The news analyser translates high-impact USD releases — NFP, CPI, FOMC, PMI and retail sales — into a plain-language read on gold. Enter the actual, forecast and previous values and the tool explains whether the print is dollar-positive or dollar-negative, and what that usually means for XAUUSD.
Use it alongside the USD news calendar and the gold fundamentals dashboard so you are not sizing a trade into an event you have not priced.
High-impact USD data does not move gold in a straight line. What matters is the gap between the actual print and the forecast, the revision to the previous reading, and how the market was positioned going into the release. The analyser scores those three inputs together and returns a directional read for XAUUSD instead of a raw number you still have to interpret.
Non-Farm Payrolls, CPI, Core PCE, FOMC statements, ISM/PMI surveys, jobless claims and US retail sales are each weighted differently, because gold does not respond to them equally. An inflation surprise that changes Fed rate expectations usually has a far longer effect on XAUUSD than a single strong PMI print that leaves policy expectations unchanged.
A practical workflow: check the USD news calendar at the start of the session, decide in advance whether you will hold through the release or flatten, and then use the analyser in the minutes after the print to judge whether the dollar reaction is likely to persist or fade. Spreads widen sharply around red-folder events, so position size and stop distance should be adjusted before the release, not after it.
The analyser is an interpretation aid, not a signal generator. It tells you which way the fundamental pressure leans; your entry, stop loss and target still come from structure on the chart and from your own risk rules.
FOMC decisions, US CPI and Non-Farm Payrolls move XAUUSD most, because they directly change interest-rate expectations and the real yield that gold competes against.
Most traders should not. Spreads widen, slippage increases and stops are easily hit by the initial spike. Reducing size or standing aside until the first move settles is the more common professional approach.