Welcome to the 38th Annual IFTA Conference
— 26-28 September 2025 —

25 September (Thursday)

Time	Event
08:30 - 09:00	Opening Ceremony
09:00 - 09:45	David Linton, MFTA Predicting the Price — An Old Idea Reimagined
09:45 - 10:30	Keynote: Tom Hougaard The Deceit of Technical Analysis
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45	Mohamed Ashraf, MFTA, CFTe, CETA The Stochastic Oscillator Second Signal” A Significant Signal Justified and Enhanced by Time Cycles
11:45 - 12:30	Rolf Wetzer, Ph.D, MFTA, CFTe Exploring New Horizons in Technical Analysis
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch
14:00 - 14:45	Jörg Scherer, CFTe On the Pulse of the Market: Momentum for Traders & Investors
14:45- 15:30	Shinji Okada, MFTA, CMTA, CFTe Reusing Basic Technical Analysis — Envelope Fitting Strategies and Trend Turning Points
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:45	Gautam Shah, CFTe, MSTA, CMT Technical Analysis for Wealth Creation - Identifying and Riding Mega Trends Using Traditional Technical Tools with Today’s New-Age Techniques
16:45 - 17:30	Alex Spiroglou, CFTe, DipTA MACD-v: The 7 Core Patterns of a Twice Awarded Momentum Indicator

Time	Event
09:00 - 09:45	Max Schulz How to Think Like a Pro Trader: Risk, Rules, and Real Results
09:45 - 10:30	Keynote: John Bollinger, CFA, CMT The History and Practical Application of Bollinger Bands
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45	Patrick Nill The Art of Staying Centered – Personal Growth Reflected in the Markets
11:45 - 12:30	Dato’ Dr. Nazri Khan (a.k.a. DDNK), MSTA, CFTe How I Won the World Cup Trading Championship Using Dark Pools & Order Flow: Trading the Unseen with AI
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch
14:00 - 14:45	Andrea Unger Quant-Driven Big Picture Thinking for Fine-Tuned Trading
14:45- 15:30	Robin Kömel Structured Trading, Proven Results – Inside the System of the 2025 World Champion
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:45	Trevor Neil, MCSI, MSTA Your Edge Over Institutional Traders–And How to Exploit It
16:45 - 17:30	Podium Discussion

Time	Event
09:00 - 09:45	Brett Villaume, CMT, CAIA The Science of Charting: Inside Golden Gate University’s Technical Analysis Program
09:45 - 10:30	Zoë Bollinger, CFP® Constructing Investment Systems with Technical Analysis
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45	Gema Goeyardi, MFTA, CFTe The Secret to 10X Your Profit Target Accuracy with Time Trading
11:45 - 12:30	Giovanni Trombetta, CFTA, Electronic Eng., and Michael Traquattrini Artificial Intelligence for Volatility Forecasting: Turning Market Uncertainty into Strategic Advantage
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch
14:00 - 14:45	Marcus Ruhnau, MBA Turning Data into Edge–Success Factors for Options Trades
14:45- 15:30	Andrei Anissimov Options – The Champions League of Investing
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:45	Gill Paz Adaptive Trading Framework: Generating Returns in Constantly Changing Markets
16:45 - 17:30	Closing Ceremony