I've been trading stocks for five years, and I still can't decide if technical analysis is worth the time I spend on it. Charts and indicators like RSI or moving averages sometimes predict moves accurately, but other times they just reflect what already happened. My best trades came from reading company earnings reports and market news, not from spotting a head-and-shoulders pattern. Should retail investors like me stop relying on candlestick patterns and focus purely on fundamentals instead?