Yesterday, we had the Autumn Market Strategy Session at IOTAF, which was open to the public. Our teacher/traders explained the recent developments in central bank monetary policy around the world and their impact on fixed income interest rates, mortgages, stock indexes, precious metals and currencies. They presented several strategies based on macro fundamentals and technical...Read More

We are really excited to announce the complete opening of our online trading education and mentoring platform, AGORA, to everyone who wants to upgrade their trading skills. Initially, AGORA was designed as learning support for our Master in Trading (MIT) students, a platform where they can tune in to classes and strategy sessions if they...Read More

For those of you who missed our public strategy session on Thursday, February 18, 2021, here is the recording of the meeting. Have some tea or cup of coffee next to you and make yourself comfortable for this two hours of intense market strategy. Enjoy!Read More

DETROIT, Feb. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Benzinga, the largest financial news vendor to North American brokerages, announced today that it will be partnering with the Institute of Trading and Finance (IOTAF) to help drive the institute’s mission of training individuals in trading with hands-on experience. Using Benzinga’s newswire, IOTAF students will obtain a fundamental understanding of how news...Read More

2020 was an amazing year for IOTAF traders and students. Not only did we have the best trades ever but our students were able to learn first hand how volatile markets work and how to make money when markets are in distress and in recovery mode. From panic stocks to stay-at-home stocks, to Covid testing...Read More

Bitcoin is approaching all-time-highs and we wish someone told you. We wish you were one of our students or a trader, part of our community, so that you would be properly prepared for the current crypto bull market.Read More

People start a new year with a fresh bucket list of things they want to do or achieve and we can see this at IOTAF too, year after year, the January Master in Trading (MIT) is always packet. Almost like there is a sudden increase in the desire to learn about markets, but this is...Read More

As promised in our previous article, after the iPhone app, AGORA, our in-house developed learning platform is now available to download for Android phones too. So far the feedback we got from our community is great, they love the apps, but we won’t stop here, the development of AGORA continues, we will keep improving it.Read More

We are very excited to unveil the AGORA iPhone app, available now in the App Store for our students and alumni. A little bit of background about the AGORA teaching platform. Initially developed as a web platform for headlines, real-time market data and audio squawk, we realized the immense potential of adding live broadcasting and...Read More

We would like to notify you that starting May 1, 2020, the price of our Masters in Trading (MIT) program will increase to $8,500 plus taxes (currently $7,500 plus taxes). This increase is introduced to reflect the longer duration of the in-class part of the program from three months to four months. Aside from longer...Read More