Factor Member Webinar and Q&A with Peter Brandt - Recorded live July 8, 2022

Opening discussion/presentation by Peter 

Live questions from Members  

1. How likely do you think the Bitcoin bottom is in? Do you think we are missing a bottoming pattern? 2:23
2. Do you change your position size going into major events? How about adding to the position if the news goes in your favor? What events are most important? 7:30 
3. Can you recommend sources of online commentaries and analysis on the fundamentals of agricultural commodities, esp. grains (supply, demand, plantings, etc.)? 10:43
4. Have you ever met a successful day trader in your career? By day trader, I mean someone who gets in the market at open and is flat by closing. 14:49
5. How will you manage EUR-USD with today's doji reversal? 16:58
6. Could you please discuss the seeming paradox of aggressively mitigating risk on a per position basis, while also staying steady even through drawdowns on an account value basis? 20:31
7. Does palladium look like it broke out today? 27:23
8. Can I get a quick comment on the weekly breakouts in USD/PLN and USD/ZAR? 28:43
9. If you have a loser much bigger than your avg loser, would you close a parallel winning position in parallel, which can compensate the loser? Even if this winning trade runs good. I think in terms of preserving NAV as key metric. 31:11 
10. Has your portfolio backtested your approach? Thinking more in terms of correlation risk on a portfolio and position sizing optimization rather than entry/exit etc. 32:25
11. I am wondering if there are any good books or educational materials regarding the ag markets and cyclical tendencies on which contracts to focus on? New crop vs. old crop and knowledge may keep a futures trader out of trouble. 37:09 (Book Link: A Complete Guide to the Futures Market Technical Analysis, Trading Systems, Fundamental Analysis, Options, Spreads, and Trading Principles by Jack Schwager)
12. I find I get chopped up with stops (both entry and exit) on the back months for futures. My background is trading a CTA where we trade on close of each market and do so manually as I manage to add positive slip by doing so. But we always trade front month. Do you have any advice on how to trade the less liquid months? 39:27
13. Could you please walk through the diamond setup in European carbon credits? 42:48
14. Please address the topic of taking signals from smaller continuation patterns from within a 'strong trend' that has already lasted a good length (historically) and could be tired? 45:04
15. Do you see any signs of bottoming in biotech? Xbi? 48:00
16. Can you review your methodology of placing stops for an initial BO entry and then how to move them up on a trailing basis? 49:23
17. What currency brokerages do you recommend? 52:48
18. What is your take on having diverse trading systems as recommended by Mark Andrew Ritchie in his Trading Bible? 54:46 (Book Link: My Trading Bible by Mark Ritchie)
19. When setting an exit stop on a long position, do you subtract the same percentage of ATR from a key chart point as you do with your entry stops, or do you use a different percentage of ATR? 56:25 
20. Latest thoughts on AUDUSD? 56:57
21. Can you comment on what you're looking for before entering a short on Soybeans, Soybean Meal, and Canadian Dollars? 59:12

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