Event Theme: Dow Theory and the FX Markets

The UK Society of Technical Analysts' Irish Chapter is delighted to announce that its next meeting will be held on Thursday 17 July 2025, 6.00pm (registration from 5.30pm)

Speaker: Patricia Elbaz MSTA, Technical Analyst and Lecturer

Speaker: Alan Dunne MSTA, Founder and CEO Archive Capital

Alan will open with a brief overview of the current FX landscape, highlighting key macroeconomic themes, primary market drivers, and how the FX market has evolved in recent years.

Patricia will then explore three key areas: the origins of Dow Theory, its continued relevance in today's markets, and its specific impact on FX trading. She will examine the role of crowd behaviour, market psychology, and the importance of the distribution phase. The session will conclude with practical applications of Dow Theory in current FX and equity markets, with a focus on 2025.

Generously sponsored by CMC Markets, the event is being held at The Westbury Hotel, 7 Bale Street, Dublin 2, Dublin.

The talks will be followed by a networking drinks reception.

Meet your speakers:

Patricia Elbaz MSTA, is a Technical Analyst and Lecturer with over 25 years’ experience in the financial markets. Patricia was head of the FX Technical Analysis desk at Standard & Poor’s MMS before becoming an independent Technical Analyst and Lecturer. She has led talks and training for major Banks in Europe and is lecturer and examiner at ESCP and at OMNES Education. She has also lectured for the Society of Technical Analysts Diploma Course at King’s College and QMUL and is a contributor to the STA journal ‘Market Technician’. Patricia’s consultancy work included Reuters, FT Knowledge and the New York Institute of Finance. In March 2025, Patricia published ‘La Theorie de Dow’ which looks at how Dow Theory is so relevant today and how the ‘crowd’ plays a big part in financial markets. You can find Patricia on LinkedIN.

Alan Dunne MSTA is Founder and CEO of Archive Capital. Alan started his career as a technical analyst and trader, working for Bank of America in London, Hong Kong, and Singapore before working as a global macro strategist with BNP Paribas in emerging markets and Allied Irish Capital Management, a global macro CTA. He was subsequently Investment Director of Royal Bank of Scotland’s wealth management business in Ireland. Prior to founding Archive Capital, he was Managing Director and a member of the investment committee at Abbey Capital, a $7bn fund of hedge funds. You can find Alan on LinkedIN.

We are very grateful to CMC Markets for kindly sponsoring this event.

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