What nobody tells you about charts and technical analysis:
Breakouts work in a trending bull market.
Breakdowns work in a weak, selling market.
In a choppy market, nothing works. Not your patterns, not your indicators, not your levels.
And the biggest one: everyone and their grandma can chart. That's not an edge.
Your real edge is how you manage your account: position sizing, and staying alive long enough for the right market to show up