The Library / Field notes for traders

Things worth knowing
before you risk real money.

Three long reads on the parts of trading that actually decide your P&L — how macro news moves gold and the index futures, how to trade each session instead of all of them at once, and why your own head is the variable you keep refusing to measure. Written by people who trade these instruments, for people who trade these instruments.

01Macro & Cross-Asset
How News Actually Moves Gold, the Nasdaq, and the S&P

The same Fed decision sends gold one way, tech another, and the broad index nowhere — and it's not random. Real rates, the dollar, and the risk-on/safe-haven regime, explained the way a trader would explain it to a friend.

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02Sessions & Timing
Trading the Sessions: London, New York, and What Happens in Between

Asia, London, the overlap, and New York are four different markets wearing the same ticker. What lands in each window, how volatility actually behaves, and why the NY open and NY midday demand opposite playbooks.

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03Psychology & Discipline
Why Your Mood Is Costing You Money

Loss aversion, FOMO, revenge trading, and the overconfidence that shows up right after a win streak — what the research says, and what your own logged data says louder. The edge most traders never bother to measure.

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