloses missing or stale evidence rather than replacing it with simulated data. Market closures, connectivity, broker availability and freshness controls can temporarily withhold a record.
19Why does the ticker continue during weekends?Market Information
Some referenced markets, such as Bitcoin, may continue trading while traditional instruments are closed. Every instrument should be read with its own market-state and freshness label.
20Are the external publication links endorsements?Resources
No. They are direct references for independent educational research. GTD is not affiliated with or endorsed by those publishers, and their names and content remain governed by their own terms.
21Why can points, pips and ticks differ between brokers?Resources
Point size follows quotation precision, tick size follows the permitted price movement, tick value expresses its monetary value, and pip is often a market convention. RS.02 therefore uses the broker specification as the controlling source.
Open the Risk Calculator →22Does the Trading Journal upload my entries to GTD?Resources
The RS.03 prototype is local-first and stores entries in the current browser. Members should export backups and must not enter passwords, API keys or account credentials.
Open the Trading Journal →23Is educational content financial advice?Policy
No. GTD content is general education. Members remain solely responsible for broker selection, position sizing, execution, compliance, taxation and every decision involving capital.
24Where are the governing terms and privacy policy?Policy
The Terms and Privacy pages state the platform rules, data practices, educational limitations and member responsibilities.
Read the Terms →Ask the appropriate office.
If the controlled reference does not answer a specific institutional question, contact GTD with the relevant account email, page address and factual context. Never send passwords, verification codes or private trading credentials.
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