A picture says a thousand words , those succesful traders will claim to see an edge , the losers will also see an edge in this , but the real traders know and they can see the charts.
You sure talk/post alot -- what are your real life personal acct returns? I sure hope you generate at least 10% annually for the past 10 years 10% is actually quite nothing...for the retail small acct owner. -- they should generate much more.
A picture says a thousand words, but thats not a picture, thats just scribbles and lines. Not even losers could see an edge in that, you've literally covered the entire chart with trash, just like your post. In fact your name is very fitting, from the small amount of time I spend on elitetrader I've come to realize that you do seem like the typical delusional trader who purchases 'trading education'.
Property returns across the world have given more than 20 % a year .When you are learning , you have to ask questions from all these internet marketeers starting threads on "Forex will make you rich" "Trade forex for a living" Discussing my own returns will incriminate or discriminate any subjective discussions.
Zero-sum is a situation in game theory in which one person's gain is equivalent to another's loss, so the net change in wealth or benefit is zero. A zero-sum gamemay have as few as two players, or millions of participants.
What you describe as thrash , is actually done by automated technical anylysis .The losers who suffer from Dunning Kruger effect can see it or the profitable /succesful traders can't see it?