Donaldson R F Forex Trading Tools
40 free tools for traders: position sizing, risk, prop firm limits, prices, sessions and more. They are written around gold (XAU/USD) today. Calculators for other instruments will follow.
Risk & position sizing
XAUUSD Lot Size Calculator
Work out the right XAUUSD lot size from your equity and stop-loss distance, then compare lots across a grid of stops and risk levels.
Open tool →XAUUSD Pip Value Calculator
Work out what one pip and one point are worth on gold for any lot size, and what a given price move is worth in dollars.
Open tool →XAUUSD Margin Calculator
Work out how much margin your broker will hold for a gold position, given your lot size, leverage and the current price.
Open tool →XAUUSD Profit & Loss Calculator
Work out the profit or loss on a gold trade from your entry price, exit price and lot size.
Open tool →XAUUSD Swap Calculator
Work out the overnight swap cost or credit for holding a gold position open, including the triple-day rollover.
Open tool →Gold Risk/Reward Calculator
Check the risk-to-reward ratio of a gold trade before you take it, and the win rate you would need just to break even.
Open tool →Gold Breakout Calculator
Plan a gold breakout trade in one place: entry, stop, two targets, reward-to-risk ratios and lot size.
Open tool →Gold Trading Cost Calculator
Add up spread, commission, slippage and swap to see the real cost of a gold trade in one dollar figure.
Open tool →Prop Firm Drawdown Calculator
Model daily and maximum loss limits, static or trailing, with FTMO and other presets. See your room in gold lots and points, and replay days.
Open tool →XAUUSD Distance Calculator
See how far the current gold price is from any level you are watching, in dollars, percent, pips and points.
Open tool →XAUUSD Pips & Points Converter
Convert a gold price move into points, pips and a dollar value at your lot size.
Open tool →Levels & volatility
Gold Fibonacci Calculator
Work out Fibonacci retracement and extension levels for a gold swing high and low.
Open tool →Gold Pivot Point Calculator
Work out classic and Fibonacci pivot points for gold from the previous session's high, low and close.
Open tool →XAUUSD ATR & Volatility Calculator
Work out gold's Average True Range from recent daily highs, lows and closes, and turn it into a practical stop-loss distance.
Open tool →Gold Daily Range Tracker
See how much gold has already moved today compared with its typical daily range.
Open tool →Gold Session Range Calculator
Turn the Asian session's high and low into projected breakout targets for the London and New York sessions.
Open tool →Gold Hourly Volatility Profile
See the average XAU/USD movement for each hour of the day (your local time), to find when volatility typically picks up.
Open tool →Account & strategy
Trading Compound Growth Calculator
See how a trading account could grow at a steady monthly return, with an optional monthly top-up.
Open tool →Trading Drawdown Calculator
Work out how far your account has fallen from its peak and exactly how much gain it takes to get back to break-even.
Open tool →Risk of Ruin Calculator
Calculate the chance a strategy wipes out a set share of your account, and how many losses in a row it would take to get there.
Open tool →Win Rate & Expectancy Calculator
Work out a strategy's expectancy per trade and its profit factor from win rate, average win and average loss.
Open tool →Monte Carlo Trading Simulator
Run 1,500 random trade sequences to see the spread of equity curves your win rate, risk-reward and risk per trade can produce.
Open tool →MT5 Report Analyser
Upload your MT5 HTML statement to see gold-only trade statistics. Everything runs in your browser and nothing is uploaded.
Open tool →Market data & sentiment
Gold Strength Meter
See how gold is performing against the major currencies at a glance, to tell a gold move from a dollar move.
Open tool →Gold Currency Heatmap
A colour-coded grid of gold against the major currencies across four timeframes, from one day to three months.
Open tool →Live Gold Price (XAU/USD)
The current gold spot price, refreshing automatically, alongside gold priced in the other major currencies.
Open tool →XAUUSD Live Chart
A live, interactive XAU/USD chart with full drawing tools and indicators, powered by TradingView.
Open tool →Gold Economic Calendar
The economic events that move gold, in your local time, explained in plain English under each release.
Open tool →XAUUSD Market Sentiment
See what share of traders are positioned long versus short on XAU/USD, from Myfxbook's community data.
Open tool →Gold vs Dollar Index Correlation
How closely gold and the US Dollar Index have been moving together, measured on 20-day and 50-day windows of daily returns.
Open tool →Gold/Silver Ratio
See the live gold/silver ratio: how many ounces of silver it takes to buy one ounce of gold right now.
Open tool →US Real Yields Tracker for Gold
The US 10-year real yield, nominal yield and breakeven inflation: one of the strongest fundamental drivers of gold.
Open tool →IC Markets Live XAUUSD Spread
Live XAU/USD spread, bid and ask from an IC Markets account, refreshing every 5 seconds, with 7/30/365-day stats and an hourly chart.
Open tool →IC Trading Live XAUUSD Spread
Live XAU/USD spread, bid and ask from an IC Trading account, refreshing every 5 seconds, with 7/30/365-day stats and an hourly chart.
Open tool →FTMO Live XAUUSD Spread
Live XAU/USD spread, bid and ask from an FTMO account, refreshing every 5 seconds, with 7/30/365-day stats and an hourly chart.
Open tool →Market analysis
Gold Trading Sessions Clock
See which trading sessions are open right now in your own time zone, when London and New York overlap, and upcoming UK and US bank holidays.
Open tool →XAUUSD Technical Analysis Summary
A single buy, sell or neutral summary of XAU/USD, combining moving averages and oscillators across five timeframes.
Open tool →Gold Fear & Greed Index
A single 0–100 gauge of XAU/USD sentiment that combines momentum, volatility, safe-haven demand, dollar strength and RSI.
Open tool →Gold Seasonality Map
Average XAU/USD performance by calendar month, shown as a simple seasonal map: background context, not a trade signal.
Open tool →Gold News Impact Analyser
How much XAU/USD has moved around major US data releases, with the sample size shown, so you can size a stop before the news.
Open tool →Trading involves a high level of risk and you can lose more than you expected. These tools are for information and arithmetic only, not advice. Read the Risk Disclosure. Some pages link to brokers or prop firms; those links are affiliate links, explained in the Affiliate Disclosure.