🚀 Key Insights from the CMT Association Global Event held in DUBAI at the DIFC and Museum of the Future this week. CMTgis2025

The world’s top market thinkers shared wisdom that cut across technicals, macro, and mindset. There was a preponderance of great insights from the great minds both speaking and in the audience. Here are some of the most powerful takeaways. (I will do separate posts on Crypto and PrivateWealth later) 👇

🏦 Market Philosophy
“We are all students of the market, constantly learning.”
“To teach is to learn” – David Linton
“Price is the best indicator.” – Jay Woods, CMT
“Follow the trend lines, not the headlines.”
“Technicals are not wrong, technical opinions often are.” – Frank Teixeira
“The more experienced I have become, the simpler my investment models have become.” – Andreas Clenow
“When you get hit by a bus, it is never by the one you see coming.” – Tyler Wood, CMT

📊 Trading & Technicals
VWAP (Volume Weighted Average Price) is the best support/resistance tool for IPOs and crypto with no trading history.
Tick index = heartbeat of the market. Closing ticks show big money buying dips.
“Buy the smiles, sell the frowns” – slopes of moving averages matter.
“Moving average is more like a mattress than a concrete floor.”
“Once you build your strategy, automate it. Don’t let ego interfere.” – Yara Fanek, CFA, CMT
“Short sellers bring liquidity to a market. They tend to be buyers at the bottom.”

🌍 Macro & Risk
US consumer demand is now lower than investment for the first time since the tech bubble. Gina Martin Adams
S&P today is tech-heavy and profitable, but competition (Deepseek, China) is coming fast. Tariff carve outs ultimately will not beat competition. Gina Martin Adams
“Capital markets are a function of liquidity and sentiment.” – Nicholas Khan-Roper
“Without risk adjustment, returns are meaningless.” – Andreas Clenow
“Taking risks is easy. Understanding risk is hard.” – David Cox, CFA, CMT

📉 On Bubbles & Bear Markets
“When I see a bubble forming, I rush in to buy.” – George Soros (not in attendance but referenced!).
“There an extreme danger of a bear market… but I don’t trade my opinions. Even a stopped clock is right once in a while.” – Andreas Clenow
See the Skyscraper Index (https://lnkd.in/ggWWJz9Q

🌐 Global Rotation
“The longer the base, the higher the space. Shanghai Composite is near 2007 highs – rotation from India to China?” – Ashkay Chinchhalkar
💡 Final Nuggets
“Don’t be afraid of losing money – it will stop you from making a lot.” – Frank Teixeira
“You can have 20 slides in your deck, the only one that matters is performance.” – Atul Suri
“CFA = Can’t Find Alpha.”
Hush.app

= the Robinhood of the buy side (US only) Andreas Clenow

✨ Closing thoughts:

Markets change. Narratives change. But discipline, simplicity, and humility remain timeless.

I very much hope the event is held in Dubai again next year!

👉 Which of these insights resonates most with you?