Paul Ciana is a Managing Director and Chief Technical Strategist at Bank of America, based in New York. He publishes his short- and long-term technical views on Rates, FX, Commodities and emerging markets in the coveted and most read Technical Advantage report series. To explain and explore technical process and value, he publishes two popular primer series titled Technicals Explained and Quantifying Technicals. 

Paul is ranked among the top Technical Analysts in the Global Fixed-Income Institutional Investor survey including #1 in Europe, #1 in Asia and #2 in the US for multiple consecutive years. Previously he led the technical analysis specialists at Bloomberg LP in developing, applying, and selling technical and quantitative analytics. He was also President of the New York chapter of the CMT Association.

He has a bachelor’s degree in Finance and Economics from the State University of New York at Albany and an MBA from the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University. Ciana authored the book New Frontiers in Technical Analysis, October 2011, John Wiley & Sons. He has been a speaker and panelist at industry events including the CFA, CMT, IFTA, NYSSA and CAIA societies. He is a fixture in the media with appearances on Bloomberg and CNBC.