Gold Trader Collins
XAU/USD · Full-time trader since 2004
Gold Trader Collins
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Two decades in the market, now devoted to a single instrument. Collins trades gold against the dollar with a patient, rule-based process built around risk first and position size second.
Profile
Twenty years on the same screen
Most traders leave the market within four years. Collins placed his first trade in 2004 and has been full-time ever since, narrowing from everything to one specialisation.
He began the way most traders do, taking positions across major, minor and exotic currency pairs, indices and commodities. The specialisation came later and deliberately: rather than following whatever moved on a given day, he narrowed down to gold and rebuilt his entire process around the behaviour of that single market.
Alongside his own trading he is a certified global market trainer, accredited by the Market Trader Academy in New York, with trading experience alongside partners in the United Kingdom, Canada, Cyprus, Australia and, presently, the United Arab Emirates. He is the founder and CEO of Cbritts FX Management, a gold fund management and training firm operating across Nigeria, Ghana and the UAE, and the developer of his own X Strategy for gold.
His approach today looks nothing like his first years. Where he was once aggressive and opportunity-driven, the current process is slower, more selective, and far more concerned with what a trade can cost than with what it might return.
- Trading since2004, full-time
- SpecialisationXAU/USD — gold against the US dollar
- Earlier focusFX majors, minors and exotics, indices, commodities
- Also works asCertified global market trainer — Market Trader Academy, New York
- CompanyCbritts FX Management — Nigeria · Ghana · UAE
- PlatformMetaTrader 5
- Based inNigeria, trading global sessions
Journey
From everything to one market
First live trade
Enters the market trading across currencies, indices and commodities. The early years are aggressive and opportunity-driven.
The broad years
Majors, minors, exotics, indices, commodities. A decade of drawdowns and recoveries that shapes everything that follows: risk control becomes the core of the process.
Professional desks
Trades for gold-focused firms in Dubai, working the instrument that will become his sole specialisation.
Cbritts FX Management
Founds and leads Cbritts FX Management, a gold fund management and training firm operating across Nigeria, Ghana and the United Arab Emirates.
One instrument
Full specialisation in XAU/USD. One market, one liquidity profile, one news calendar — and a process built entirely around it.
Approach
Risk decides the trade
Experience in this market tends to show up as restraint rather than activity. Four principles carry most of the weight in how Collins works.
Waiting is a position
Most sessions end without a trade. Setups are taken when conditions match the plan, not because the market is open.
The same process, every time
Entry, invalidation and exit are defined before a position is opened. Nothing about a live trade is improvised.
Downside sized first
Each position starts from what it is allowed to lose. Size follows from that number, never the other way round.
Discipline over conviction
Two decades of drawdowns and recoveries have made temperament the deciding factor, ahead of any single strategy.
Execution
How the orders reach the market
Gold is a fast, spread-sensitive instrument. The way an order is routed and priced affects the result as much as the decision behind it.
A-book routing
Orders are passed through to the market rather than held internally against the trader. Under this model the broker earns from spread and commission, not from client losses.
Institutional liquidity
Pricing is sourced through a direct connection to a UK-based liquidity provider, keeping spreads, swaps and commission on gold at institutional rather than retail levels.
Single instrument
Concentrating on XAU/USD means one set of session behaviours, one liquidity profile and one news calendar to track, instead of spreading attention across dozens of markets.
Documented record
Live accounts are tracked externally so results can be reviewed independently rather than presented as screenshots.
Track record
Verified, not claimed
Live accounts are published through independent third-party tracking, so performance can be checked at source — including drawdown and the periods that did not work.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. Trading leveraged instruments carries a high risk of loss, including the loss of the full amount invested.
Risk disclosure
Read this before anything else
Trading gold, foreign exchange and other leveraged instruments carries a high level of risk and is not suitable for everyone. Prices move quickly and in both directions. You can lose part or all of the money you commit, and losses can exceed your initial deposit on some account types.
Nothing on this website is an offer, a solicitation, investment advice, a recommendation or a guarantee of any result. No return is promised or implied, and any figures shown elsewhere describe past periods only.
Consider your financial position and, where appropriate, take independent professional advice before making any trading decision.
Contact
Direct enquiries
For media, training and professional enquiries, write directly. Messages are answered personally.
- Telegramt.me/GoldTraderCollins633
- Emailtrading@goldtradercollins.com
