I mean this genuinely....not to be a dick.....but that's an infantile understanding of what goes into technical analysis. It just shows that you do not actually understand what you are criticizing by making the statements that people don't take things into account, and blanketing any other ideas on analysts. When performing any type of technical work, even a physical technical skill, it is generally your goal to be as well informed about all aspects of the skill or subject so that you might achieve the best possible ending with the given circumstances. But as you did first state, you don't trade. Which makes me wonder why have such a stance on something that isn't relevant to you, and beyond that, you are not well informed on. Again....not trying to be a dick, just shed some light that there is certainly more to...well...almost anything, than you think from afar, especially if it isn't in your wheelhouse to begin with.