Peter Mooses is a proprietary trader and market analyst with more than 20 years of experience across the financial markets, specializing in stocks, futures, and options trading. He brings deep expertise in both fundamental and technical analysis, with a disciplined approach to trading strategy and risk management across a broad range of asset classes—including equities, agriculture, currencies, energies, treasuries, indices, metals, softs, and volatility (VIX).

Peter is the founder of Mooses Trading Strategies, a research-led trading platform focused on in-depth market analysis across asset classes and market cycles. His work centers on synthesizing macroeconomic trends, technical indicators, volatility dynamics, and sentiment signals to uncover actionable insights. Through rigorous research and continuous evaluation, he develops and refines trading frameworks with a strong emphasis on risk assessment, scenario analysis, and the disciplined identification of market opportunities.

In addition to trading, Peter publishes market insights through his blog, Mooses on the Markets, where he translates complex market dynamics into actionable commentary for traders and investors.

He is a respected thought leader and frequent media contributor, regularly featured in outlets including Barchart, Bloomberg, CNBC, Dow Jones, Financial Times, Fox Business, Morningstar, Reuters, and The Wall Street Journal.

Prior to founding his firm, Peter spent more than a decade at R.J. O’Brien, where he served as a futures trader and senior commodity market strategist. In that role, he advised a diverse client base, including corporations, institutional investors, food companies, farmers, and high-net-worth individuals—on trading strategies and risk management solutions.

Earlier in his career, Peter managed multimillion-dollar institutional and corporate loan portfolios and led teams through multiple acquisitions of asset-backed securities (ABS) and collateralized debt obligation (CDO) divisions at major financial institutions, including ABN AMRO LaSalle Bank, Bank of America | Merrill Lynch, and U.S. Bank.

He began his career at Bunge as an intern on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade, an experience that sparked his long-term focus on global commodities and derivatives markets.