Brad Schaeffer

About The Author

Brad Schaeffer was a commodities options trader on the floors of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and New York Mercantile Exchange as well as an equities trader on the American Stock Exchange. He now manages his own money trading over-the-counter. He is also a prolific author and columnist whose eclectic writings can be found on the pages of the Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, National Review, The Federalist, Daily Wire, and ZeroHedge. He is the author of two acclaimed novels: the World War II drama Of Another Time and Place and bestseller The Extraordinary, which tackles autism and PTSD.

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Books by Brad Schaeffer

Life in the Pits

My Time as a Trader on the Rough-and-Tumble Exchange Floors

By Brad Schaeffer

A former commodities trader gives an intimate glimpse into what it was like to work on the raucous exchange floors in the trading pits of Chicago and New York.

In 1989, Brad Schaeffer was working as an artist when his trader brother invited him to visit the floor of the Chicago Merc...

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