Are sure these are not bad ticks? Anyway, I can show you current charts of liquid assets which looks like pre-hft charts. Hell, Brooks himself teaches with current charts (paid course).
Why 50%? How can you assume anything without a defined trading plan with risk management? Please give a rationale if you have any.
There are those of us who do listen and study. Havent reached 10k hours yet it seems but getting there. Its been educational, in a different ways than school, work, anything. Its good to hear from someone who have walked the path.
There are loads of technical analysis ... my personal brand is multi timeframe cyclical analysis ... gold should a good buy @ 1202.50 going to 1307 usd, let Surf know I predicted this beforehand
ema, macd, etc. are not statistical instruments but rather derive from signal processing. However, one can hardly hear that statisticians or signal processing engineers become millionaires by applying their knowledge to the markets.
the bots justs made the game more refined but in essence nothing has changed, it's still all about price action = the measuring of supply and demand ...