World Monitor
The world events that actually move gold, oil and the dollar — on one page, refreshed continuously. Built for traders who want the context behind a candle, not a headline feed.
- Gold-0.16%Bid for the classic haven · pushes risk-on
- S&P 500-0.49%Equity risk appetite · pushes risk-off
- Dollar Index+0.81%Dollar as a safety bid · pushes risk-off
- US 10Y Yield+1.02%Falling yields = flight to bonds · pushes risk-on
- Brent Crude-2.83%Supply-shock premium · pushes risk-on
- VIX level+10.22%Volatility at 16.4 (12 calm → 30 stressed) · pushes risk-off
This is a transparent weighted average of the six inputs above, not a model or a forecast. It describes what markets have already done today. Treat it as context for your own analysis, never as a trade signal.
Where the pressure is
Six maritime chokepoints, the trade lanes they connect, live air traffic over the Persian Gulf, and every magnitude 4.5+ earthquake in the last 24 hours. Switch layers on and off below; tap or hover a marker or route for detail. On a phone the map scrolls sideways.
The dashed ring marks the only area where flights are tracked — community ADS-B has almost no receivers over the Red Sea, so we plot the Gulf rather than show a gap that would look like closed airspace.
The instruments that carry the story
Change is measured against the previous session close, so an overnight gap shows up immediately rather than being averaged away.
Precious metals
The reference safe haven — rises when the world looks unsafe.
Half haven, half industrial metal, so it moves on both stories.
Energy
US oil benchmark. Supply scares show up here first.
The seaborne benchmark — most exposed to shipping disruption.
Weather and pipeline politics; drives European inflation prints.
Macro and risk
The other side of every FX pair you trade.
Equity fear gauge. Above 20 means positioning is getting nervous.
Broad risk appetite in one number.
Falling yields with rising gold is a classic flight to safety.
Majors and crypto
FX = ECB reference rates for 2026-10-01 (daily, not tick)Six straits that price energy
These readings are news coverage volume — how many articles Google News indexed naming each chokepoint in the last 48 hours. That is a proxy for attention, not a measurement of traffic: this page has no vessel tracking, and it will say “no data” rather than guess when a reading fails.
Latest: “Crude oil exports from strait of Hormuz largely return to pre-war levels”
Roughly a fifth of world oil passes here. Any closure threat puts an instant premium on crude and gold.
Latest: “Houthi gains around Bab al-Mandab raise risks to Red Sea shipping and global oil markets”
Gateway to Suez. Attacks here reroute ships around Africa, adding two weeks and lifting freight and Brent.
Latest: “Suez Canal Economic Zone, US embassy discuss investment cooperation”
The Europe–Asia shortcut. A blockage tightens European energy and container rates within days.
Latest: “Warnings international forum all at sea on security”
The busiest oil route on earth and China's main import lane. Disruption is an Asia-wide growth story.
Latest: “How to Protect the Panama Canal”
Drought cuts daily transits, which shows up in US grain and LPG freight rather than crude.
Latest: “Turkey and UN Broker New Talks on Russia-Ukraine Black Sea Truce”
Russian and Caspian crude plus Black Sea grain exit here — a wheat and energy channel at once.
High-impact releases
Medium and high impact events for the major currencies, in your local time zone.
- JPY11:30 PMTodayTokyo Core CPI y/yforecast 2.4% · previous 1.8%
- EUR09:00 AMTomorrowCore CPI Flash Estimate y/yforecast 2.5% · previous 2.4%
- EUR09:00 AMTomorrowCPI Flash Estimate y/yforecast 3.7% · previous 3.3%
- USD12:30 PMTomorrowAverage Hourly Earnings m/mforecast 0.3% · previous 0.3%
- USD12:30 PMTomorrowNon-Farm Employment Changeforecast 89K · previous 162K
- USD12:30 PMTomorrowUnemployment Rateforecast 4.1% · previous 4.1%
Earthquakes, last 24h
Magnitude 4.5 and above from USGS. Relevant when it hits a mining region, a refinery corridor or an insurance market.
- M5.694 km SW of Tamarindo, Costa Rica23h ago
- M5.30 km NNE of Yōkaichiba, Japan8h ago
- M5.27 km ESE of Baghlān, Afghanistan19h ago
- M5.1176 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands46m ago
- M5.1171 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands1h ago
- M5.1108 km ENE of Miyako, Japan3h ago
Conflict, sanctions, energy, central banks
Sourced from Google News. Headlines link out to the original publisher — we host none of this text and rank nothing.
- Putin rules out long-range strike ceasefire with UkraineConflict & securityLe Monde.fr· 2h ago
- EXCLUSIVE: US tells France and Germany to release diesel stocks or face US export ban, sources saySanctions & tradeReuters· 51m ago
- Oil Climbs as U.S. Sends Another Aircraft Carrier to Middle EastEnergy supplyWSJ· 45m ago
- Inflation Cooled Slightly Last Month Even as Consumers Stepped Up SpendingCentral banksThe San Diego Voice & Viewpoint· 18m ago
- Fate of Iran Peace Talks Uncertain as Deadline Approaches for End of CeasefireConflict & securityEnergyNow.com· 3h ago
- Why Are Diesel Prices Soaring and What Would a U.S. Export Ban Do?Sanctions & tradeWSJ· 56m ago
- Massachusetts Governor Healey wants feds to speed up review of gas pipeline expansionEnergy supplyFall River Reporter· 2h ago
- India’s inflation shock adds pressure on central bankCentral banksThe Real Economy Blog· 46m ago
- Ex-PM says Sudan risks partition amid US ceasefire pushConflict & securityAl-Monitor· 4h ago
- Potential sanctions against Man City could range from fines to expulsion from the Premier LeagueSanctions & tradeAP News· 57m ago
- Healey urges quick federal OK for NE gas pipeline expansion projectEnergy supplyYahoo· 3h ago
- Fed Officials Say Inflation Should Take Priority With Labor Market StableCentral banksBarron's· 1h ago
Signed in, you get the full lists
This page shows a trimmed view. A free account opens the whole week's calendar, every earthquake in the feed, the full headline set, and CSV export for any of them. No card, no trial clock — the same free account that runs the trade copier.
Where every number comes from
No proprietary feed, no black box. Each source below is public and free, and you can check any figure against it yourself.
Context, not signals
Most of what moves gold and oil intraday is not on a chart. A tanker rerouted around Africa, a rate decision that lands two basis points off consensus, a strike on a refinery — these show up in price long before they show up in the analysis you read the next morning.
This page collects the signals that have a plausible, direct link to the instruments retail traders actually hold. It deliberately leaves out the impressive-looking layers that make no difference to a XAUUSD position: satellite tracks, military aircraft, subsea cables. Fewer things, each of which you can act on.
Three habits make it useful. Check the risk gauge before your session and note which component is driving it — a gauge pushed by a falling S&P reads very differently from one pushed by a spiking VIX. Scan the calendar for anything in your trading window. Glance at the chokepoints if you trade energy or gold, because coverage spikes there tend to precede the volatility rather than follow it.
And treat every number as context for your own analysis. Nothing here is a signal, and nothing here is advice.
Questions
What does the risk gauge actually measure?+
It is a weighted average of six market inputs — gold, the S&P 500, the dollar index, the US 10-year yield, Brent crude and the VIX — scored so that 0 is full risk-on and 100 is full risk-off. Every component and the direction it pushed is shown on the page. It describes what markets have already done today. It is not a forecast and not a trade signal.
Is the chokepoint status live vessel tracking?+
No, and we will not pretend otherwise. Live AIS vessel data is a paid commercial feed. What you see is news coverage volume — how many articles Google News indexed naming each chokepoint in the last 48 hours — which is a proxy for attention, not traffic. The feed caps at 100 articles, so a saturated count is shown as '100+' rather than a precise-looking figure. When a reading cannot be taken at all, the card says 'No data' instead of showing a reassuring 'Quiet'.
How often does the page update?+
Prices refresh every five minutes, earthquakes every ten, the economic calendar every thirty. News and chokepoint readings cycle continuously, each refreshing roughly every three minutes. The page itself re-fetches every sixty seconds and whenever you return to the tab, and every panel shows how old its data is.
Do I need an account?+
No. The full map, risk gauge, market tiles and chokepoint cards are open to everyone with no signup. A free account extends the calendar to the whole week, shows every earthquake and headline rather than a trimmed list, and adds CSV export.
Where does the data come from?+
Yahoo Finance for metals, energy, the dollar index, volatility and yields; the ECB via Frankfurter for FX reference rates; CoinGecko for crypto; USGS for earthquakes; Forex Factory for the economic calendar; and Google News for world headlines and coverage volume. All are public sources, listed on the page, so you can check any figure yourself.
Can I trade off this page?+
No. This is context, not advice. CopyConnectFX is a software provider — not a broker, fund manager or financial adviser — and nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell anything.
The rest of the toolkit is free too
World Monitor sits alongside the local MT4/MT5 trade copier, verified track-record pages, TradingView alerts and the free calculators. One account, no card.