STEIDLMAYER ON MARKETS PETER STEILDMAYER Peter Steidlmayer (Chicago, IL) joined the Chicago Board of Trade in 1963 and has been an independent trader ever since . Steidlmayer served on the Board of Directors of the Board of Trade in 1981-1983. When I worked for my father, I learned not to run away from a problem and to finish what I started. Our philosophy was to do the job once and do it right. Do not compete outside yourself; try to be the best you can within your own abilities. But learn from observing yourself and the many types of people around you. Learned that by watching you could perceive a sense of order. Emotions and impatience do not produce results, observations and understanding do. In my family, your job was you. A reflection of your standards. I realized that if I stayed within the accepted standards for the job, I would not learn anything. By stretching myself beyond the standards, forcing myself to do mor, I learned a lot. I learned that if you ...