Introduction｜Activities｜Board Member｜Qualification ■ Qualification for Membership A person, who attends at and completes a short-term technical analyst-training course sponsored by the Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc., is qualified as member of primary level (treated as registered member). A person, who takes lectures of the primary level of a correspondence course and passes a qualification test, is qualified as member of primary level (treated as registered member). A person, who takes lectures of the secondary level of a correspondence course and passes a qualification test, is qualified as member of secondary level (treated as certified member Note 1). A certified member, who passes the international analyst certification test (by submitting a study report), is endowed the title of DITA Note 2. ■ Correspondence Courses Correspondence lecture course, primary level: It takes about five months to complete the lecture course. Correspondence lecture course, secondary level: It also takes about five months to complete the lecture course. ■ Test System Primary level test: Diagnosing the basic performance of technical analyst through true-or-false and multiple-choice questions. A person who passes this test is treated as registered member of the NTAA. Secondary level test: Diagnosing the genius for adaptation through descriptive questions. A person who passes this test is treated as certified member(Note1) of the NTAA. Tertiary level test: Diagnosing creativity. A person who passes this test is endowed the title of DITA(Note2). Notes 1) Certified member: formally called "Chartered Member of the Nippon Technical Analysts Association" (CMTA) 2) DITA: "Diploma of International Technical Analyst"