ATMA - Association of Technical Market Analysts

ATMA - Association of Technical Market Analysts is an Association formed to spread awareness about the use and application of technical analysis amongst the public and investment community in India. ATMA is a not-for-profit organization for Financial Technical Analysts, registered on 7th January 2010 under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 as well as the Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950. The main objective of the Association is to promote and educate public about the use of the technical analysis in making sound investment decisions. The Association provides useful information and data to professionals interested in learning and understanding technical analysis. The Association holds periodical meetings providing a platform for the group of financial analysts to come together and discuss regarding the new developments in the field, upgrading their own knowledge through exchange of information, materials and ideas amongst members. It encourages and maintains highest professional standards and ethics amongst its members.

ATMA is affiliated to MTA, (Market Technical Association), USA which keeps the members of the association informed about international markets and techniques. Membership is open to individuals who are interested in field of financial technical analysis.

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MARKET TECHNICIANS ASSOCIATION (MTA) ANNOUNCES AN AGREEMENT WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF TECHNICAL MARKET ANALYSTS (ATMA), INDIA

The Market Technicians Association (MTA) announced today that effective July 1, 2010, it has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Association of Technical Market Analysts (ATMA), India.

"Not only will this new relationship provide all MTA members in India with increased local chapter meeting accessibility, the ability to attend all local Seminar events, etc., but it will also increase the awareness of technical analysis and the CMT designation on an international level," said Mr. Tom Silveri, Executive Director of the MTA. "This is just another example of how much the demand for technical analysis information, and our CMT designation, is growing worldwide. The MTA has already seen an increase in membership from the Indian Markets, and this collaborative agreement will help to sustain this growth for many years to come."

"The MTA is delighted to continue and expand offering the highest quality of education for market professionals globally," said Larry Berman, CTA, CFA, CMT. "We see our partnership with the ATMA as a great opportunity to lead the education and certification of market professionals so that they practice technical analysis with the highest degree of professionalism and ethics. In the past few years, the strongest demand for technical analysis education is coming from India and other developing markets, and the MTA is delighted to provide the infrastructure to help developing markets educate their practitioners."

Sushil Kedia, MBA, FRM, CAIA, CMT, President of the Association of Technical Market Analysts, India says, "The Gold Standard of the Technical Analysts' education and certification -- the CMT -- has been available at the initiative of the Market Technicians Association for several years in India. The next big step the MTA has taken is by way of this affiliation agreement and in providing us with its support and guidance based on its strong history of achievement, and will no doubt take the profession very far. This partnership is very valuable to the ATMA, the MTA membership in India, and the investment community in India. The profession of Technical Analysis is going to benefit immensely across every dimension; from the quality of professionals that get drawn to the profession, ethical standards, depth of understanding, and expansion of new ideas through this partnership that connects the two ends of the world in helping professionals decipher increasingly inter-connected global markets better."

Association of Technical Market Analysts

110 Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers
Dalal Street, Mumbai - 400 001
Phone: +91-22-2272 ATMA
+91-22-2272 2862

Mukul Pal, Co-Founder, Orpheus Capitals is a Chartered Market Technician, MBA Finance. Orpheus Research is registered with Integrity Research Associates, New York as an independent research company. He is a member of the Market Technicians association. He has more than a decade of Capital Market experience dealing with derivatives and global assets. He has worked for Bombay Stock Exchange, multinational Banks and brokerage houses in leading research positions before starting on his own in 2005. He is also an authorized investment consultant by the CNVM (Romanian Capital Market Regulator).

Mukul has actively researched on ‘Time’ and has written some seminal paper on the mathematical hierarchy of time. His first paper on performance cycles was published in the Kyoto Economics Journal in Mar 2009. Recently his paper on Time Fractals was accepted by the ERN History of Economics Journal and Capital Markets Market Microstructure eJournal (SSRN Economics Research Network).

Time Fractals attempt to explain the exponentiality in nature and markets. The subject has wide application even outside capital markets. He has written extensively on derivatives markets, sentiment indicators, alternative research, investment psychology, commodities and global assets from 1997 till date for local and international publications like the Business Standard (India), The Economic Times (India), E-Mecklai (India), Yahoo Business, Economistul (Romania), Ziarul Financiar (Romania), Bucharest Daily News (Romania), Business Week (Romania), Technically Speaking (MTA Newsletter USA), Euro Physics letters (France) etc.

Mukul is also an active trainer and speaker. He has conducted training programs for Thomson Reuters (Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Albania), Oil and Gas Forum Romania, Bombay Stock Exchange, SIBIU Derivatives Exchange, Bucharest Stock Exchange, Academy of Economic Studies. Orpheus CAPITALS covering India, CEE region and global assets including Metals, Energy, Alternative Energy, Agro Commodities, Bonds, Interest rates and Elf’s across multiple time frames for investing and trading. Orpheus research reports are published internationally on Reuters, Thompson, Yahoo Finance and Business Standard India.

Mukul, in his spare time, enjoys to swim, practice Kyokushin karate and indulge in visual arts.