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


25 September (Thursday)

Time Event
09:00–12:00 IFTA Board Meeting
14:00–16:00 Annual General Meeting (AGM)
18:00 Welcome Reception

26 September (Friday)

Exploring New Horizons in Technical Analysis and Investment Strategies

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 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
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
Presentation Title: TBA

27 September (Saturday)

How to Become a World Champion in Trading Using Technical Analysis

Time Event
09:00 - 09:45 Max Schulz
How to Think Like a Pro Trader: Risk, Rules, and Real Results
09:45 - 10:30 John Bollinger, CFA, CMT
Keynote
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45 Patrick Nill
Presentation Title: TBA
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
Presentation Title: TBA
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

28 September (Sunday)

Exploring New Horizons in Technical Analysis with AI and Portfolio Optimization Using Options

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 John F. Carter
Keynote
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45 Gema Goeyardi, MFTA, CFTe
Presentation Title: TBA
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 Andreij Anisiimov
Presentation Title: TBA
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:45 Gill Paz, XM
16:45 - 17:30 Closing Ceremony