Peter Brandt is the founder and CEO of Factor LLC, a proprietary trading firm founded in 1981 at the Chicago Board of Trade. Peter is considered one of the world’s foremost authorities on using classical charting principles to trade futures, forex, and crypto markets. His book, Diary of a Professional Commodity Trader (John Wiley and Sons), was the #1 ranked financial book on Amazon for 25 weeks in 2011. Factor research is based on four pillars: classical charting principles, aggressive risk management, the process of market speculation, and the importance of human elements in trading.