Yes. Thats why 75% accuracy becomes statistically significant. If you just said that the market was moving higher everyday then you would be correct 53% of the time.
%% I like the Stock Traders Almanac[by J Hirsch] JAN forecaster for the whole year; 88+/% accurate.[But i count dividends , so a [-1%loss with +1.4%dividends is positive] But when its wrong = like 1987 + 2009, maybe wrong BIG timeLOL NOT many errors in that, even though its a super huge amount of data
Attempting to predict the future is a real thing using linear or non-linear methods, or even utilizing negative group delay. See attached.
%% LOL DRAW enough lines, channels, PSAR dots ; put enough moving averages on a chart, may hit something. IF that does not work, go all thru as many time frames you can ; + cherry pick some good ones for internet posting . IF all that cherry picking does not work well , try to find a good trend; take some profits, cut some losses + ride some good trends
%% LOL=good; or sell some stainless steel +a bit of copper. Or IF WSJ + CO offers you $275million for your MSFT stock, or IBDpaper or IBD co, consider selling.Or let profits ride. Partial profit$ can work well