Author

@PeterLBrandt PeterLBrandt

Veteran discretionary chartist trading the full futures complex with strict risk discipline.

Discretionary technical trader (Factor Report) calling futur

trader score
-0.37
hit rate
30%
mean α
-0.15%
signals 14d
33

Grade = how their written analysis reads (A best). Trader score = how their last-20 timestamped calls performed vs SPY.

Their picks, scored

Across their last 10 scored bets: 30% hit rate, -0.15% mean alpha, trader score -0.37. Their last-14d mentions, direction-adjusted, have moved -2.1% since posting (mean over 1 mentions with price data).

Recent signals15receipts included
date (PT)tickerauthorsentwhat they saidsince thenreceipt
2026-08-28SPY@PeterLBrandt+0.35Says some people should invest solely in SPY rather than trade actively.
2026-08-28·@PeterLBrandt·Expresses skepticism that aspiring traders will succeed in stock-index futures.·
2026-08-27·@PeterLBrandt·Reports already covering half of an unspecified position at the first target.·
2026-08-27·@PeterLBrandt·Long-form trading framework advocates closing Friday losers based on experience and psychology.·
2026-08-27·@PeterLBrandt·States that important chart developments occur at horizontal price levels.·
2026-08-27·@PeterLBrandt·Discloses unusually heavy long grain exposure plus several other long and short market positions.·
2026-08-25·@PeterLBrandt·Defines a maximum chase threshold using 0.5 times 30-day ATR above breakout.·
2026-08-25BTC@PeterLBrandt-0.15Reports a $3,000 Binance-specific Bitcoin downside dislocation versus other exchanges.·
2026-08-24·@PeterLBrandt·Recounts a 1991 crude-oil long that suffered an $11 opening gap and was exited immediately at a loss.·
2026-08-24XRP@PeterLBrandt-0.20Author explicitly dismisses interest in XRP.·
2026-08-21·@PeterLBrandt·Notes that displayed futures prices lag completed trades by at least eight microseconds.·
2026-08-21·@PeterLBrandt·Argues surprising hidden orders matter more than widely known order flow.·
2026-08-21·@PeterLBrandt·Argues hidden buyers lifting every offer are a significant bull-market signal.·
2026-08-21·@PeterLBrandt·Explains a price-only trading framework that rejects derivative indicators.·
2026-08-21BTC@PeterLBrandt+0.55Says a price-wall setup resembling Bitcoin's 2021 bottom has returned.·

Grade is our human read-worthiness rating; trader score is a rolling 20-bet hit-rate/alpha composite — different things, often disagreeing. “Since then” is direction-unaware in the table; the summary line above adjusts for which way they leaned.