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Instructor

Ralph Acampora

Practical Experience:


Ralph Acampora is currently Managing Director – Market Analytics, for Altaira Wealth Management. He is a pioneer in the development of market analytics and has a global reputation as a market historian and a technical analyst, providing unique insights on market timing and related investment strategy issues.

Ralph Acampora was previously the New York Institute of Finance’s Director of Technical Analysis Studies. Ralph Acampora has taught at the institute for 40 years. Before joining NYIF, he was Director of Technical Research at Knight Equity Markets. Prior to this, he worked for 15 years at Prudential Equity Groups as its Director of Technical Analysis. Ralph Acampora is one of Wall Street's most respected technical analysts and has been consistently ranked by Institutional Investor for more than ten years. He is regularly consulted for his market opinion by the major business news networks as well as national financial publications. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT), a designation he helped create and which is now recognized by the National Association of Securities Dealers as the equivalent of a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Prior to his employment at Prudential, Ralph Acampora worked at several of the financial industry's top firms, including Kidder Peabody & Co. and Smith Barney.

With 45 years of experience, Ralph Acampora has been instrumental in the development of modern-day technical analysis. He co-founded the Market Technicians Association (MTA) in 1970, is a past president of that group and continues to be an active member of the society. He also founded and was the first chairman of the International Federation of Technical Analysts (IFTA), comprising over 4,000 colleagues around the world.

Ralph Acampora is a trustee on the Board of the Security Industry Institute (SII) and currently is involved in the establishment of the Securities Traders Association University (STAU).

Areas of Expertise:


Technical Analysis

Education:


Iona College
St. Joseph's Seminary

Licenses:


Chartered Market Technician

Publication(s):


Co-authored the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) examination.
He is the author of the book: The Fourth Mega-Market, Now Through 2011: How Three Earlier Bull Markets Explain the Present and Predict the Future.

Alumni Comments:


Technical Analysis 101 is the best course I have ever taken. Ralph is GREAT!
Ralph has not only opened a whole new perspective on the markets, but he has inspired me to continue on with Technical Analysis.
Ralph's knowledge is very deep. He is informative and an excellent instructor.

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