Mathew and Market Analyst are now on the cutting edge, providing tools and techniques never seen before in the financial industry. New innovations in 3D models and multi-touch interaction will ensure that Market Analyst will be a driving force in shaping Technical Analysis in the future.

Throughout the whole of Mathew’s career, he has spent a considerable amount of time looking at traditional Technical Analysis techniques in a different way. In this presentation he will cover the mechanics behind how he has taken the tried and true Market Profile and turned it into a momentum based indicator. The rationale behind the development of this technique could be applied to many other techniques in the future.

Tony Plummer will address the subject matter of his new book – The Law of Vibration: The Revelation of William D Gann.

The book has been more than 20 years in the making, and it reveals the extraordinary pattern of oscillation that Mr Gann hid in “The Tunnel Thru The Air”. The pattern has a long – and secret – history, and is central to a general ‘law’ of vibration that may well permeate the universe. This law directs the processes of change in collective human behaviour and can be used to anticipate movements in financial markets, to forecast trends in economic activity, and to judge the validity (or otherwise) of economic policy initiatives. The pattern associated with the law of vibration is objective, verifiable, and accurate. It validates the assumptions that underlie technical analysis and it is likely to find applications in a whole range of scientific disciplines.

The presentation will focus on the behavioural aspects of trading and markets, looking at the emergence of Behavioural Finance and also Neuroeconomics. It will also look at how and why they are relevant for Technical analysis, and how they can add a new perspective and deeper understanding to a technical analyst’s work.

Charlie will discuss his thoughts on the strategic and tactical allocation to gold. There are six strategies, of which five could be described as technical. He will give an applied example (in this case gold) how a flexible model can be constructed using a range of different parameters. The aim is to identify a bull market with longer term models and then position size using tactical models. The final result is an efficient portfolio with a strong attention to risk and reward without over trading. Not one model analyses the gold price in dollars.

Shyam will present an examination of the macro markets and the methodology he uses.

Riccardo follows large- and mid-cap European and U.S. equities, paying attention to domestic and foreign equity indices, currencies, commodities, and interest rates. As a medium-term trend follower, his approach is strongly quantitative in nature; particular attention, however, is devoted to identifying reversal patterns characterized by excessive consensus among investors.

Riccardo will summarise all his knowledge and experience about trend following as an investment and trading technique.

A presentation by Fred Stafford of his 40 year progress in pinpointing exact pre-determined tops and bottoms for all investment vehicles.

Fred will analyse elements of Gann to illustrate his system. He will refer to recorded past analysis predicting precisely the price and time of major turning points for a selection of equities, currencies, commodities etc. At the end of the talk he will leave members with a number of charts indicating future tops and bottoms for their consideration. The future need not necessarily emerge out of the fog but often be planned for with some certainty.

Martin will talk about his latest book, co-authored with partners Joe Turner and Tom Kopas, Investing in the Second Lost Decade. He will show how he uses technical analysis to navigate secular and cyclical trends in stocks, bonds and commodities.

On March 24 2000 the S&P Composite began a secular bear market and by June 1 2012 had lost 17% from that peak. When adjusted for inflation the drop exceeded 30%. In this presentation Martin Pring will explain why he thinks the secular bear market in equities has further to run and why the buy hold approach will continue to be a failed strategy. In doing so he will outline the root causes of secular bears and the conditions that will signal the next secular bull. Long-term trends in commodities and interest rates are germane to this analysis and will also be covered. Finally, he will introduce the Dow Jones Pring Business Cycle Index (DJPRING), a new rules based index that capitalizes on these concepts.

Mick’s presentation will explore the diversification that can be provided by managed futures in an investment portfolio. He will introduce managed futures and provide a brief background to the industry and the markets traded. The presentation will cover the strategy’s correlation to equity markets and show real life trade examples and the diversification achievable with Managed Futures.

Tom’s talk will touch back onto his Rhythm of Time lecture and see what worked/did not work out – ie. look back at some cycle activity (even including sunspots), and then touch on some concepts in Technical Analysis, such as Lucas Tables and the Padovan sequences for forecasting, and incorporate the more esoteric in passing too. He will broach the subject of market behaviour past and future, using exogenous shock examples etc. He then aims to outline briefly the misconceptions in the analytical world such as Gausian theory; also on Fractal arguments put forward by Mandlebrot, to better understand market behaviour.

In his presentation, George Davis will discuss the technical approach and methodology that he uses to analyse FX and fixed income markets. An overview of chart types and indicators will be addressed as part of his approach, along with the role of intermarket analysis. This framework will then be applied in “real time” in order to assess some of the key intermarket themes that are currently impacting the various asset classes. This will be followed by the outlook for selected FX currency pairs and crosses, followed by an assessment of the outlook for key global interest rate markets, including the US, UK and Eurozone.

What can the stock market tell you about society’s mood swings? A socionomic perspective on social mood and social events.

Matt Lampert’s talk will illustrate how the emergence of many contemporary social developments – from the Arab Spring to the political and economic tensions in the European Union to the Occupy Wall Street movement – can be understood through the paradigm of socionomics. Along the way, Matt will introduce the Elliott wave model of financial market price fluctuation, distinguish it from orthodox models of financial market behaviour, discuss what the stock market’s trajectory can tell us about the likely trajectory of the character of social events, and describe new technologies and research methods that are enhancing our understanding of how social mood motivates social actions from the trading floor to the dance floor to the floors of houses of parliament.

Nicole will begin her talk by briefly going over how the cloud charts work. Then she will go over a series of different asset classes and show how well/badly they performed in 2011, in themselves, relative to opportunity costs and whether the clouds were of any use in predicting the moves. Then she will look at those where the clouds did work well and see if currently these look as though they might actually predict this year’s moves as well.