Trading is not so difficult as it was told. But the difficult part in trading is when to enter the market and when to Close the market. So when do you think one can buy or sell (enter) the market? Using the candle sticks to predict.
If entering and existing the market isn't trading then I wonder what is! When I saw the subject of this thread, I was hoping to see some constructive argument(s) that supports the subject but, its just another newbie having confused thoughts.
If you must know, every analysis, tool used and steps taken all gears up towards entering and existing the market without encountering loses.
Going for signals is actually buying into someone else's ideas and analysis. The one you chose not to be involved in and as professions will have it, signals are sold these days. No one would go through the stress for nothing and most of all, they are still just predictors and could be wrong or the application could make it wrong. Trading is where lots of people loose money, that's to tell you just how difficult it is.