Peter L. Brandt
Commodity trader / author
Peter L. Brandt is a futures and commodity trader and founder of Factor LLC, a proprietary trading firm. He entered the commodity business in 1976 with ContiCommodity Services and wrote Diary of a Professional Commodity Trader (Wiley, 2011), a real-time journal of 21 weeks of his own trading. He trades from classical chart patterns rather than indicators; describing his method on 30 March 2026 he wrote, "I do NOT use Fib and never have … I am a Edwards and Magee/Schabacker measured moves guy," and on 2 March 2026, "I am a Bayesian -- I do not predict markets. I place probability odds on binary outcomes." He posts chart work on gold, silver, crude, grains, bitcoin, bonds and index futures.
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Open in leaderboard →| Horizon | 7D | 30D | 90D | 180D | 360D | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | #343 | #591 | #711 | #565 | — | #515 |
| Calls | 63 | 58 | 49 | 34 | 0/10 | 58 |
| Avg return | +0.3% | +0.8% | -1.8% | -5.1% | — | -1.6% |
| vs S&P 500 | +0.7 pp | -0.3 pp | -5.5 pp | -12.7 pp | — | -5.2 pp |
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Peter L. Brandt has 56 trade ideas tracked on Buzzberg across 46 tickers since November 2025. Win rate 35% across 48 evaluated calls, average return -5.5%. Ranked #591 on Buzzberg's 30-day Authors leaderboard. Most covered: SILVER, BTC, GOLD.
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