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Primer: Interest Rates & The Fed (+FREE .PDF)December 3, 2025 - 8:30 pm
Loss Aversion: A Mental Trap Every Trader Needs to KnowNovember 19, 2025 - 6:52 pm
Three Day Trailing Stop (Video)October 24, 2025 - 5:25 pm
One Year Later: GE, Classical Charting, and Avoiding Dead MoneyJuly 22, 2025 - 1:01 pm
Yen Chart – Textbook Market
/by Peter BrandtYen Chart – Textbook Market The Yen Chart is a textbook charting market – it has a long history of providing very reliable pattern signals, as shown on the weekly chart dating back to early 2011. The advance on Oct 4 appears to have completed a possible 16-week symmetrical triangle bottom – remember […]
2016 Update – U.S. health care: Highest in the world in cost, 37th in performance. This system has already been declared guilty.
/by Peter BrandtTrading and the U.S. healthcare system — these are the two issues for which I am most passionate about. Trading — because it is how I made and continue to make my living. The healthcare system — because of a major accident I had in 1984, this has made the cost and delivery of healthcare a focus of my life….This blog was originally posted on March 12, 2012 during the height of the U.S. national debate over healthcare reform and Obamacare….
Something To Watch – Crude Oil — Developing Trade
/by Peter BrandtCrude Oil -- Developing Trade
Trading Psychology – The Human Side of Trading
/by Peter BrandtOvercoming self and mastering Trading Psychology is an individual struggle – this is why consistent long-term traders have developed a tremendous and unbiased awareness of self. When I came into the trading business in the mid-1970s there was a saying around the Chicago Board of Trade that went something like this … “If you want to know yourself – all your insecurities, character faults, issues of pride, areas of greed or selfishness, unresolved traits, etc. – just become a trader. How true! Self-awareness and managing the Human Side of Trading is a hallmark of every great trader I have known over the years.
Sample Member Q&A’s
/by Peter BrandtHere at Factor, we receive so many great questions covering Risk Management, Trade Management, Classical Charting Principles, The process of Trading, and the Human Aspect of Market Speculation. As followers of our public blog, we wanted to share just a handful of these Q&A’s with you.
Is it a massive Natural Gas Head & Shoulders bottom?
/by Peter BrandtIs it a massive Natural Gas Head & Shoulders bottom?
I last covered the Natural Gas market within the public blog back on June 20th, with the post "Natural Gas Rising". Natural Gas posted a 21-year price low in Mar 2016 and the bottom took the form of a 7-month Natural Gas Head & Shoulders bottom on the daily and weekly charts. The target of this H&S at 2.934 was quickly met on Jun 29. The Factor participated in this H&S pattern in its proprietary account and discussed the pattern within the Factor member Updates (See here for details on the Factor Service).