TSAA-SF Annual Conference

Friday, September 5th, 2025

Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA

Register for the Annual Conference here!

TSAA-SF Monthly Virtual Member Gathering 

TSAA-SF June Monthly Virtual Gathering

June 3, 2025 (Tue) at 5:00 PM PT

TITLE:

"Market Charting Session" hosted by Nick Chong and Bruce Fraser 

Speakers:

Nick Chong is the current TSAA-SF Treasurer. In addition to TSAA-SF, he is Pension Program Manager with over four years of experience leading technical teams that administer retirement programs. Nick is pursuing a Master of Science in Finance at Golden Gate University with a Technical Analysis concentration.

Bruce Fraser, an industry-leading “Wyckoffian,” began teaching graduate-level courses at Golden Gate University (GGU) in 1987. Working closely with the late Dr. Henry (“Hank”) Pruden, he developed curriculum for and taught many courses in GGU’s Technical Market Analysis Graduate Certificate Program, including Technical Analysis of Securities, Strategy and Implementation, Business Cycle Analysis and the Wyckoff Method. For nearly three decades, he co-taught Wyckoff Method courses with Dr. Pruden, and has also used this approach to the markets as the foundation of his own trading for over 35 years.

DESCRIPTION OF THE TALK:

Join us this month as TSAA-SF's own Treasurer, Nick Chong, and Council Board Member, Bruce Fraser host a Market Charting session! Nick and Bruce will review a variety of market charts.

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Please note: these monthly gatherings will now be members-only. If you're not already a dues paying members, please join us!

Please join us for our next TSAA-SF monthly gathering of our membership. At these events we celebrate our Technical Analysis Heritage. Each month the members meet and consider the many aspects of T.A. or visual financial data analysis. The programs will profile the charting methods and techniques of our members and guest presenters.

Mike Jones, Nick Chong, and Bruce Fraser are our co-hosts at these meetings. 

Zoom link will be sent out to registered attendees. This event is open to dues paying members only. 

Best regards,

TSAA-SF

TSAA-SF Monthly Virtual Member Gathering 

TSAA-SF May Monthly Virtual Gathering

May 6, 2025 (Tue) at 5:00 PM PT

TITLE:

“The Psychology Behind Steady Performance in Volatile Markets”, by Christopher Antonio

GUEST: 

Chris Antonio leads Dipsea Capital’s investing strategy and research, actively trades positions and manages the portfolio. He also oversees the general operations of the firm.

Chris has nearly 4 decades of investing experience combined with a research interest in the application of behavioral finance models. Chris began his careeras a floor trader, portfolio manager and algorithm developer on the Pacific Stock Exchange in 1985. His progression led him to co-head the listedsecurities business for Paine Webber on the PSE before departing in 1995 to start his own firm and manage client assets.

Chris established the current investment management company, Dipsea Capital, LLC in 2007. He has a passion for research pertaining to the cultivation of an elastic mindset, peak performance and the behavioral aspects of trading.

Chris has a bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Davis in Biological Sciences and is a 2024 graduate from the Master of Applied Positive Psychology program at the University of Pennsylvania.

DESCRIPTION OF THE TALK:

In investing, everyone talks about beating the market, but almost no one talks about how to remain steady when everything around you is changing. In this talk, Chris Antonio explores the mindset behind Dipsea Capital’s long history of producing consistent, uncorrelated returns. Drawing on insights from superforecasters, decision science, and years navigating volatile markets, Chris highlights why clear thinking, adaptability, and discipline, not just clever predictions, are the real keys to performance that stands the test of time. 

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Please note: these monthly gatherings will now be members-only. If you're not already a dues paying members, please join us!

Please join us for our next TSAA-SF monthly gathering of our membership. At these events we celebrate our Technical Analysis Heritage. Each month the members meet and consider the many aspects of T.A. or visual financial data analysis. The programs will profile the charting methods and techniques of our members and guest presenters.

Mike Jones, Nick Chong, and Bruce Fraser are our co-hosts at these meetings. 

Zoom link will be sent out to registered attendees. This event is open to dues paying members only. 

Best regards,

TSAA-SF

TSAA-SF Monthly Virtual Member Gathering 

TSAA-SF April Monthly Virtual Gathering

April 1, 2025 (Tue) at 5:00 PM PT

TITLE:

“The Merger of Momentum and Market Generated Information”, by James F. Dalton

GUEST: 

James F. Dalton is a trading pioneer. He has four decades’ experience at the intersection of markets and human behavior. He is a former Senior Executive Vice President of the Chicago Board Options Exchange in its formative years and former Director of Hedge Fund Research for UBS Financial Services. He is also the author of Mind Over Markets and Markets in Profile and the founder of Jim Dalton Trading.

DESCRIPTION OF THE TALK:

Jim will discuss his latest book and discuss how information generated by the market profile gives depth and context to momentum.

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Link to Jim’s book on Amazon:

https://amzn.to/3OLD2vq

Please note: these monthly gatherings will now be members-only. If you're not already a dues paying members, please join us!

Please join us for our next TSAA-SF monthly gathering of our membership. At these events we celebrate our Technical Analysis Heritage. Each month the members meet and consider the many aspects of T.A. or visual financial data analysis. The programs will profile the charting methods and techniques of our members and guest presenters.

Mike Jones, Nick Chong, and Bruce Fraser are our co-hosts at these meetings. 

Zoom link will be sent out to registered attendees. This event is open to dues paying members only. 

Best regards,

TSAA-SF

TSAA-SF Monthly Virtual Member Gathering 

TSAA-SF Monthly Event

March 4, 2025 (Tue) at 5:00 PM PT

TITLE: “A Practical Approach to Relative Strength Portfolios”, by Zoë Bollinger

GUEST: 

Zoë Bollinger is a Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Bollinger Capital Management where she collaborates with John Bollinger to develop and implement new investment offerings for Bollinger Capital clients. Zoë is also a Certified Financial Planner professional and works with new and existing clients to assist in meeting their long-term financial goals.

DESCRIPTION OF THE TALK:

Relative Strength is one of the few technical analysis approaches that has been embraced by both the Technical Analysis community and academia, where it is often referred to as momentum. Zoe Bollinger will take a deep dive into Relative Strength based investing, starting with the history and highlighting some popular methodologies. Then she will examine the different components needed to construct a successful relative strength portfolio and how it can be adapted to meet individual goals and risk tolerance.

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Please note: these monthly gatherings will now be members-only. If you're not already a dues paying members, please join us!

Please join us for our next TSAA-SF monthly gathering of our membership. At these events we celebrate our Technical Analysis Heritage. Each month the members meet and consider the many aspects of T.A. or visual financial data analysis. The programs will profile the charting methods and techniques of our members and guest presenters.

Mike Jones, Nick Chong, and Bruce Fraser are our co-hosts at these meetings. 

Zoom link will be sent out to registered attendees. This event is open to dues paying members only. 

TSAA-SF Monthly Virtual Member Gathering 

TSAA-SF Monthly Event

February 4, 2025 (Tue) at 5:00 PM PT

TITLE: “A Perspective on Artificial Intelligence and Financial Markets”, by Mike Jones

GUEST: 

Mike Jones has a very database centric world view. He is a database consultant specializing in data warehouses with deep experience implementing and running production analytic systems. He has worked in a variety of roles such as database administrator, data engineer and data scientist. Over the past 20 years, his career  has spanned several industries including: financial services, advertising, blockchain, and video games. He is particularly interested in the intersection of Technical Analysis and Artificial Intelligence as well as Financial Markets and  Databases in general.

DESCRIPTION OF THE TALK:

News announcements regarding recent Artificial Intelligence innovations continue to send Financial Markets roiling with very little advanced notice.  As new product offerings are brought to market, the shock of disruptive effects are often felt globally throughout the system. For example, the recent Deep Seek announcement had an immediate severe negative impact. It seems to have caught everyone by surprise and come out of the clear blue sky.

During these events, and in the wake of their impact, News Commentators and Subject Matter Experts rush to discuss the root causes, which ultimately rely on foundational concepts in Computer Science. Yet, very little time and attention is given to explaining how it all really works. By sharing a few insights into the inner workings of these principles, I seek to illuminate some fundamental aspects of Computer Science so that we can all be better informed consumers of news information.

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Please note: these monthly gatherings will now be members-only. If you're not already a dues paying members, please join us!

Please join us for our next TSAA-SF monthly gathering of our membership. At these events we celebrate our Technical Analysis Heritage. Each month the members meet and consider the many aspects of T.A. or visual financial data analysis. The programs will profile the charting methods and techniques of our members and guest presenters.

Mike Jones, Nick Chong, and Bruce Fraser are our co-hosts at these meetings. 

Zoom link will be sent out to registered attendees. This event is open to dues paying members only. 

TSAA-SF Monthly Virtual Member Gathering 

TSAA-SF Monthly Event

January 7, 2025 (Tue) at 5:00 PM PT

Please join us for TSAA-SF monthly gathering of our membership. At these events we celebrate our Technical Analysis Heritage. Each month members meet and consider the many aspects of T.A. or visual financial data analysis. The programs will profile the charting methods and techniques of our members and guest presenters.

“Jesse Livermore, Worlds Greatest Stock Trader”, by Richard Smitten

GUEST: 

Dennis Kranyak is President of the Board of Trustees for the Society of Market Technicians, an author, a trader, and lecturer. He has been in the market since 1967 and a full-time trader since 1996. Formerly an advisor to Richard Smitten for his books on Jesse Livermore and Livermore Trading Software, he established www.UnRulyDog.comin 1999. Starting in 2011, Dennis was also the co-author the Income GPS Newsletter for SectorVue. He has conducted workshops and seminars, since 2009, from Rhode Island to Atlanta, GA. Dennis was a frequent guest on an AM news and business radio show out of the Boston area. During his investment journey he has used Telescan, Quotes Plus, Ensign, Erlanger Quotes, E-Signal, AmiBroker, Think Or Swim, Schwab, Interactive Brokers, Scottrade, FinViz.com, StcokCharts.com to name a few. His first book, “Superior Investment Returns” is available exclusively at the bottom of the home page on the SMT website, MarketTechnicians.org.

DESCRIPTION OF THE TALK:

An in-depth view of both Dennis's and Dennis's association (with Richard Smitten) learns while working with him (Richard Smitten) about Jesse Livermore. (Note that much of the material presented has not been published or printed previously.)

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Please note: these monthly gatherings will now be members-only. If you're not already a dues paying members, please join us!

Please join us for our next TSAA-SF monthly gathering of our membership. At these events we celebrate our Technical Analysis Heritage. Each month the members meet and consider the many aspects of T.A. or visual financial data analysis. The programs will profile the charting methods and techniques of our members and guest presenters.

Mike Jones, Nick Chong, and Bruce Fraser are our co-hosts at these meetings. 

Zoom link will be sent out to registered attendees. This event is open to dues paying members only. 

TSAA-SF 2024 Annual In-Person Member Gathering 

TSAA-SF Holiday Roundup

December 13, 2024 (Friday) at 12:00 PM PT

Golden Gate University

Location: GGU Center (6^th floor)

Catering: Original Joe's

MC: Rick Leonhardt

Speakers: Roman Bogomazov, Nick Chong, and Mike Jones

Cost: $50/ticket

Registration now open to non-members!

Register Now!

Please come join us at Golden Gate University to look back at 2024 and what’s ahead in 2025. 

Please sign up early to save a spot for yourself and any guests ASAP to ensure availability.

TSAA-SF Monthly Virtual Member Gathering 

TSAA-SF Monthly Event

December 3, 2024 (Tuesday) at 1:30 PM PT

Please join us for TSAA-SF monthly gathering of our membership. At these events we celebrate our Technical Analysis Heritage. Each month members meet and consider the many aspects of T.A. or visual financial data analysis. The programs will profile the charting methods and techniques of our members and guest presenters.

The Wyckoff Method in Action: Exploring Crypto Markets

GUEST: 

Alessio Rutigliano is an instructor at Wyckoff Analytics, specializing in developing strategies for digital assets and high-momentum stocks. Since 2019, Alessio has co-hosted the Wyckoff Crypto Discussion alongside Roman Bogomazov, providing guidance to swing traders and long-term investors navigating this emerging asset class. Alessio is also the editor of the Wyckoff Market Report, a weekly newsletter focused on the stock market.

DESCRIPTION OF THE TALK:

The Wyckoff Method offers a robust framework for both swing traders and long-term investors to navigate the highly volatile crypto markets. Alessio discusses how time-tested strategies used by stock traders can be effectively adapted to crypto assets.
To help traders manage the volatility and momentum of cryptocurrencies, Wyckoff Analytics has developed a set of tools to identify early signals and low-risk opportunities. These tools include advanced screeners and indexes, breadth indicators, and a new Point & Figure engine designed to simplify price target calculations.

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Please note: these monthly gatherings will now be members-only. If you're not already a dues paying members, please join us!

Please join us for our next TSAA-SF monthly gathering of our membership. At these events we celebrate our Technical Analysis Heritage. Each month the members meet and consider the many aspects of T.A. or visual financial data analysis. The programs will profile the charting methods and techniques of our members and guest presenters.

Mike Jones and Bruce Fraser are our co-hosts at these meetings. 

Zoom link will be sent out to registered attendees. This event is open to dues paying members only. 

TSAA-SF Monthly Virtual Member Gathering 

TSAA-SF Monthly Event

November 5, 2024 (Tuesday) at 5:00 PM PT

Zoom Meeting

Please join us for TSAA-SF monthly gathering of our membership. At these events we celebrate our Technical Analysis Heritage. Each month the members meet and consider the many aspects of T.A. or visual financial data analysis. The programs will profile the charting methods and techniques of our members and guest presenters.

AI in Technical Analysis (From Expert Systems to Machine Learning)

GUEST: 

Steve Hill is the CEO of AIQ Systems, who has over 30 years of experience in developing and delivering innovative artificial intelligence trading software and education for professional and individual stock and options traders worldwide. His mission is to empower traders with cutting-edge tools and insights that help them achieve their financial goals and optimize their performance. He has a strong background in equity trading, trading system design, and derivatives trading, as well as software engineering project specification and management, website development, direct and indirect marketing, contract negotiation, and accounting and taxation. Steve has a passion for educating traders in stock market analysis, derivative trading, and trading psychology, and he regularly hosts webinars, seminars, and podcasts on these topics. In addition, he is the managing partner of Prowebinars.com, a company that provides web conferencing and eCommerce solutions for businesses, and the board president of Plumas Charter School, a local educational institution that supports career pathways for students.

DESCRIPTION OF THE TALK:

In this month's call, Steve will be covering early applications of Artificial Intelligence to Technical Analysis and Trading. He will cover early beginnings in the 1980s and up through the 90s and 00s with emphasis on what AIQ and other tools. He will also touch on the current state of the art as well as future applications of AI effectiveness in meeting the challenges and risks of trading using these methods.

Previous Events:

TSAA-SF Annual Conference

 

Saturday September 14th at Golden Gate University

 

The TSAA-SF annual conference will be held on Saturday Sept 14th 2024 at Golden Gate University. It is an all day hybrid event, held both in person and via zoom.  This year's speakers include:

 

  * John Bollinger, CFA, CMT - Creator of Bollinger Bands, Author, Investor

  * Linda Raschke - Author of “Trading Sardines” Trader/Investor

  * Damon Pavlatos - CEO of Future Path Trading LLC & PhotonTrader

  * Dave Landry - Trader, Author, Speaker, Educator, Founder of DaveLandry.com

  * Robert Schott = Expert in Global Investments, Strategy, Risk, Derivatives, & ALM

  * Patrick Dunawila, CMT - Technical Analyst, Co-Founder of The Chart Report

  * Mike Jones - Data Engineer & Analytics Consultant

 

Our theme is based around the book Reminiscences of a Stock Operator.  It is the 101st anniversary since the publication of Edwin Lefèvre's iconic and historic novel. The book is foundational to both a Trading and Technical Analysis world view.  As such, we are looking to try something new by having a book club reading list, specifically:

 

  * Edwin Lefèvre's book Reminiscences of a Stock Operator,

  * Linda Raschke's book Trading Sardines, and

  * Hank Pruden's article 21st Century Technician.

 

Recording available for members

TSAA-SF Monthly 

Date: Aug 6, 5 PM PT 

TITLE:

Has Inflation Been Conquered by the Fed? What if Inflation Does Not Reach the Fed’s 2% Target? How will the Financial Markets React to Challenging Inflation Numbers? Do we Need a New Playbook for the Environment Ahead? These Questions Will Be Thoroughly Considered and Answered in this Month's TSAA-SF Members Meeting.

DESCRIPTION OF THE TALK:

Joe Turner returns to discuss the recent decline in the rate of inflation and whether the Federal Reserve Bank has tamed high and rising prices in the aftermath of the COVID Pandemic. 

Joe founded the Pring Turner Capital Group with Martin Pring, and is recently retired. He remains active with TSAA-SF, and has been a member since 1974. Notably, in 1979 Joe presented to the TSAA-SF ‘A Checklist for the End of Inflation’ just as inflation appeared to be raging hopelessly out of control. This was followed by 40 years of disinflation.

He joins Mike Jones and Bruce Fraser for the August Member’s meeting of the TSAA-SF, for an informal discussion about the present position of the business cycle, inflation, and what the future may hold for stock and bond markets.

TSAA-SF Monthly

Date: July 2, 2024 at 5 PM PT

Data and Databases are at the center of the information age we are living in. They are instrumental to the functioning of individual people's lives as well as the many organizations, institutions and society we are all a part of. They are also foundational to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, as well as other advanced methods for measuring, organizing and understanding our world.

But what are databases really all about?

Join TSAA on Tuesday July 2nd at 5:00p to hear from Mike Jones who will offer some introductory glimpses into the inner workings of how databases actually get things done.

He will give an overview of databases in a general sense, and then show implementations of some common/familiar Technical Analysis Indicators. Using Bollinger Bands, MACD, and RSI he will illustrate how indicators and databases, when combined together, are powerful productivity and analytical tools in the hands of the 21st Century Technician.

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Date: June 4, 2024 (1 PM PT - New time)

"Behavioural Inflection Point"

 

Market sentiment hit a "Behavioural Inflection Point" across risk proxies YTD, already pricing in the so-called "Fed dovish pivot", as RWA cited in a recent CNBC interview. However, there are several growing indications that the market is overly optimistic on economic growth-market valuations and still aggressively positioned for Fed cuts, while vulnerable to either a policy mistake or/and recession risk. Additionally, a triple whammy of headwinds remain, notably momentum unwind from extremes, rotation fragility and cycle asymmetric risk.

Join Ron William, CIO of award-winning RW Advisory, who will share key insights about the current stage of the investment roadmap. The signature Roadmap model is driven by behavioural patterns and market timing, using a blend of macro, fundamental and technical factors. Major macro markets will be reviewed, notably equities (USA, Europe & Asia), FX (USD), Commodities (Copper, Oil, Gold) & Bonds (US10yr).   

 

Big picture themes include:
- “Where Macro & Behavioural Technical Analysis Meet” link

-“Gold resurgence in a VUCA world” link

- S&P500 “Fly me to the moon & back?” link

 

Our event will also include live and interactive “top of mind” audience Q&A.

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Date: May 7, 2024 

Topic: Trading Options with the Wyckoff Method

Featuring Eric Cosway and Eric Bielefeld

Eric and Eric will join Bruce and Mike to discuss the use of call options to define the risk of trading Wyckoff Reaccumulation Patterns. The discussion will be oriented toward the beginning to intermediate level Wyckoff trader, covering specific techniques and ending with a question and answer session.

Recording available for members

Date: Apr 2, 2024 

Topic: ADX/MACD – How to incorporate ADX and MACD into your trading approach

Featuring Joe Rabil

Joe discusses how each indicator plays its own role in the analysis. ADX is typically used to identify WHAT stocks we want to trade. MACD helps us determine WHEN. By using this analysis in multiple timeframes, we can find the strongest candidates AND pinpoint the best entry points as well.

Recording available for members

Date: Mar 5, 2024

How to catch the big swings with one simple strategy 

Wieland Arlt focuses on three criteria for his trading setups: a high probability of occurrence, a long way to the targeted goal and a clear message if the market has changed its mind. These criteria are combined in the expander strategy presented.

Learn why the strategy is suitable for all market phases, get in touch with the ingredients of the strategy and get to know how you can implement the strategy into your trading no matter if you are trading intraday or in the long term. 

This strategy is applicable on every market and timeframe. 

Recording available for members

Date: Feb 6, 2024

Topic: Swing Trading Technique with the Wyckoff Point & Figure Method

Date: Jan 9, 2024 Topic: Introduction to AI (part 2)

Date: Dec 5, 2023 at 5 PM PT; Guest: Jeff Kennedy

Join our gathering for an immersive discussion of Elliott Wave Theory with one of the foremost experts on the subject. Jeffrey is a legendary Elliott Wave educator and trader. Bring your questions about the theory and any markets of interest. Jeffrey will dedicate the session to answering your questions and evaluating the markets you are interested in.

Date: Nov 14, 2023 at 5:00-6:00 PM Pacific Time; 

Please join us for the first TSAA-SF monthly gathering of our membership. At these events we will celebrate our Technical Analysis Heritage. Each month the members will meet and consider the many aspects of T.A. or visual financial data analysis. The program will profile the charting methods and techniques of our members and guest presenters.

Mike Jones and Bruce Fraser will co-host as the series kicks-off. With other hosts rotating in over time. Mike will introduce a recurring series on ‘Understanding and Using Artificial Intelligence’. This series of short tutorials will be oriented toward better employing AI for financial research and analysis.

Guest for Session One

Joe Turner, long time member of the TSAA-SF and past president, is a 50+ year veteran of financial markets and is our inaugural guest. Our discussion topic: ‘Is the Economy Already in a Recession?’ Joe is an expert on Business Cycle analysis and how best to apply that knowledge to managing stock and bond portfolios. He has presented on many occasions to the TSAA-SF and has taught “Investing through the Business Cycle” as a graduate class at Golden Gate University. Bring your questions and join us for a lively discussion.

TSAA-SF Annual Conference

Date: Sep 16, 2023 at 8:00 AM -  5 PM Pacific Time 

In-person in San Francisco. Livestreaming for dues paying members

The TSAA-SF will be hosting our 2023 annual conference, in partnership with AAPTA, at Golden Gate University on Sep 16, 2023. 

Speakers include: 

Linda Raschke - Auction Theory versus the Theory of Reflexivity

Brett Villaume - Understanding Relative Strength

Bruce Fraser - Swing Trading Technique Using the Wyckoff Method

Ali Merchant - Power of trend lines and market outlook using major indices

Bob Schott - Technical Analysis for the Buy Side

Eoin Treacy - Waiting For Godot

Damon Pavlatos - Anticipating Market Action using Market Profile, Volume Analytics Strategies along with traditional charting analysis.

Cost: TSAA-SF members in-person: $150 (breakfast and lunch included), non-members: $400. Free livestreaming for TSAA-SF members

SPONSORS: Wyckoff Analytics

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Past Event: TSAA-SF Annual Round-up Luncheon

Date: Jan 13, 2023 at 12 Noon - 3PM Pacific Time 

In-person in San Francisco. Cost: $75 (open to non-members and members)

Please come join us at the famous John’s Grill off of Union Square to look back at 2022 and look ahead at 2023 over lunch with some fabulous speakers.

3-course lunch includes: Salad, Choice of Entree (Pacific snapper or Chicken Dijonnaise), Dessert included in your $75 registration cost!

2022 TSAA-SF Annual Fall Conference 

Recording Now Available for dues paying members

September 17, 2022

Become a member - get free access to conference recording

The 2022 Conference included a great lineup of technical analysis and trading experts as guest speakers. Sign up as a dues paying member to get access to the recording. 

Speakers include:

• John Bollinger, CMT, CFA - President and Founder of Bollinger Capital Management
• John Kolovos, CMT, CFA - Chief Technical Strategist at Macro Risk Advisors
• David Lundgren, CMT, CFA - Founder and Chief Market Strategist at MOTR Capital Management & Research
• Craig Johnson, CMT, CFA - Managing Director and Chief Market Technician at Piper Sandler Companies
• Jeffrey Kennedy, MSTA, CFTe, CMT, CEWA-M - Chief Commodities Analyst at Elliott Wave International
• Steve Strazza, CPA - Director of Research at All Star Charts

• Full Bios listed here

Recording Available Here!

Recent Webinar: Short Horizon Trading Stocks & Stock Indexes 

Date: May 10, 2022 at 5-6 PM Pacific Time (Recording free for dues paying members; become a member here)

Connie Brown, CFTe, MFTA from Aerodynamic Investments Inc.

A thirty year+ short horizon trader will demonstrate the entry/exit signals, triggers, confirmation, price targets, and methods she uses in current markets. This session will include probability considerations and stock selection.

Recording Available Here

Recent Webinar: Anatomy of a Trade  

Date: Apr 26, 2022 at 5-6 PM Pacific Time (Recording free for dues paying members; become a member here)

Recording Available Here

About Frantz Herr:

Frantz Herr is a private investor who bought his first stock in 1974 - a semiconductor company (unfortunately it wasn't Intel!). He pursued his investing passion professionally for three decades as an advisor at Merrill Lynch, retiring in 2017. He learned of Richard D. Wyckoff in an investor chat room in 2016, and has been a fervent student of the methodology ever since. After mentoring with David Weis in 2018, Frantz continued his study with Roman Bogomazov at Wyckoff Analytics. Frantz is certain he holds the record for the number of times taking Roman's Wyckoff Trading Course 2, The Practicum. Frantz has solidified his connection with Wyckoff Analytics over the years.

Along with John Colucci, he records a weekly YouTube series "Anatomy of the Trade" in which he and John post analyze completed trades submitted by students of Wyckoff Analytics. Frantz is also the leader of The Process Group, a small membership of elite traders at Wyckoff Analytics devoted to raising their trading practices to the highest level.

The program John and I will be presenting could be titled "Anatomy of a Trade - how we post analyze our trades for continuous improvement within the context of Wyckoff methodology"

About John Colucci, Jr.

John Colucci, Jr. has been involved in stock market and financial analysis for over 30 years. From the early days as a corporate bankruptcy and insolvency attorney, Mr. Colucci poured over financial statements, budgets and cashflow projections to determine the feasibility of financial plans presented to creditors. After early training in forensic financial analysis and fraud detection, Mr. Colucci took an interest in stock market investing from a fundamental perspective. After a series of hard taught lessons beginning in 1987, technical analysis became a bigger focus for investment analysis. After working through the quasi fundamental/technical system developed by William J. O’Neil, Mr. Colucci’s Wyckoffian journey began with the search for meaning in the phrase, “the stock is under accumulation.” After numerous books, blog articles, courses and special events with many of the great Wyckoffian’s of our time, Mr. Colucci is primarily a long/short technical stock and futures trader using Wyckoffian principles--with an occasional financial statement sojourn to celebrate old times. Scanning and filtering are particular passions for Mr. Colucci.

TSAA-SF's 2022 Market Outlook - Free Recording

Martin Pring presents his financial market and economic Outlook for 2022 in two parts. In the first video (link here), he shows his iconic Econometric Technical Analysis research on the current position and possible future direction of stock markets, both domestic and international. In part 2 (link here), he turns his attention to the forces impacting inflation trends, commodity prices, interest rates, the U.S. dollar, and gold.

For a number of years it has been a tradition for Martin Pring to present his outlook for the year ahead to the TSAA-SF membership at Golden Gate University. In recent years it has become a virtual event.

This event has been offered, without charge, to the public to raise awareness to the Technical Securities Analysts Association of San Francisco (TSAASF.org) and the wonderful events that are offered throughout the year and this year that tradition continues. You are encouraged to become a member of this storied organization if you have a passion for financial markets, trading and Technical Analysis.

The TSAA-SF is an original IFTA Society and your membership includes membership to this global federation of technical analysis societies.

We hope you enjoy this Video Presentation!

Recent event: TSAA-SF 2021 Virtual Round-up

Date: Dec 7, 2021 at 5-6:30 PM PT (Recording free for dues paying members; become a member here)

Please join us for our virtual 2021 annual round up via Zoom for a series of brief presentations (~15 mins) and a panel discussion with the presenters!

Presenters include:

• Bruce Fraser - Andrew's pitchfork applied to today’s markets

• Mike Jones - Introduction to Computational Finance and Databases, a foundation for technical analysis

• Larry Amernick - a custom financial stress test indicator that compensates for deficiencies in the Fed’s indicators

• Joe Turner - The Fed and Inflation. A Minsky Moment? Minsky said ‘Stability Breeds Instability’. Is the Inflation Surge Transitory or Out of the Fed’s Control?

Recording available here

Recent Webinar: Brian Shannon from AlphaTrends

Date: Oct 19, 2021 at 5 PM PT (Recording free for dues paying members; become a member here)

About Brian Shannon:

Brian Shannon is the founder of alphatrends.net, an online swing trading analysis and education community, founded in 2010. Brian is a full-time trader, educator, and author of the highly regarded book “Technical Analysis Using Multiple Timeframes.” His expertise has been achieved over a 30-year period of trading and market analysis, as he has navigated the difficult path that relatively few traders are able to follow to success. Having worked for Lehman Brothers, and other major investment firms over his career, Brian gained valuable insight into market dynamics and the human factors that drive them.

Recording available here

2021 TSAA-SF Virtual Fall Conference

Date: Sep 18, 2021 (Sat) 8:45 AM-4:40 PM PT US

RECORDING AVAILABLE FOR ALL DUES PAYING MEMBERS HERE! 

It's that time of year again, time for the TSAA-SF Annual Conference! The 2021 Conference will include a great lineup of technical analysis and trading experts as guest speakers. Speakers’ topics this year will include up-to-date market and securities analysis, trading psychology, and TA methodologies to help you improve your trading. Full list of speakers and topics here.

The conference this year is once again FREE for our members. Join us for only $75 annually to gain access to the conference and our database of recorded webinars. Become a member here!

Recent Webinar: How to Construct a Portfolio that Consistently Generates Positive Alpha with Jeffrey W. Huge, CMT

Date: Sep 2, 2021 at 6-7 PM PT (Free for dues paying members; become a member here)

Agenda:

• Understanding your benchmark
  
• Proper measures of alpha
  
• Periodicity choices
  
• Security selection processes
  
• Position management from cradle to grave
  
• Quarterly Performance vs. Portfolio Turnover

About Jeffrey W. Huge, CMT:

Jeffrey Huge is President and Chief Investment Officer of JWH Investment Partners, a private family office and proprietary research boutique, with a focus on generating positive alpha. His flagship publication, ALPHA INSIGHTS, provides subscribers with his unique brand of global market analysis, including asset allocation and sector rotation models, and dozens of actionable long and short trade ideas.

Recording available here

TSAA-SF FREE Webinar: August Panel Discussion

Date: Aug 19, 2021 at 5-6 PM PT (Recording below)

Open to general public and members for free! Our next free virtual event will include: 

• a series of mini technical analysis presentations

• a panel discussion where we will take audience requests for live analysis of ticker symbols and any other questions

Sample speakers and presentation topics include:

• Philip Sifakis - ADX trend indicator developed by J Welles Wilder

• Rick Leonhardt - Micro futures - benefits for the individual trader

• Brett Villaume - IPOs in 2021 analyzed using TA methods

• Bruce Fraser will help us moderate the live audience request panel

Recent Webinar: Market Outlook for 2H 2021 and beyond with Tom McClellan

Date: Jun 10, 2021 at 6-7 PM PST

Market Outlook and Observations for the 2nd half of 2021 and beyond with Tom McClellan. 

About Tom:

Tom McClellan has done extensive analytical spreadsheet development for the stock and commodities markets, including the synthesizing of the four-year Presidential Cycle Pattern. He has fine tuned the rules for interrelationships between financial markets to provide leading indications for important market and economic data.

Recording for members available here

Remembering Jim Forte

The Technical Securities Analysts Association of San Francisco sadly reports that Jim Forte, active board member and past president of the association, passed away recently from complications from a long term illness. Jim personified everything that makes the TSAA-SF the special educational and collegial organization that it is.

Jim was a regular speaker at the December Market Roundup Luncheons where he made incredible presentations employing Elliott Wave, Wyckoff and Traditional Technical Analysis methods to make market forecasts that were entertaining and eerily accurate. Jim’s classic 1994 MTA Journal article ‘Anatomy of a Trading Range’ has been posted here for our members and guests.

Recent Webinar: Stockcharts Advanced Charting Platform (ACP) with Grayson Roze

Date: Mar 31, 2021 at 5-6 PM PST

The Advanced Charting Platform (ACP) is a new interactive charting platform launched by StockCharts.com. ACP is the next generation of StockCharts technology, designed to bring more technical charting capabilities to the platform than ever before. Key features include full-screen charting with dynamic controls, customizable multi-chart layouts, unique color schemes, and exclusive plug-ins from leading technicians. Grayson will present an overview of this new platform for our members as well as an in-depth review of how Grayson and his team use ACP on a daily basis for their own market analysis

About Grayson:

Grayson Roze is the author of "Trading for Dummies" (Wiley, 2017) and "Tensile Trading: The 10 Essential Stages of Stock Market Mastery" (Wiley, 2016). He currently serves as Vice President of Operations at StockCharts.com, an industry-leading financial technology company that has provided innovative, award-winning financial charting and analysis tools to online investors since 1999

Recording for members available here

TSAA-SF free event: Andrew Cardwell

Date: Feb 9, 2021 at 5-6 PM PST 

Andrew Cardwell:

Andrew started his work with the Relative Strength Index (RSI) in May of 1978. Although he has researched other technical indicators and studies, he has stated that he has not found anything that yet that can compare to what, or as much as the RSI offers.

Most traders who use the RSI look to it to spot Bullish and Bearish Divergence between price and momentum. Andrew has shown that his "Range Rules" are much more valuable in identifying the trend through the "shift" in the range. Divergences are merely just an overextension of the current move and actually a detour from the primary trend. 

TSAA-SF Free Event - Market Outlook 2021 with Joe Turner and Martin Pring

Date: Jan 26, 2021 at 6-7 PM PST

The TSAA-SF is honored to welcome back Joe Turner and Martin Pring, from Pring Turner Investments, present their Market Outlook for 2021 for our members and guests. 

Martin Pring:

In his signature fashion, Martin uses classic technical analysis to evaluate the major economic and price trends for stocks, bonds & inflation. His perspective reveals important shifts for financial assets that investors will find surprising and compelling. Martin's portion has been pre-recorded and is available below. Please watch it prior to attending the webinar to get the most value from the live session.

Joe Turner and Jim Kopas:

Presented portfolio management implications, tactics and strategies for the unfolding market shifts presented by Martin.

Part 1 by Martin Pring:

Part 2 by Joe Turner and Jim Kopas (including Q&A):

Recent Webinar: Jamie Coutts: Bitcoin - portfolio implications and new analytical tools

Date: Nov 10, 2020 at 6:00 PM Pacific Time

Recording free for dues paying members (Become a member here)

Have you been longing for more information about trading cryptocurrencies, but were afraid to ask? Jamie Coutts, Bloomberg's Market Specialist based in Singapore, will guide us through the important topics related to Bitcoin, the most well known cryptocurrency in the world. How does Bitcoin serve as a store of value? What is Bitcoin's role in modern portfolio theory and asset allocation? What are some of the sentiment and "fundamental" indicators for cryptocurrencies? Jamie will cover these topics and more during his lecture, providing a basis for how you might approach trading cryptocurrencies in your own portfolio.

Jamie Coutts, CMT, CFTe is a Market Specialist for Buyside Equity at Bloomberg LP with experience in investment advisory, equity sales, buy and sell side trading roles. For the past 5 years at Bloomberg, Jamie has developed a proven track record in delivering enterprise solutions and project management for global and regional asset managers and owners, focusing on quantitative trading strategies, research management solutions (RMS) and broker evaluation systems for MIFID II compliance.

2020 TSAA-SF Annual Conference 

Date: Sep 12, 2020 (Sat) 7:45 AM-5:00 PM PT US

RECORDING AVAILABLE FOR ALL DUES PAYING MEMBERS! 

“Old School is New School”

With 50 years of perspective, we approached the theme of this year’s anniversary conference as though we’ve been members the whole time! True, some TSAA-SF members have been involved for decades, but the newly indoctrinated make up a growing percentage of members and they cite the legacy of knowledge sharing as the biggest benefit of membership. On this characteristic of the TSAA-SF, we pride ourselves greatly.

What makes the TSAA-SF unique among IFTA societies? Our identity as a closely-knit group of chartists. Newer members learn from older members, and the camaraderie is noticeable at your first TSAA-SF meeting. In this modern age, and with the harsh realities of the COVID-19 pandemic, we instituted a big push in 2019 to take all of our speaker content online. So far the response has been amazing and we think the 2020 Annual Conference – our 50th Anniversary event – will showcase the value of membership in the TSAA-SF. We hope you will join us!

Speakers include:

• John Bollinger, CFA, CMT - Creator of Bollinger Bands
• Linda Raschke - Author of “Trading Sardines” with over 35 years of trading experience
• Arthur Hill, CMT - Chief Technical Strategist and main author at TrendInvestorPro.com
• Martin Pring - Founder of Pring Research and Chairman of Pring Turner Capital Group
• Joe Turner - Founding member of Pring Turner Capital Group, Past President of TSAA-SF
• Craig Johnson, CFA, CMT - Managing Director and Senior Technical Research Analyst at Piper Sandler Companies
• Roman Bogomazov - Leading Wyckoff Method educator, President of Wyckoff Associates, LLC (wyckoffanalytics.com), and Past President of the TSAA-SF
• Rich Ross, CMT - Managing Director and Head of Technical Analysis at Evercore ISI
• Akshay Chinchalkar, CMT - Workflow and electronic trading specialist at Bloomberg, Southeast Asia. CMT Association Board Member

Pricing:

• Recording available for all dues paying members! Become a member here! Once you sign up for membership, view the recording on this page.

Recent webinar - Alessio Rutigliano: Navigating the Crypto Market with the Wyckoff Method

Date: May 30, 2020 at 10 AM PST

Free for dues paying members (Become a member here)

Crypto assets are subject to the law of supply and demand, and move in cycles. The Wyckoff Method, along with intermarket and behavioral finance models, is an excellent tool to analyze this new asset class. The webinar will cover the basics of the Wyckoff Method and more advanced techniques applied to the universe of cryptocurrencies.

Alessio Rutigliano’s first encounter with the Wyckoff Method was Henry O. Pruden’s The Three Skills of Top Trading. He is a WTC (Wyckoff Trading Course) graduate and serves as a Teaching Assistant at Wyckoff Analytics. An avid student of intermarket analysis and behavioral finance models, his main focus is the development of sector rotation strategies in the Wild West of digital assets. He curates “Wyckoff in the World of Cryptocurrency”, a blog introducing Wyckoff analysis and trading tactics to low-liquidity speculative environments, including cryptos and emerging asset classes.

Recording for members here

Recent webinar - Ron William: Seeking Alpha in a VUCA World

Date: May 14, 2020 at 12 Noon PST

Free for dues paying members (Become a member here)

VUCA is a globally recognized acronym meaning Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity & Ambiguity. This is a military term for mission critical decisions in the fog of war - unknown unknowns. The military battlefield is proving a useful metaphor for our financial market landscape. 2020 kicked off with a spike in Oil, Geopolitical risk premia, Brexit divorce & Virus alert. All this is amplified against the backdrop of late economic cycle, market fragility & socio-political unrest. Learn how to seek alpha in a VUCA world using a 3-step approach; Resilience, Divergent Thinking & Optionality.

Ron is a Market Strategist, with +20-years of experience, working for leading economic Research & Institutional firms; producing macro research and trading strategies. He specializes in blended, top-down, semi-discretionary analysis, driven by cycles and proprietary timing models. Ron is also a Behavioral Finance Expert, Trading Psychologist & Performance Coach. He uses latest techniques in behavioral/risk assessment modelling, peak-performance, neuro/body science and stress response management (SRM), including mindfulness & coherence training; supported by his market strategies.

Recording for members here

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