The Reality of Gold — AXIOM Education Series Book 6

Five thousand years of the world's strangest asset — its history, its record 2026 peak near $5,600, and why a war that "should" have lifted gold helped bring it down 25%.

• From Lydian coinage to Bretton Woods to the free-float era — the full history
• The four forces that actually move gold (real yields, the dollar, fear, structural flows)
• The great 2022–2026 rise and the 2026 reversal, reconstructed step by step with sources
• XAU/USD in practice: volatility budgeting, sessions, correlations, round numbers

Instant PDF download. Figures referenced and sourced as of July 2026. Educational purposes only — not trading or financial advice. Trading leveraged products carries a high level of risk.