Lifetime Achievement Award

The IFTA Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes a distinguished technical analysis practitioner whose career reflects exceptional achievement and enduring contributions to the field. The recipient embodies and advances the mission of IFTA through a sustained commitment to education, research, and the promotion of technical analysis. This prestigious honor is bestowed upon an individual who exemplifies the highest standards of professional integrity and personal conduct, and who is held in the utmost respect by colleagues, peers, and the broader investment community.

Recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award

2026 – Constance “Connie” Brown (Posthumously)
2025 – Robin Griffiths
2024 – Linda Bradford Raschke
2023 – Martin J. Pring
2022 – Larry R. Williams
2020 – J. Welles Wilder, Jr.
2019 – Robert R. Prechter, Jr.
2018 – Ir. Abdul Wahid Bin Jantan (Posthumously)
2017 – Sergio Paolino
2015 – John A. Bollinger
2014 – John J. Murphy

2013 – Dr. Henry O. Pruden

No award was given in 2016 or 2021.