7 years ago, I read and read whatever I could find about day trading, technical analysis, technical indicators, etc. I tested and tested in real time during 2 years. I realized that nothing worked. Why? Because of what you can read is made for investing in long term. If you day trade, the timing is so important that those lagging instruments cannot perform.
There is only one and unique thing that you have to use: PRICE represented by CANDLESTICKS. Forget about all the patterns because nothing guarantee that the past can repeat in the same way with the same results. Just use the CANDLESTICKS in a very basic way.