I predict that Surf will say this isn't actually TA but something else. This prediction is entirely based on Surf's past behavior.
I was gonna read your post but it's so damn long and just does not seem worth the effort. Can you do me a favor, and type it all over once more? (buuuuuuuurp)
Just read the Bold and my comments below the quotes. Here is the punchline. "In other words, knowledge that a stock’s return was high between 3:00 and 3:30 yesterday afternoon predicts that its return will be high between 3:00 and 3:30 today, tomorrow, the next day, etc." That is the study found that past price behavior predicted future price behavior and they won a quantitative award for it. That sounds nothing like TA.