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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
Topic: TBA
09:45 - 10:30 Tom Hougaard
Keynote
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45 Mohamed Ashraf, MFTA, CFTe, CETA
Topic: TBA
11:45 - 12:30 Rolf Wetzer, Ph.D, MFTA, CFTe
Topic: TBA
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:45 Jörg Scherer, CFTe
Topic: TBA
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 Victor Pershikov, MFTA, CCAS
Strategic Crypto Portfolio Building with Technical Analysis
16:45 - 17:30 Alex Spiroglou, CFTe, DipTA
TBD

27 September (Saturday)

How to Become a World Champion in Trading Using Technical Analysis

Time Event
09:00 - 09:45 Max Schulz
Topic: TBA
09:45 - 10:30 John Bollinger, CFA, CMT
Keynote
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45 Patrick Nill
Topic: TBA
11:45 - 12:30 Gema Goeyardi, MFTA, CFTe
Topic: TBA
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:45 Andrea Unger
Topic: TBA
14:45- 15:30 Robin Kömel
Topic: TBA
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:45 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
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
Topic: TBA
09:45 - 10:30 John F. Carter
Keynote
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45 Carlos Jaureguízar
Technical Analysis in the Age of AI: Enhancing Strategies with Metalabeling to Reduce Noise and Errors
11:45 - 12:30 Giovanni Trombetta, CFTA, Electronic Eng. and Michael Traquattrini, SIAT
Artificial Intelligence for Volatility Forecasting: Turning Market Uncertainty into Strategic Advantage
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:45 Thorsten Eberhart
Topic: TBA
14:45- 15:30 Andreij Anisiimov
Topic: TBA
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:45 Topic: TBA
16:45 - 17:30 Closing Ceremony