It never ceases to amaze me how complicated people make trading to be as an endeavour.
Reduce it to the very basic, it is just R:R.
Everything is just noise, but our egos don't permit us to accept that simplicity can work where so many fail.
Read what Peter Brandt has to say. He is a classical chart pattern trader, yet he openly states chart patterns do not provide an edge.
Listen carefully people, here is the secret.
You can use anything, it really doesn't matter.
There is no 100%, and I use quantitative methods so I do know.
There are just varying degrees of less than 100%, and if you can find anyone in this forum to dispute this statement, I'll happily discuss the point and ask for proof.
Here is the secret to profitable trading.
You need a clear structure around which you trade to achieve R:R.
Yes, just a structure.
I tried Stochastics, I failed miserably. I know someone who regularly appears on Bloomberg and BBC who came second in an international trading competition using just Stochastics.
Think about it.