JL-
- "independently from fundamentals": yes
- "bewildering array of differing methods which include market cycles ...": yes
- "As far as I know TA is not a specific method, but rather it is an idea": when I said "based on the same available data" I mean the exactly same chart (e.g. 3 months time frame, daily, etc.). Meanwhile it is not exact, isn't a pure math the same chart could not be interpreted as "head and shoulder" or "cup and handle" it is one of them only (as I know).
- "But I think we have no Rembrandts on this board": I did not think about it, since I do not know (well enough) TA to challenge anybody about its TA. W/o the knowledge it is not a challenge just a bickering ... like Kiwi in case of financial questions. Nobody could say (technically could, but the value / meaning is nil) he isn't a Rembrandt w/o knowing the TA ... it is a personal bickering only, no basis / background of it. To avoid any doubt: I do not say he is a Rembrandt, simple I do not know / could not decide ... but it does not frustrate me like other ... w/o a basis / knowledge I did not pull out different view from a thin air.
Best,
G