Founder & CEO, MT Newswires

A Naval Academy graduate and US Navy veteran, Brooks served at Brunswick Naval Air Station and aboard the aircraft carrier Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Persian Gulf during operation Desert Thunder.

Following his military service, Brooks founded MT Newswires in 1999. He was also the founder of Pearl Investments, a black-box stat arb fund in Portland, ME. He was a co-founder and managing partner of the Washington, DC based hedge fund Brochet Capital Partners, LP.

His expert commentary on extended-hours trading and alternative trading systems (ATS) has appeared in leading business media, including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Newsweek, Investor’s Business Daily, Business Week, Barron’s, Reuters, CNBC and BNN television.

Brooks was a significant contributor to The After-Hours Trader, the first book published on after-hours trading (McGraw-Hill, 2000). He is based in Maryland.