Peter Brandt is considered a market wizard. Yet, by his own admission his trades lose almost 60% of the time. That said, over the last 29 years Peter's average annual gain is 42%. How can that be????
“I view myself as simply the person who executes my trading plan. My job is to enter orders, to manage my order flow, to manage the risk I take on trades, and I’ll let the markets do what they do. I have no control over the markets.”
Ok, so how do we copy Peter’s strategy and follow in his footsteps to riches? Not so fast…
“Everybody has to find out what their sweet spot is, what approach to the market resonates with them and makes sense. Because I do believe that every successful trader will find his or her own path to trading. No two successful Traders that I’ve known (and I’ve known a lot over the course of my career) trade markets the same way. They each find their own way.”
Don’t be discouraged. While Peter says no two Traders trade alike (hint: there is no holy grail), he has observed several common traits in all successful Traders he’s come across that can be learned and internalized by anyone in their journey of self-discovery.
"Human emotions are the biggest enemy a trader faces. This is one reason I am so critical of the self-proclaim “geniuses” who peddle trade identification and win rates as the pinnacle of trading achievement. Unfortunately, there are no easy answers to this dilemma – and each discretionary trader must find ways to win individual battles within the larger war against self. I am not even sure that the specific “peace treaties” I have negotiated over the years with my inner enemies are the best solutions for all other traders."
