A lot can be learnt, made, lost and mourned over share investment. I find very few value investors in this forum. Most chasing the heroes of the day, and some use technical analysis.

I believe all 3 are important in that sequence. If you look at shares as buying a slice of the biz, you have no reasons not to dissect the company's fundamentals. But many do not do that thoroughly vis-a-vis biz model, industry outlook, economic cycle, and with a mid-term horizon.

Having done that, the next importnat thing is to follow where the current fund flows so you can maximise your gain, and faster, albeit at heightened risk level. The ebbs and flows of market is often thematic and there are always many mini trends, and wider longer-term shifts in economic activities.

TA supposedly helps you identify entry and exit points. To me, I apply just the above 2 methods. I do not believe in TA as it defies economic reasoning by ignoring fundamentals. So I did not study any TA. Maybe it is useful to others.

At the end, your hard work, intelligence, discipline and objectivity will determine how good or lousy you are as an investor.