There is no counter argument in the above post, so I can't refute it. Of course you could have said, a trade can be a "hope" thing or a "coinflip" more like a prediction, and I would have agreed with you. But you didn't say that...
We can go around in circles forever with counterarguments regarding every trade is a prediction, no point, I'm ok with differing opinions and wrong conclusions. One may anticipate a market direction but that is not the same as a prediction.
We aren't going in circles, you guys are beating a dead horse. The matter was settled from my very first point/post. You tried to come up with a synonym (that is equivalent for you) word just to try to disagree and I proved you that anticipate means exactly the same as predict. So now you have a choice. You can be a man and acknowledge that you are wrong, or you can go fuck yourself, and still be wrong. In the main time, I will put you on Ignore because I hate children.
Life is a gamble, we predict everything, a diagnosis is a prediction, not till you on a slab and being cut up becomes truth. I predict new highs based on charting is in a long term range which has formed a "Megaphone", we closer to the top than bottom. The market has gone up too fast since December, so can expect much more range/chop. Unemployment is very low, you actually think people are paying down their debt instead of spending?