The International Federation of Technical Analysts, Inc. (IFTA) was incorporated in 1986 and is a global organization of market analysis societies and associations. This not-for-profit federation has four main goals: - Provide a centralized international exchange for information, data, business practices, local customs and all matters related to technical analysis in various financial centers.
- Provide meetings and encourage the interchange of material, ideas and information for the purpose of adding to the knowledge of colleagues of individual societies and associations.
- Foster the establishment of local (country) societies of technical analysts around the world.
- Encourage the highest standards of professional ethics and competence among technical analysts worldwide.
Mission | The International Federation of Technical Analysis is a non-profit affiliation of over thirty individual country societies who individually and jointly dedicate themselves to - Research, education, comradery and dissemination of technical analysis of world markets. The IFTA societies support sharing technical analytical methodology that at its highest level is a valid, and often-indispensable element in the formulation of a reasonable basis for investment decisions.
- Promotion of the highest standards of professional conduct, international cooperation and scholarship between all its Member and Developing Societies within all arenas of technical analysis.
- Providing centralized international exchange for information and data of various financial centers while respecting individual country and Society business practices, legal structures and customs.
- Encouraging the standardization of education and testing of its constituent members in technical analysis, making sure that each individual country's security analyst licensing, legal and language /communication priorities continue to be individually accepted.
- Fostering the establishment of individual societies of technical analysts without bias in regard to race, creed or religion. It supports the need for maintaining a free and open worldwide markets under normal, and in particular crisis periods.
As a growing bridge of communication worldwide, IFTA remains open to methods of technical analysis, while encouraging the consideration and support of membership for both developing and established societies.
IFTA History
| The origin of this organization dates back to May 1984 when members of the Market Technicians Association (MTA) and the Nippon Technical Analysts Associaton (NTAA) met in Southern California, USA. During this keystone meeting, the idea of starting a global federation of technical societies was born and two other formal technical societies were invited to join the project - the Society of Technical Analysts (STA) in London, England and The Technical Security Analysts Society of San Francisco, USA (TSAA-SF). The following year, in October 1985, the MTA and NTAA organized a seminar in Tokyo for these four societies and the newly formed Canadian society, the CSTA. All agreed to pool their financial resources and selected the name for this new global organization-- the International Federation of Technical Analysts (IFTA). It was then incorporated in the state of Delaware, USA on January 22, 1986. With Ralph Acampora as first Chairman, the board of directors shared a great enthusiasm for developement of technical analysis, realizing it to have a universal language - transcending all national boundaries and linguistic hurdles. The First Annual IFTA conference in Tokyo in late 1988. This intellectual exchange and success was followed by a second Conference in London in October 1989, under the tutalege of host, Robin Griffiths, President of the British Society of Technical Analysts (STA) at the time. Since then IFTA has held an annual conference in different locations throughout the world. IFTA has been led by the following Chairmen: - Elaine Knuth (SAMT) 2007-2009
- Bill Sharp (CSTA) 2004-2006
- Hiroshi Okamoto (NTAA) 2001-2003
- Bruno Estier (SAMT) 1998-2000
- John Brooks (MTA) 1995-1997
- Robin Griffiths (STA) 1992-1994
- Ralph Acampora (MTA) 1987-1991
IFTA Newsletter
The IFTA Update is a quarterly newsletter, reaching more than 7,000 IFTA colleagues worldwide. Read more
IFTA Journal
The IFTA Journal is essential reading for academics, students and practitioners of Technical Analysis in all arenas. It is an excellent reference source for those interested in Technical Analysis, containing a wealth of resource material. Read more
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