Good question. I believe everyone can figure out the setups. However, it takes time. And it takes trial and error which in trading often means losses. Besides, you miss the profits which could be yours day in and day out before you finally figure out a setup.
Years ago, I never bought software. I'd spend hours or even days researching free software, some of them required big changes to just get to work. And I'd put up with huge frustrations as a result of low quality or no documentation or both. All just to save $20 or $50. It makes no sense but it feels good. I started buying software a long time ago.
It's the same thing with the setups. The $3 paid for a setup could return $100 time and again, either from good trades, or from bad trades prevented, or from better exits.
The late great Mr. Deng used to say: white cat, black cat, a good cat if he catches the rat. The Al Bundy-ish saying turned China from a nobody into an economic powerhouse. The setups from the ugly brown toad might turn you from a struggling trader into a consistent performer, or from a grumbling 9-5er into the master of your own domain.
With hard work, everybody can become a Really Useful Engine, says the Fat Controller.
Even a small engine with a short funnel? asks Thomas.