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 to be one of the world's foremost authorities on the use of classical charting principles to trade futures and forex 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 LLC produces the Factor Research Service based on four pillars: classical charting principles, aggressive risk management, the process of market speculation and the importance of human elements in trading.