Last week, Mathew, Darren and Jairus attended the CMT Association Summit in Dubai, the first held outside of New York.
Optuma has been sponsoring CMTA events for over 10 years now, and it’s always a great opportunity to meet some of the best technicians from around the world, with many of them being clients. This year was no exception, with presentations from John Bollinger, Bloomberg’s Global Head of Portfolio Strategy Gina Martin Adams, and RRG’s Julius de Kempenaur. Optuma’s Founder & CEO Mathew Verdouw presented alongside one of our clients, portfolio manager David Cox of Raymond James in Canada where they discussed the need to balance quantitative analysis with a discretionary approach.
Overall the mood was generally bullish, with Gina Martin Adams in particular believing the bull market is just getting going, and she sees nothing in the near future to make her nervous.
Dubai aims to become a major financial hub and already the region has many aspiring market technicians, as seen in the number of attendees who wanted to take selfies with Mathew after gaining their CMT designation with the help of our CMT Prep classes.
In addition the CMTA signed an agreement with the Dubai International Financial Centre Academy to develop training programs in technical analysis, behavioral finance, and market strategy, so hopefully we will be back!
If you’ve never been to a CMTA event, and you have a professional approach to your Technical Analysis, make sure you consider coming along, they’re a great way to learn more and connect with other professionals.
Senior Software Specialist at Optuma
Darren is the senior Software Specialist at Optuma based in Brisbane, Australia. Darren grew up in the UK and attended college in the USA where he earned a BA in Economics from St Mary's College of Maryland. He went on to spend a few years working at the Nasdaq Stock Market in Washington DC. Darren joined Optuma in 2009 after attending an introductory technical analysis course that used the software.