IFTA's 39th Annual IFTA Conference Schedule
9-10 October 2026
8 October (Thursday) - Pre-Conference
| Time |
Event |
| 09:00–12:00 |
IFTA Board Meeting |
| 14:00–16:00 |
Annual General Meeting (AGM) |
9 October (Friday)
| Time |
Event |
| 08:30 |
Opening Ceremony
Eddie Tofpik, MSTA | Head of Technical Analysis, ADMISI and Conference Chair
|
| 09:00 |
Opening Keynote Address
Zoe Bollinger, CMT | Vice President, Bollinger Capital Management
|
| 09:40 |
Gautam Shah, CFTe, MSTA, CMT | Founder, Goldilocks Global Research
Technical Analysis for Compounding Wealth: A Megatrend Framework with Case Studies |
| 10:10 |
Nick Glydon | Managing Director, Head of Technical Research Rothschild & Co Global Market Solutions
How European Fund Managers Use Technical Analysis |
| 10:40 |
Coffee Break
|
| 11:10 |
Seiji Adachi, CMTA, CFTe, MFTA | Representative of Adachi Financial Institute, LLC, and Former Member of Bank of Japan Monetary Policy Board
Title: TBA |
| 11:40 |
Julius de Kempenaer, CFTe | Founder, Relative Rotation Graphs® (RRG)
Using RRG® in a Portfolio Framework |
| 12:10 |
Trevor Neil, FSTA, CMT | Founder BETA Group
Top-Down Technical Analysis Process |
| 12:40 |
Lunch |
| 13:40 |
Afternoon Keynote Address
Linda Bradford-Raschke, CTA
|
| 14:20 |
Avramis Despotis, CFTe | Founder & CEO, Tradepedia
Automated Swing Signals: Objective Market Structure Through Tops and Bottoms |
| 14:50 |
David Linton, MFTA, MSTA | CEO, Updata
Predicting Future Price Points |
| 15:20 |
Afternoon Tea |
| 15:50 |
Holger Galuschke | Senior Technical Analyst, Algo Trading Unipier Global Commodities SE
Applied Technical Analysis onto Energy Markets |
| 16:20 |
Panel Session: Is Technical Analysis Still Relevant in the Age of AI?
- Has AI changed the core principles of technical analysis?
- What classical techniques have survived every market regime?
- Are discretionary traders becoming obsolete?
- Can chart patterns still work in a world dominated by algorithms?
- How should analysts combine macro, quant and technical approaches?
- What skills will future technical analysts require?
Panelists: Eddie Tofpik, ADMISI (Moderator); Holger Galuschke, Uniper Global Commodities; Julius de Kempernaer, RRG; and Trevor Neil, Beta Group |
| 17:05 |
Chair's Closing Remarks
Eddie Tofpik, MSTA | Head of Technical Analysis, ADMISI and Conference Chair
|
| 17:15 |
Close of Day One
|
| 19:00 |
IFTA 2026 Cocktail Party, National Liberal Club |
10 October (Saturday)
Rock the Market: TA in the Real World
| Time |
Event |
| 08:50 |
Chair's Opening Remarks
Eddie Tofpik, MSTA | Head of Technical Analysis, ADMISI and Conference Chair
|
| 09:00 |
Morning Keynote Address
Robin Mesch | President, Robin Mesch Associates and Mesch Capital Management
Market Tells Stories: Interpreting the Flow of Control |
| 09:40 |
Clive Lambert, FSTA | Founder, FutureTechs
Market Profile for Shorter-Term Trading – A Practical Guide |
| 10:10 |
David Keller, CMT
The Four Deadly Sins for Investors |
| 10:40 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:10 |
Tom Pelc, FSTA, CFTe | Chief Investment Officer, Fortu Wealth
Macro Snapshot of Asset Classes from a Technical Perspective |
| 11:40 |
Charlie Morris, MSTA | Founder, ByteTree
Charling by Numbers with ByteTrend |
| 12:10 |
Panel Session: Technical Analysis as a Risk Management Tool
- How can technical analysis help investors avoid catastrophic losses?
- Can charts provide objective exit signals when fundamentals remain positive?
- Using trend analysis to determine position sizing and portfolio exposure
- The role of technical analysis in stop-loss placement and downside protection
- How institutions use technical analysis alongside risk models and VaR
- Is preserving capital more important than maximising returns?
- Examples of where technical analysis identified deteriorating risk before fundamentals
Panelists: Eddie Tofpik, ADMISI (Moderator); David Keller, Sierra Alpha Research; and Clive Lambert, FuturesTechs |
| 12:50 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 |
Afternoon Keynote Address
Perry Kaufman, FSTA | Founder, KaufmanSignals
Taming Volatility |
| 14:40 |
Speaker/Title: TBA
|
| 15:10 |
Afternoon Tea |
| 15:40 |
Matej Reisman | CEO, Albacore
Equity Curves Don't Lie: A Quantitative & AI-Driven Approach to Edge, Sizing and Survival |
| 16:10 |
Eoghan Leahy, CMT, MSTA | CEO, Quant Market Intelligence
AI-Powered Trading: Optimise your Strategy for Peak Performance/a> |
| 16:40 |
Panel Session: The Future Trader: Human, Machine or Hybrid?
- What will trading desks look like in 2030?
- Which AI replace technical analysts or enhance them?
- Which areas of trading are better suited to machine learning?
- Where does human judgment still outperform algorithms?
- What are the biggest risks from AI adoption in markets?
- What should young analysts be learning today?
Panelists: Tom Hicks, FTP Capital (Moderator); Zoe Bollinger, Bollinger Capital; Eoghan Leahy, Quant Market Intelligence; and Matej Reisman, Albacore |
| 17:25 |
Chair's Closing Remarks
Eddie Tofpik, MSTA | Head of Technical Analysis, ADMISI and Conference Chair
|
| 17:30 |
Close of Conference
|
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