Patricia Elbaz speaks to Daniel Cohen de Lara, Chairman of AFATE Paris

Patricia Elbaz, MSTA Technical Analyst & Lecturer

PE: Daniel we are delighted to see that AFATE celebrated its 30 year anniversary on 13 December 2022, how did you mark this special event?

DCdL: When preparing this event, we had three goals. Firstly to show and confirm the long term presence of AFATE as the representative organisation of Technical Analysis in France, particularly for professionals. Secondly, to thank and show our appreciation to all the previous Chairs who worked to develop AFATE. Finally to offer members and guests an interesting and topical subject developed by financial specialists. We had an attendance of over 100 people, including a significant number of top professionals. I noted during the cocktail at the end of the conference that everybody was delighted and it was a great opportunity for networking. It was also great to see that a number of attendees joined AFATE at the end of the event.

PE: I have been privileged to have been invited on a number of occasions to speak on specific Technical Analysis topics for l’AFATE and it’s always so refreshing to meet the many members and exchange ideas. Can you tell us how you were first introduced to Technical Analysis?

DCdL: It was about 12 years ago. I was finishing an industrial part of my career. I started investing in the stock market at the bottom of the bear market, at the end of 2008. It was easy at that time to make money, but at the end of 2009 I was making wrong investments because I had no clear method. I started learning TA at that time and joined AFATE in 2010 in order to gain more training. I discovered Ichimoku during a Conference at AFATE and it became and is still my method for analysis and trading.

PE: Finally, what are you planning for future events with l’AFATE?

DCdL: The programme we offer to the members includes several types of events:

• Firstly, Afterworks: At the beginning of the evening, once a month. It includes a technical review of the markets, a conference and we finish all our events with a get together, friendly cocktail. The Afterworks lasts about two and a half hours. In fact we were delighted to welcome you (pictured below) as our guest speaker for our first Afterworks of 2023 in January!

Then there are “Les Rencontres de l’AFATE”: These take place twice or three times a year. We discuss an economic/ financial topic in the news. We invite economists, traders, lecturers and technical analysts. This kind of event is also open to non-members.

• We also offer Webinars on specific topics. We organise, for example, every year a webinar on the Ichimoku method. AFATE includes in its membership among the very best professionals of the method.

• Finally, we organise special events in partnership with companies, brokers, and universities. The next one is planned for mid January with a business school.

PE: Thank you so much Daniel for sharing your knowledge, advice and experience with us. I was delighted to attend the first 2023 Afterworks and meet the members and guests, any excuse for a pain au chocolat in Paris! We wish you much success in the many future events.

All AFATE talks, conference and events are listed on www.afate.com

Afterworks event: January 2023