Experience: The answer to most success.
Bit by bit gets you where your headed safely.
I've gotten involved with a few trades lately which were not TA & chart based. They were OTC & gold speculation. Not my normal MO!
Normally I swing trade chart pattern stocks on a 2 week basis.
But they all had target prices and acceptable losses, planed before entry. The portfolio portions allocated for swing trading, in my trade plan was distributed equally and trade style rules followed on all.
I am a machine. Only play what I want, not what pops up in front of me. Look for what I want. Find chart target price of chart pattern, determine entry price, gain target exit price and determine acceptable loss price. Enter, place round trip order as per plan. Only alter to preserve gain, not increase gain. Always be happy with what I get. Look for the next play.
It's a lifestyle.