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)
Should I Stay or Should I Trade? The Big Picture
| 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 |
Speaker/Title: TBA
|
| 10:10 |
Riccardo Ronco, CMT, CFTe, MSTA
Title: TBA |
| 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 | Founder & CEO, Tradepedia
Automated Swing Signals |
| 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 |
Speaker/Title: TBA
|
| 16:50 |
Panel Session
|
| 17:30 |
Chair's Closing Remarks
Eddie Tofpik, MSTA | Head of Technical Analysis, ADMISI and Conference Chair
|
| 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 Tradinig – 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
|
| 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
|
| 17:25 |
Chair's Closing Remarks
Eddie Tofpik, MSTA | Head of Technical Analysis, ADMISI and Conference Chair
|
| 17:30 |
Close of Conference
|
| 19:00 |
IFTA 2026 Gala Dinner, Plaisterers' Hall
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