It's just like knitting, it's all just about patterns.
have to say I am very impressed with some of the chartists stuff though, although I don't understand all of it.
google dollar bottom & moving averages
you get results like this: (ps, that link isn't current btw, just you get results like this)
stuff
although I am sure there are much better links than this. I started at one point to get into this a bit, but you need to be either retired or doing it for a living, otherwise it takes up so much time. I have forgotten most of what I read from 2007 when I started looking into some of it.
Clever stuff though as long as it's paired up with experience & common sense imo.
edited - could Ker or some other clever bu55er explain for the benefit of the likes of myself & FWIW