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It's a quiet day at the fiat mine, so allow me to kill some time by presenting you with some inflammatory questions, my dearest Nostriches and Nostrichesses:

1. Technical Analysis:

a) There exist formulas, mixes or combinations of "indicators" that correctly applied to the correct set of circumstances can really predict price movement

b) They're onto something but it's purely probabilistic

c) Horoscope for bros
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Saidah - Ask a Bitcoiner 21 Questions 2y ago

I don’t know much about TA but I’d say: c) Horoscope for bros.

How does it account for irrational, unpredictable human emotions & behavior?

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hh 2y ago

Not my opinion, but the usual answer is "large numbers".

Meaning that you can't predict the behavior of one single individual, but you can predict the aggregate behavior of millions of them, reflected in the historical market movement - the "graphs". This is based on the statistical concept that a larger sample gets you closer to the real average.